Sunrise Movement, which led calls for a Green New Deal, will organize against Trump’s attacks on universities
As the Trump administration cracks down on both environmental policies and progressive activism, the Sunrise Movement, the youth-led climate justice organization that popularized calls for a Green New Deal, is widening its mission to fight authoritarianism.
“Every day, Donald Trump is seizing power and shredding the Constitution,” Sunrise’s executive director, Aru Shiney-Ajay, wrote in an open letter to Sunrise members, funders and allies. “What ordinary people do in the coming months will determine whether he and his billionaire cronies can cement their grip on power and turn this country into a playground for the rich and powerful.”
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10/05/2025 - 05:00
As well as embracing ‘beautiful coal’, the president has set about obliterating clean energy projects
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10/04/2025 - 21:40
Warm weather follows deluges in more than a dozen places in NSW and Queensland which topped daily records for the month
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Sydney and Brisbane are in for a hot public holiday on Monday, with temperatures set to pass 30C in both capitals.
The warm weather comes after a soaking September on Australia’s east coast smashed monthly rain records across 21 places in Queensland and six in New South Wales following a record-breaking rain in August.
Sydney – sunny, minimum 20C, maximum 31C
Brisbane – sunny, minimum 15C, maximum 32C
Melbourne – shower or two, minimum 12C, maximum 16C
Adelaide – shower or two, minimum 11C, maximum 17C
Canberra – shower or two, minimum 11C, maximum 23C
Perth – sunny, minimum 8C, maximum 21C
Hobart – possible shower, minimum 7C, maximum 14C
Darwin – partly cloudy minimum 25C, maximum 35C
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10/04/2025 - 10:02
Exclusive: Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water
The environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg has told Swedish officials she is being subjected to harsh treatment in Israeli custody after her detention and removal from a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza, according to correspondence seen by the Guardian.
According to the correspondence, Israeli forces are also reported by another detainee to have taken photographs where Thunberg was allegedly forced to hold flags. The identity of the flags is unknown.
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10/04/2025 - 09:00
Some parks are closed, some are trying to function with a skeleton staff – and visitors and employees are frustrated
Kim Nachazel had been looking forward to a road trip to Mesa Verde national park in Colorado this week. Her husband had been mesmerized by the park since he read about it in high school, and she’d planned them a full day of adventure – two tours of famous cliff dwellings, a camping spot on BLM land, and even a spot for her pup at a dog-boarding place inside the park grounds.
She knew about the government shutdown, but that didn’t deter her. “I had hope and optimism that this park wouldn’t really be affected,” she says, “and that we would have an amazing day exploring.”
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10/04/2025 - 07:00
Tech companies’ use of Pfas gas at facilities may mean datacenters’ climate impact is worse than previously thought
Datacenters’ electricity demands have been accused of delaying the US’s transition to clean energy and requiring fossil fuel plants to stay online, while their high level of water consumption has also raised alarm. Now public health advocates fear another environmental problem could be linked to them – Pfas “forever chemical” pollution.
Big tech companies like Google, Microsoft and Amazon often need datacenters to store servers and networking equipment that process the world’s digital traffic, and the artificial intelligence boom is driving demand for more facilities.
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10/04/2025 - 05:00
Democrats and environmental groups slam move as ‘sick political game’ and say it will drive up energy bills
The Trump administration is cancelling $7.6bn in grants that supported hundreds of clean energy projects in 16 states, all of which voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in last year’s presidential election.
The move comes as Donald Trump threatens deep cuts in his fight with congressional Democrats over the government shutdown.
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10/04/2025 - 01:00
Royal couple’s desire for more privacy means 2.3-mile perimeter exclusion zone and less public land for walkers
For almost two decades Tina has enjoyed early morning walks through Windsor Great Park’s ancient-oak studded open fields with the freedom to let her dog off the lead.
In recent weeks, however, she has noticed disturbing changes: fencing appearing around her regular route near Cranbourne Gate, trenches being dug, hedges planted and CCTV cameras erected.
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10/04/2025 - 00:00
Shift raises food safety and welfare concerns as imports can bypass standards for domestic producers
Ukraine and Poland have overtaken other EU countries to become the UK’s biggest egg suppliers, sparking warnings that imports of eggs from caged hens are slipping “through the back door” despite welfare pledges.
Freedom of information data from the Animal and Plant Health Agency shows that, while the Netherlands supplied a large proportion of UK eggs in 2022, its share has steadily fallen. By 2025, Ukraine and Poland together accounted for more than 15m kilograms, with Spain, Italy and other southern and eastern European countries also having increased their exports.
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10/03/2025 - 23:00
EVs rise nearly a third in September compared with a year earlier, as plug-in hybrids jump by 56%
British electric car sales hit a record high in September as new taxpayer subsidies helped to attract buyers in the most important month for the market.
Battery EV sales rose by nearly a third in September compared with a year earlier, to 72,800, according to preliminary figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), a lobby group.
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