Oliver Milman
The Guardian
New York, NY, United States
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‘Tornado alley’ is shifting farther into the US east, climate scientists warn
Global heating has been seen as the cause for these damaging storms, which are expected to increase significantly this century → Read More
‘Why mine so close?’: the fight to protect the pristine Okefenokee swamp
An Alabama company wants to mine near the 440,000-acre Georgia swamp, but locals and scientists fear it could be irreparably harmed → Read More
First global water conference in 50 years yields hundreds of pledges, zero checks
Non-binding commitments, paucity of scientific data and poor representation of global south left a lot to be desired at summit → Read More
UN conference hears litany of water disasters linked to climate crisis
Accounts of global impact of floods, droughts and storms at New York meeting add to pressure to make water central to Cop28 → Read More
Biden’s approval of Willow project shows inconsistency of US’s first ‘climate president’
Biden may have promised ‘no more drilling on federal lands, period’ during his campaign, but the reality has been very different → Read More
Biden approves controversial Willow oil drilling project in Alaska
Environmentalists and some Alaskan Native communities had opposed the plan over climate, wildlife and food-shortage fears → Read More
Al Gore warns it would be ‘recklessly irresponsible’ to allow Alaska oil drilling plan
Ex-vice-president says new projects ‘are a recipe for climate chaos’ ahead of Biden administration’s decision on Willow development → Read More
Republicans in the US ‘battery belt’ embrace Biden’s climate spending
Southern states led by Republicans did not vote for climate spending, but now embrace clean energy dollars like never before → Read More
Biden urged not to approve oil terminals that could create ‘carbon bombs’
Report finds four new offshore depots would emit around three times what the entire US emits each year, pushing world closer to climate catastrophe → Read More
The man in charge of how the US spends $400bn to shift away from fossil fuels
The Department of Energy’s loan programs office was ‘essentially dormant’, says Jigar Shah, its head – but now it’s ready to bankroll clean energy projects → Read More
Shell’s actual spending on renewables is fraction of what it claims, group alleges
Non-profit group Global Witness urges US regulator to investigate oil giant and potentially impose fines over apparent ‘mislabeling’ → Read More
US renewable energy farms outstrip 99% of coal plants economically – study
It is cheaper to build solar panels or cluster of wind turbines and connect them to the grid than to keep operating coal plants → Read More
Delight as dolphins spotted in New York’s Bronx River
Encouraging sign for river that suffered as dumping ground for waste from nearby factories → Read More
Exxon’s predictions about the climate crisis may have increased its legal peril
Several US states say news that Exxon scientists predicted global heating accurately strengthens their lawsuits against company → Read More
Down to Earth: How gas stoves ignited an American culture war
In this week’s newsletter: In the US, rightwing politicians and commentators are red hot about a future without gas stoves – but it’s the change America needs → Read More
Biden rules out gas-stove ban after Republican backlash
Republicans furious at suggestion from US regulators that gas stoves could be phased out over links to childhood asthma → Read More
Earth’s ozone layer on course to be healed within decades, UN report finds
Most of atmospheric layer that protects planet from ultraviolet radiation likely to be fully recovered for most of world by 2040 → Read More
Fears US supreme court could radically reshape clean water rules
Conservative-majority court could soon decide on scope of Clean Water Act, dramatically affecting laws and wetlands countrywide → Read More
One in eight cases of asthma in US kids caused by gas stove pollution – study
Emission of toxic chemicals and carcinogens from gas stoves creating indoor pollution worse than car traffic → Read More
US government approves use of world’s first vaccine for honeybees
Hopes of a new weapon against diseases that routinely ravage colonies that are relied upon for food pollination → Read More