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Twenty years after An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore still believes in the climate fight: ‘We are going to win this’

admin — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 21:43:16 +0000

Former US vice-president still has optimism for climate advocacy two decades after groundbreaking documentary

Two decades after the release of his groundbreaking documentary An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore has admitted he was surprised by the ferocious, ongoing backlash from the fossil fuel industry and its political allies. But the former US vice-president insists he still has optimism the world will confront the climate crisis.

In a first, olive ridley turtles spotted nesting on California’s beaches

admin — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 21:05:09 +0000

Scientists are questioning whether the nestings on Seal and Huntington Beach were freak occurrences or start of a trend

A sea turtle crawled out of the surf in southern California last weekend around sunset and started laying eggs in the sand.

People on Huntington Beach who saw the female olive ridley sea turtle were shocked and excited. And they weren’t the only ones freaking out, said Justin Viezbicke, the California stranding coordinator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (Noaa).

UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer

admin — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 18:36:45 +0000

El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers

The UK has warned countries around the world that the climate and nature crises and the coming El Niño threaten their national security and defence, presenting foreign ministries with the findings of an explosive report suppressed under Keir Starmer.

Germany pledges to phase out fossil fuels for first time with target of 2045

admin — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 16:37:52 +0000

Campaigners say plan marks notable shift away from oil and gas as previously pledges were only for carbon neutrality

Europe’s biggest economy, Germany, has committed to phasing out fossil fuels by 2045, despite fierce debate about its green policies.

Bats originated in Europe, rewriting mammals’ family tree, study reveals

admin — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:00:52 +0000

Biggest study of its kind provides insights into bats’ evolution – a potential gamechanger for research into treating viruses and cancer in humans

Coogee ranks as Sydney’s worst ocean beach for faecal pollution – again

admin — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:01:50 +0000

Seventy-nine per cent of all NSW swimming sites rated ‘good’ or ‘very good’, as state’s cleanest and most polluted beaches revealed

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‘Watermelons’: Zack Polanski and the rise of the ‘green outside, red inside’ eco-populists

admin — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 13:52:20 +0000

Author Russell Warfield argues the Green leader’s brand of politics is not new but has evolved in the party over time

Watermelons: the term used to describe the members of the Green party of England and Wales who are green on the outside and red on the inside. People in this faction are environmentalists but bleed socialist ideologies.

At Climate Week, Elmo recalls a storm on Sesame Street: ‘Courage is when you still help others’

admin — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 10:00:47 +0000

New York event hears about the red Muppet’s fears during a recent storm as climate crisis increasingly affects children

A generation of political leaders has failed to galvanize sufficient action on the climate crisis for so long now that it was perhaps little surprise that an audience in New York City turned to a three-and-a-half-year-old red furry monster for inspiration on Tuesday.

The climate fight has one great ally. You just can’t look at it directly | Bill McKibben

admin — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 10:00:46 +0000

There is hope in solar power. As the UN meets, we are urging leaders to pursue a clear goal: clean energy for all by 2030

Our message to global leaders: we need solar power everywhere by the decade’s end

As climate experts from around the world gather in New York for their annual week of talking through the world’s deepest dilemma, the vibes are mostly bad.

Alpabzug! Swiss mountain alpaca herding – in pictures

admin — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 10:00:46 +0000

Each autumn the traditional alpabzug (descent of herds) sees farmers in Switzerland move their livestock from mountain pastures down to valley barns. In the Griesalp area above Kiental around 70 alpacas were herded down the valley, before being transported by truck to their winter farm at Aeschi, near Spiez, in the Bernese Oberland