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John Vidal

John Vidal was the Guardian's environment editor, reporting for the Guardian for almost three decades until retiring in 2017. He died in October 2023

July 2023

  • FILES-PHILIPPINES-HEALTH-AGRICULTURE-ECONOMY<br>(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 19, 2019 Pigs are pictured at Poetterhof, a species-appropriate pig farm in Brueggen, western Germany. - The Philippines on Monday reported its first cases of African swine fever, becoming the latest country hit by the disease that has killed pigs from Slovakia to China, pushing up pork prices worldwide. (Photo by INA FASSBENDER / AFP)INA FASSBENDER/AFP/Getty Images

    Another deadly pandemic seems inevitable – but there is a way to avoid it

    John Vidal
    We need to do big things quickly to halt the disturbance of nature. And I fear that’s not happening, says former Guardian environment editor John Vidal

January 2023

  • Plastic forks

    England’s new ban on single-use plastics sounds good – but it is a surrender to big business

    John Vidal
    Thérèse Coffey’s weak plans aim low and will have minimal impact on one of the biggest problems threatening our environment, says the Guardian’s former environment editor John Vidal

December 2022

  • TOPSHOT-US-WEATHER-SNOW<br>TOPSHOT - Pedestrains walk past workers attempting to repair a water line in Buffalo, New York, on December 26, 2022. - Emergency crews in New York were scrambling on December 26, 2022, to rescue marooned residents from what authorities called the "blizzard of the century," a relentless storm that has left at least 25 dead in the state and is causing US Christmas travel chaos. (Photo by Joed Viera / AFP) (Photo by JOED VIERA/AFP via Getty Images)

    There’s no such thing as ‘freak’ weather any more – and 2023 already looks like a disaster movie

    John Vidal
    Why are the world’s leaders still in denial about extreme weather, asks former Guardian environment editor John Vidal

November 2022

  • Clinton Global Initiative Returns To New York For First Time Since 2015<br>NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 20: Activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai speaks during the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) 2022 Meeting on September 20, 2022 in New York City. CGI, which hasn’t met since 2016, has assisted over 435 million people in more than 180 countries since it was established in 2005. The two-day event, which occurs as the United Nations General Assembly is being held nearby, will see dozens of world leaders and those working for change across the world. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

    It should not be controversial to say a population of 8 billion will have a grave impact on the climate

    John Vidal
    The hard fact is that human numbers matter – and the impact of 2-3 billion more of us will be immense, says John Vidal

October 2022

  • National Trust rangers clear dead birds from Staple Island

    Animals farmed
    Bird flu ‘an urgent warning to move away from factory farming’

  • Garden party at Buckingham Palace

    Here’s a plan for green King Charles: sell the family silver and use the cash to save the planet

    John Vidal

September 2022

  • The China-Laos Railway crosses a major bridge over the Yuanjiang River in southwestern China's Yunnan Province.

    Will China’s plan for a ‘green silk road’ live up to environmental promises?

    China has pledged to make its Belt and Road initiative greener, but critics say environmental guidelines ‘nonexistent’

August 2022

  • Guests watch a seed wall during Yunnan Biodiversity Conservation Practices and Achievements Exhibition on October 12, 2021 in Kunming, Yunnan Province of China.

    The road to Cop15
    It is 100 days until Cop15 – and the omens are good for a global plan to protect nature

    John Vidal
  • Mojo Wang

    Car-free UK
    The age of ‘the car is king’ is over. The sooner we accept that, the better

    John Vidal
  • Summer weather Aug 14th 2022<br>A grass fire by Newgale Beach, Pembrokeshire, as a drought has been declared for parts of England following the driest summer for 50 years. Picture date: Sunday August 14, 2022. PA Photo.Parts of the UK are bracing for another day of sizzling temperatures ahead of three days of yellow weather warnings for thunderstorms. An amber weather warning for extreme heat is in place until 11.59pm on Sunday for large parts of the south, east, west, midlands and north of England as temperatures are predicted to rise to 32C. See PA story WEATHER Heat. Photo credit should read: Sam Russell/PA Wire

    After this drought, there will be another one: here are 10 things you should know

    John Vidal
  • A forest fire in Aubais, southern France, 31 July, 2022.

    Floods, storms and heatwaves are a direct product of the climate crisis – that’s a fact, so where is the action?

    John Vidal

June 2022

  • An industrial shed containing thousands of white chickens

    Animals farmed
    Spread of ‘free-range’ farming may raise risk of animal-borne pandemics – study

  • Cullis-Suzuki giving speech recently.

    ‘I had singular focus’: 30 years on from Severn Cullis-Suzuki’s Earth Summit speech

May 2022

  • Thousands of turkeys are culled at a turkey farm near Ruds Vedby in Zealand, Denmark, in January 2022.

    Monkeypox isn’t the disease we should be worried about

    John Vidal
    Climate change is likely to exacerbate the rapid spread of viruses and pathogens, says John Vidal, former Guardian environment editor

March 2022

  • Amory Lovins

    Energy efficiency guru Amory Lovins: ‘It’s the largest, cheapest, safest, cleanest way to address the crisis’

    One of the leading advocates of energy conservation explains why this could be a turning point for climate economics

February 2022

  • Coronavirus - Thu Jul 29, 2021<br>A plane lands on the southern runway at London Heathrow Airport. US and EU travellers who are fully vaccinated against coronavirus will be allowed to enter England and Scotland without the need to quarantine from Monday. Travellers will be required to take a pre-departure test, and a PCR test on or before the second day after their arrival. Picture date: Thursday July 29, 2021. PA Photo. The new rules also include arrivals from Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Monaco, Andorra and Vatican City. Travellers from France to the UK will continue to be required to enter quarantine. See PA story HEALTH Coronavirus Travel. Photo credit should read: Steve Parsons/PA Wire

    Until airlines tackle the scourge of ‘ghost flights’, Britain will never reach net zero

    John Vidal
    Time to face the truth: UK aviation, as it exists today, and tackling the climate crisis are incompatible, says former Guardian environment editor John Vidal

January 2022

  • A polluted River Thames floods a picnic area in Datchet, Berkshire, February 2021.

    This is what ‘cutting red tape’ gets you: rivers polluted without consequence

    John Vidal
  • Illustration by Ben Jennings.

    It’s the great green reset: 10 things Britain can do now to save the planet

    John Vidal

December 2021

  • Globe South Pole, True Colour Satellite Image<br>Satellite view of Antarctica with the Thwaites glacier marked in red. True colour satellite image of the Earth, centred on Antarctica. The South Pole is at centre. Antarctica is a frozen continent, permanently covered in snow and ice. Surrounding Antarctica are the waters of the Southern Ocean, mixing with the Atlantic Ocean (upper centre), the Pacific Ocean (lower left) and the Indian Ocean (centre right). Around the edge of the hemisphere is New Zealand (lower centre), Australia (lower right), and the southern parts of Africa (upper right, the island of Madagascar is also seen) and South America (upper left). The image used data from LANDSAT 5 &amp; 7 satellites. Print size 42x42cm., Globe South Pole, True Colour Satellite Image (Photo by Planet Observer/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

    Scientists watch giant ‘doomsday’ glacier in Antarctica with concern

  • Cherry Kearton carrying a hollow ox

    The first man to hunt wildlife with a camera, not a rifle

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