Oliver Milman
@olliemilman.bsky.social
Write about the environment for the Guardian. Author of the Insect Crisis. Just about able to play Let it Be on the ukulele. LFC always.
Don’t do this with leaves. Just, don’t
November 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Don’t do this with leaves. Just, don’t
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the nuzzi story is fun and all but at the center of it is the elevation of a man who has dedicated his life to making children catch preventable diseases to a position where he can enact harm at enormous scale
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 3:19 AM
the nuzzi story is fun and all but at the center of it is the elevation of a man who has dedicated his life to making children catch preventable diseases to a position where he can enact harm at enormous scale
November 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Divide over fossil fuels phaseout can be bridged, Cop30 president says www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Divide over fossil fuels phaseout can be bridged, Cop30 president says
Exclusive: André Corrêa do Lago says rise of clean energy must be acknowledged and rich countries need to do more
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Divide over fossil fuels phaseout can be bridged, Cop30 president says www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Must read perspective:
‘The haste feels contagious … I fear it’: a Xipaya journalist on attending Cop30 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘The haste feels contagious … I fear it’: a Xipaya journalist on attending Cop30 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘The haste feels contagious … I fear it’: a Xipai journalist on attending Cop30
An Indigenous journalist’s experience of entering the belly of Cop where time does not flourish, it is consumed
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Must read perspective:
‘The haste feels contagious … I fear it’: a Xipaya journalist on attending Cop30 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘The haste feels contagious … I fear it’: a Xipaya journalist on attending Cop30 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
There is a big push at Cop30 to reframe AI as a way to cut, rather than add to, planet-heating emissions.
But is 'AI for good' really a force that will help confront the climate crisis? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
But is 'AI for good' really a force that will help confront the climate crisis? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
AI is guzzling energy for slop content – could it be reimagined to help the climate?
Some experts think AI could be used to lower, rather than raise, planet-heating emissions – others aren’t so convinced
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
There is a big push at Cop30 to reframe AI as a way to cut, rather than add to, planet-heating emissions.
But is 'AI for good' really a force that will help confront the climate crisis? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
But is 'AI for good' really a force that will help confront the climate crisis? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Every country at Cop30 has avoided criticizing Trump.
All except for Maina Vakafua Talia, of tiny Tuvalu, who told me Trump provides "doom."
“We can’t remain silent while our islands are sinking. We can’t remain silent while our people are suffering." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
All except for Maina Vakafua Talia, of tiny Tuvalu, who told me Trump provides "doom."
“We can’t remain silent while our islands are sinking. We can’t remain silent while our people are suffering." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
South Pacific nation of Tuvalu rebukes Trump’s ‘shameful disregard’ at Cop30
Minister from islands facing extinction is one of few delegates directly calling out Trump’s climate policies
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Every country at Cop30 has avoided criticizing Trump.
All except for Maina Vakafua Talia, of tiny Tuvalu, who told me Trump provides "doom."
“We can’t remain silent while our islands are sinking. We can’t remain silent while our people are suffering." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
All except for Maina Vakafua Talia, of tiny Tuvalu, who told me Trump provides "doom."
“We can’t remain silent while our islands are sinking. We can’t remain silent while our people are suffering." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
By me: Yellow fever and dengue cases surge in South America as climate crisis fuels health issues.
Disease spike, heat deaths and advance of dengue into Europe prompts UN to unveil new health and climate plan at Cop30 in Belem, Brazil.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Disease spike, heat deaths and advance of dengue into Europe prompts UN to unveil new health and climate plan at Cop30 in Belem, Brazil.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Yellow fever and dengue cases surge in South America as climate crisis fuels health issues
Disease outbreaks from South America to Europe have been worsened by rising global temperatures, experts say
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
By me: Yellow fever and dengue cases surge in South America as climate crisis fuels health issues.
Disease spike, heat deaths and advance of dengue into Europe prompts UN to unveil new health and climate plan at Cop30 in Belem, Brazil.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Disease spike, heat deaths and advance of dengue into Europe prompts UN to unveil new health and climate plan at Cop30 in Belem, Brazil.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Extraordinary scenes at Cop30 this morning as protestors from the Munduruku people blockaded the entrance for several hours, only leaving after being persuaded by do Lago, the Cop president (who held a baby for a while)
November 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Extraordinary scenes at Cop30 this morning as protestors from the Munduruku people blockaded the entrance for several hours, only leaving after being persuaded by do Lago, the Cop president (who held a baby for a while)
Belem is a pretty cool place to come and talk about climate change
November 13, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Belem is a pretty cool place to come and talk about climate change
Latest from me and colleagues at Cop30 - World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise www.theguardian.com/environment/...
as Al Gore slams both Bill Gates and Donald Trump on their climate stances www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
as Al Gore slams both Bill Gates and Donald Trump on their climate stances www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Latest from me and colleagues at Cop30 - World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise www.theguardian.com/environment/...
as Al Gore slams both Bill Gates and Donald Trump on their climate stances www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
as Al Gore slams both Bill Gates and Donald Trump on their climate stances www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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California governor calls Trump ‘an invasive species’ at #COP30 climate talks
- Gavin Newsom is most senior US politician at annual UN talks, heading alternate delegation in Trump’s absence
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Gavin Newsom is most senior US politician at annual UN talks, heading alternate delegation in Trump’s absence
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
California governor calls Trump ‘an invasive species’ at Cop30 climate talks
Gavin Newsom is most senior US politician at annual talks, heading alternate delegation in Trump’s absence
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:12 AM
California governor calls Trump ‘an invasive species’ at #COP30 climate talks
- Gavin Newsom is most senior US politician at annual UN talks, heading alternate delegation in Trump’s absence
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Gavin Newsom is most senior US politician at annual UN talks, heading alternate delegation in Trump’s absence
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate people - I'll be in Belem to cover Cop30 from Saturday onwards. If you're there and have a story, or just a desire to chat, please do get in touch.
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Climate people - I'll be in Belem to cover Cop30 from Saturday onwards. If you're there and have a story, or just a desire to chat, please do get in touch.
Reposted by Oliver Milman
Yes, the people on your screen observing on the election should know that there's an alternative model for how to do it. It's called the citizens agenda. I have been writing about it, and advocating for it, since 2010. pressthink.org/2010/08/the-...
Errol Louis was alluding to it last night:
Errol Louis was alluding to it last night:
November 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Yes, the people on your screen observing on the election should know that there's an alternative model for how to do it. It's called the citizens agenda. I have been writing about it, and advocating for it, since 2010. pressthink.org/2010/08/the-...
Errol Louis was alluding to it last night:
Errol Louis was alluding to it last night:
the New York Post is taking the news well
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
the New York Post is taking the news well
The US will have no high-level representatives at UN climate talks in Brazil next month, White House confirms www.theguardian.com/environment/...
No high-level US representatives will go to UN climate talks, Trump officials say
Decision to stay away from Cop30 meeting in Brazil underscores administration’s hostility to climate action
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The US will have no high-level representatives at UN climate talks in Brazil next month, White House confirms www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I spoke to Harrison Ford about the climate crisis and he said -
- Trump's axing of climate policies “scares the shit out of me”
- of Trump: "I don’t know of a greater criminal in history”
- that the world is "teetering on the edge" due to the loss of nature
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Trump's axing of climate policies “scares the shit out of me”
- of Trump: "I don’t know of a greater criminal in history”
- that the world is "teetering on the edge" due to the loss of nature
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Harrison Ford says Trump’s assault on climate policy ‘scares the shit out of me’
Indiana Jones star calls US president one of history’s greatest criminals for attacks on science and boosting of fossil fuels
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I spoke to Harrison Ford about the climate crisis and he said -
- Trump's axing of climate policies “scares the shit out of me”
- of Trump: "I don’t know of a greater criminal in history”
- that the world is "teetering on the edge" due to the loss of nature
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Trump's axing of climate policies “scares the shit out of me”
- of Trump: "I don’t know of a greater criminal in history”
- that the world is "teetering on the edge" due to the loss of nature
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Recently drafted climate plans from scores of countries fall drastically short of what is needed to stave off the worst effects of climate breakdown, a UN analysis has shown. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World’s climate plans fall drastically short of action needed, analysis shows
Recent plans submitted to UN by more than 60 countries would cut carbon by only 10%, a sixth of what is needed
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Recently drafted climate plans from scores of countries fall drastically short of what is needed to stave off the worst effects of climate breakdown, a UN analysis has shown. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The two key coral species that form the Florida reef are now functionally extinct due to extreme ocean heat, scientists say
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Two crucial Florida coral species left ‘functionally extinct’ by ocean heatwave
Climate crisis drives near-total collapse of staghorn and elkhorn corals that formed backbone to state’s reefs
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The two key coral species that form the Florida reef are now functionally extinct due to extreme ocean heat, scientists say
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Mosquitoes found in a warming Iceland for the first time www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country
Three specimens discovered in what was previously one of the few places in the world without the insects
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October 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Mosquitoes found in a warming Iceland for the first time www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate disasters in first half of 2025 are the costliest ever on record in US, a resurrected tracker that was axed by the Trump administration has found www.theguardian.com/environment/...
October 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Climate disasters in first half of 2025 are the costliest ever on record in US, a resurrected tracker that was axed by the Trump administration has found www.theguardian.com/environment/...
More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal, analysis shows www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal, analysis shows
Report looks at White House nominees and appointees and agencies dictating energy, environment and climate policy
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal, analysis shows www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Donald Trump is scrapping a 2001 rule that protects 58m acres of the most prized forests in the US "so we are allowed to take down trees and make a lot of money."
I went to the forest where the roadless rule was unveiled to find out what's at stake www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I went to the forest where the roadless rule was unveiled to find out what's at stake www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
October 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Donald Trump is scrapping a 2001 rule that protects 58m acres of the most prized forests in the US "so we are allowed to take down trees and make a lot of money."
I went to the forest where the roadless rule was unveiled to find out what's at stake www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I went to the forest where the roadless rule was unveiled to find out what's at stake www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
this sums up a root cause of a lot of things happening at the moment jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...
The dawn of the post-literate society
And the end of civilisation
jmarriott.substack.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
this sums up a root cause of a lot of things happening at the moment jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...
World leaders rally to release new emission reduction targets a day after Donald Trump calls climate crisis “the greatest con job ever perpetrated upon the world” in scathing and often fact-free UN speech www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Science demands action’: world leaders and UN push climate agenda forward despite Trump’s attacks
Leaders unveil new targets to cut planet-heating pollution after Trump called climate crisis a ‘con job’
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
World leaders rally to release new emission reduction targets a day after Donald Trump calls climate crisis “the greatest con job ever perpetrated upon the world” in scathing and often fact-free UN speech www.theguardian.com/environment/...