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.
November 20, 2025 at 4:58 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)
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
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
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/...
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...
In Chicago - what a city this is - to see the first organized swim in its cleaned up river in 98 years
September 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
In Chicago - what a city this is - to see the first organized swim in its cleaned up river in 98 years
For a couple of days a year, we get to forget about cars
August 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
For a couple of days a year, we get to forget about cars
imagine going back to 1970 and telling those who formed the Environmental Protection Agency that this is what its administrator will be talking about
July 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
imagine going back to 1970 and telling those who formed the Environmental Protection Agency that this is what its administrator will be talking about
Household energy bills are set to soar from Donald Trump's 'big beautiful bill' cutting support for cheap renewables.
States that voted for Trump last year will be the hardest hit, with some getting cost rises of more than $600 each year. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
States that voted for Trump last year will be the hardest hit, with some getting cost rises of more than $600 each year. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
July 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Household energy bills are set to soar from Donald Trump's 'big beautiful bill' cutting support for cheap renewables.
States that voted for Trump last year will be the hardest hit, with some getting cost rises of more than $600 each year. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
States that voted for Trump last year will be the hardest hit, with some getting cost rises of more than $600 each year. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
perhaps the most important graph from the Republican 'big, beautiful' spending bill - it will increase US planet-heating emissions by 7 billion tonnes in the next 5 years.
That's a lot. www.carbonbrief.org/chart-trumps...
That's a lot. www.carbonbrief.org/chart-trumps...
July 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
perhaps the most important graph from the Republican 'big, beautiful' spending bill - it will increase US planet-heating emissions by 7 billion tonnes in the next 5 years.
That's a lot. www.carbonbrief.org/chart-trumps...
That's a lot. www.carbonbrief.org/chart-trumps...
Yesterday - EPA says emissions from power plants, the second largest carbon polluter by sector, aren’t significant and so shouldn’t be restricted.
Today - surely emissions from vehicles, the number 1 emitter, are significant? Nope, says EPA
Today - surely emissions from vehicles, the number 1 emitter, are significant? Nope, says EPA
June 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Yesterday - EPA says emissions from power plants, the second largest carbon polluter by sector, aren’t significant and so shouldn’t be restricted.
Today - surely emissions from vehicles, the number 1 emitter, are significant? Nope, says EPA
Today - surely emissions from vehicles, the number 1 emitter, are significant? Nope, says EPA
More than a dozen National Weather Service forecast offices in the most hurricane-prone region of the US are understaffed, data seen by the Guardian shows.
Hurricane season officially started yesterday amid staff cuts and tumult at NWS and FEMA. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Hurricane season officially started yesterday amid staff cuts and tumult at NWS and FEMA. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
June 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
More than a dozen National Weather Service forecast offices in the most hurricane-prone region of the US are understaffed, data seen by the Guardian shows.
Hurricane season officially started yesterday amid staff cuts and tumult at NWS and FEMA. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Hurricane season officially started yesterday amid staff cuts and tumult at NWS and FEMA. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
NOAA expects above-average hurricane season for US
- 6-10 storms set to become hurricanes (winds of 74 mph or higher)
- 3-5 major hurricanes (111mph or stronger)
Forecast comes amid major Trump cuts to weather and disaster response agencies.
Hurricane season starts in 10 days.
- 6-10 storms set to become hurricanes (winds of 74 mph or higher)
- 3-5 major hurricanes (111mph or stronger)
Forecast comes amid major Trump cuts to weather and disaster response agencies.
Hurricane season starts in 10 days.
May 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
NOAA expects above-average hurricane season for US
- 6-10 storms set to become hurricanes (winds of 74 mph or higher)
- 3-5 major hurricanes (111mph or stronger)
Forecast comes amid major Trump cuts to weather and disaster response agencies.
Hurricane season starts in 10 days.
- 6-10 storms set to become hurricanes (winds of 74 mph or higher)
- 3-5 major hurricanes (111mph or stronger)
Forecast comes amid major Trump cuts to weather and disaster response agencies.
Hurricane season starts in 10 days.
May 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Seems Delta have gone all in on Mt McKinley and most of the way on the Gulf of America
May 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Seems Delta have gone all in on Mt McKinley and most of the way on the Gulf of America
Anyway, national parks really are the best thing America has done. I went to 6 in 12 days. Visit while you can
April 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Anyway, national parks really are the best thing America has done. I went to 6 in 12 days. Visit while you can
perhaps my fave email was the White House's Earth Day one where plastic straws are good for the environment, wildlife is being saved from wind turbines and public land is protected by being drilled for oil and gas
April 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
perhaps my fave email was the White House's Earth Day one where plastic straws are good for the environment, wildlife is being saved from wind turbines and public land is protected by being drilled for oil and gas
time to head to the Winchester, have a pint and wait for this all to blow over
April 4, 2025 at 12:27 PM
time to head to the Winchester, have a pint and wait for this all to blow over
I wrote about monarch butterflies, something that always takes me back to seeing the end point of their extraordinary migration in Mexico
April 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I wrote about monarch butterflies, something that always takes me back to seeing the end point of their extraordinary migration in Mexico