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Just Stop Oil holds first protest in 17 months

No new drilling — Having previously said that it was “hanging up the hi-vis”, the climate activist group has blocked a road outside Parliament to protest Andy Burnham opening the door for new oil and gas extraction licenses in the North Sea.

  • Activism
  • Ella Glossop

‘Baking Street’: Activists rename Tube stations in heatwave protest

‘Heatwave, sponsored by Shell’ — The protest comes as the UK recorded the hottest day in June ever recorded at 36.7C.

  • Activism
  • Ella Glossop
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The rise of France’s rollerskiing scene, as its snowfall thins

Carving road — With changing climates forcing skiers to travel higher up mountains in search of quality powder, a small community is turning to tarmac and building a new vision of the sport that doesn’t rely on winter.

  • Sport
  • Flore Boitel
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Why is the Amazon’s ‘great roar’ river wave shrinking?

Pororoca — Set in northern Brazil’s edge, a miles long tidal bore has become a destination for waveriders attempting its endless surf. But its future is uncertain, as landscape and weather changes have seen its power mellow in recent years.

  • Sport
  • Gaia Neiman
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Surviving one of the world’s deadliest wildfires, in photos

The Fumes of Mars — Katerina Angelopoulou was visiting friends when the tragic 2018 Attica inferno broke out. Her new book tells a collective story, as she and thousands of others have tried to make sense of it since.

  • Activism
  • Miss Rosen
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Two years since Patagonia’s founder gave everything away, what does it mean now?

The Announcement — In 2022, the outdoor clothing and equipment brand’s billionaire owner Yvon Chouinard revealed that he was handing his entire company over to fight the climate crisis. Now, podcaster Matt Barr has released a deep dive into the seemingly seismic move, and we caught up with him to hear about his findings.

  • Sport
  • Isaac Muk

Why young people will make sure Keir Starmer can no longer ignore climate crisis

After being ignored by then leader of the opposition in 2021, Green New Deal Rising activist Emma de Saram talks about the organisation’s plans to make those in power take real action on climate change.

  • Activism
  • Emma de Saram

Inside the battle to stop coal

As the legal challenge against Britain’s first deep coal mine in 30 years reaches the High court, we talk to activists at the centre of the fight to stop it.

  • Activism
  • Ben Smoke

I lost my home to crumbling cliffs – my coastal community is the canary in the coal mine

After Kevin Jordan was made homeless by climate change he began organising to try and make those in power take the thread of the crisis seriously.

  • Election 2024
  • Kevin Jordan

Capturing the resilience of Filipino coastal communities at the frontlines of climate change

Winner of #CreateCOP competition ’The Passage of Storms’ documents the physical and impacts of typhoons, and the people at the heart of them.

  • Photography
  • Isaac Muk

Why we're taking the UK Government to court

Cumbrian residents are among those taking the Government to court over a newly approved coal mine as the world faces stark warnings on climate change writes local campaigner Ruth Balogh

  • Activism
  • Ruth Balogh

Meet the 'trollhunters' battling climate disinformation online

Hoax so simple — Fuelled by their passion for the environment and disdain for “nonsense”, an anonymous collective called Team Ninja Trollhunters is patrolling Twitter for accounts spreading climate crisis conspiracies and denialism.

  • Activism
  • Becca Warner

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