environment
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'A historic change': California first state to pass overtime pay for farm workersThe state’s 800,000 farm workers will be eligible for time-and-a-half pay after 40 hours of work a week phased in over four years
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Military experts say climate change poses 'significant risk' to securityA coalition of 25 prominent members of US national security community warn that higher temperatures and rising seas will inundate bases and fuel conflict -
Dakota Access Pipeline plan still on despite protests across the US and worldRallies are taking place over $3.8bn North Dakota pipeline, which the Standing Rock Sioux tribe says threatens their water supply and cultural heritage -
Can our need for a carbon-free future override our fears of nuclear energy?Unlike coal and natural gas plants that emit carbon emissions while producing electricity, nuclear generates none. So why aren’t more states getting onboard?
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North Dakota arrest warrant for Amy Goodman raises fears for press freedomThe Democracy Now! host has been accused of entering private property during her reporting on the Native American protests of an oil pipeline
energy
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Oil disaster investigator alarmed by BP Great Australian Bight responseExclusive: Bob Bea, who investigated Deepwater Horizon, blasts BP and Australian regulators, calling their response to concerns about faulty equipment an ‘early warning sign’ of a potential disaster
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Theresa May accused of avoiding security and cost issues of HinkleyVince Cable, former business secretary, says economics of project are unresolved, while Greenpeace chief condemns PM’s review as ‘hot air’
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latest news
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Heathrow expansion must be consigned to dustbin, says Boris JohnsonThe foreign secretary has branded much-discussed Heathrow expansion a ‘fantasy’ destined for the ‘dustbin’
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ICC widens remit to include environmental destruction casesIn change of focus, Hague court will prosecute government and individuals for environmental crimes such as landgrabs
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Hinkley Point C nuclear power station gets government green lightLabour and environmental groups say new safeguards for foreign investment are merely “window dressing”
elephant conservation
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Legal rhino horn and ivory trade should benefit Africa, says Swaziland governmentAs talks about a complete ban on both the international and domestic markets heat up, the Swaziland government accuses western NGOs of being ‘armchair preservationists’
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Why the Guardian is publishing its elephant reporting in ChineseA new partnership with chinadialogue will bring a year of in-depth reporting, expert opinion and features to a crucial audience of consumers and readers in China
featured series
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The new bottom lineThe new bottom lineCan our need for a carbon-free future override our fears of nuclear energy?Unlike coal and natural gas plants that emit carbon emissions while producing electricity, nuclear generates none. So why aren’t more states getting onboard?
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An apple a dayAn apple a dayLeading ocean advocacy groups join forces to tackle microfiber pollutionIn a sign that the tide is turning against toxic microplastics, a new coalition has been formed to try to stop microfibers from poisoning our oceans
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the big picture
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The week in wildlife – in picturesAn angry-faced caterpillar, lion’s mane jellyfish and a new species of giraffe are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world
Lives in the balance: climate change and the Marshall Islands