Oliver Milman
The Guardian
New York, NY, United States
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Big tech vows to fight climate crisis but employs fossil fuel-linked lobbyists
The biggest players in tech have contracted with lobbyists that also represent some of the biggest fossil fuel companies → Read More
State Farm stopped insuring California homes due to climate risks. But it shares lobbyists with big oil
Allstate, too, has pulled out of climate disaster-prone areas while hiring lobbyists who are also aligned to fossil fuel interests → Read More
‘Double agents’: how US cities, tech firms and universities use fossil fuel lobbyists
Exclusive: a new database spotlights the work of 1,500 fossil fuel lobbyists for other clients including a range of institutions, groups and businesses → Read More
Current heatwave across US south made five times more likely by climate crisis
Latest ‘heat dome’ event over Texas and Louisiana, plus much of Mexico, driven by human-cause climate change, scientists find → Read More
USDA allows lab-grown meat to be sold to US consumers
Approval means US becomes second country in the world, after Singapore, to allow sale of meat grown from animal cells → Read More
Gas stoves emit benzene levels above secondhand smoke, US study finds
Even low doses of airborne benzene raise the risk of a variety of cancers, including lymphomas and leukemia → Read More
US east coast cities warned to draft air quality plans similar to those in the west
Current standards do not take into account particulates given off by blazes such as seen lately in Canada that affected the east coast → Read More
Fears of hottest year on record as global temperatures spike
Early data shows June temperatures hitting record highs ahead of El Niño that experts say will have significant heating effect → Read More
A visual guide to the Canada wildfires and US smoke pollution
There are more than 400 fires burning across Canada, with many out of control, and as smoke travels south it is prompting air quality alerts in the US → Read More
‘Nowhere is safe now’: wildfire smoke brings climate crisis home to Americans
With the Empire State Building and the Lincoln Memorial blotted out, the US is experiencing the climate catastrophe first-hand → Read More
Air pollution in US from wildfire smoke is worst in recent recorded history
Exclusive: rapid analysis of extreme event by Stanford University shows worst day of exposure to such pollution since 2006 → Read More
Alarm at rightwing push to reverse clean-energy success in Texas and beyond
Supporters of clean energy say they expect further battles ahead to prevent state’s progress in solar and wind from being unwound → Read More
Protesters to march on White House as anger mounts over Appalachia pipeline
Activists to gather in Washington to demand Joe Biden ‘reclaim his climate legacy’ by blocking 300-mile Mountain Valley pipeline → Read More
Utah school district that banned Bible considers removing Book of Mormon
Davis school district says it will assess text after complaint for ‘pornographic or indecent materials’ under law passed last year → Read More
Arizona limits future home-building in Phoenix area due to lack of groundwater
Action set to slow population growth for one of the most rapidly expanding areas of the US amid ‘megadrought’ → Read More
New York village’s cherished swan stolen and eaten by three teens
Authorities say Faye the swan was abducted, and that three suspects had been arrested for grand larceny and criminal mischief → Read More
Family of 11-year-old boy shot by officer sue Mississippi police and authorities
Aderrien Murry was shot by a police officer responding to 911 call, resulting in collapsed lung, fractured ribs and lacerated liver → Read More
‘An egregious act’: debt ceiling deal imperils the environment, critics say
The agreement will fast-track the Mountain Valley pipeline, and limit the scope of environmental reviews for future developments → Read More
US may restrict visas for Ugandan officials in wake of anti-LGBTQ+ laws
Antony Blinken says he’s looking to ‘promote accountability’ for Ugandan officials who have violated rights of LGBTQ+ people → Read More
DeSantis accused of ‘catastrophic’ climate approach after campaign launch
Republican ‘trying to out-Trump Trump’ on climate, expert says, as governor says he rejects the ‘politicization of the weather’ → Read More