Nina Lakhani

New York

Senior Climate Justice Reporter at The Guardian

Senior climate justice reporter @GuardianUS; Ex-México, Centroamérica & London; Ex-mental health nurse. Author: Who killed Berta Cáceres? No 2 sides to genocide

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Mahmoud Khalil reunites with family after more than 100 days in Ice detention

6 days ago | theguardian.com | Nina Lakhani

Mahmoud Khalil – the Palestinian rights activist, Columbia University graduate and legal permanent resident of the US who had been held by federal immigration authorities for more than three months – has been reunited with his wife and infant son.
Suspect in Minnesota lawmaker’s killing was ‘prepper’ preparing ‘for war’

6 days ago | theguardian.com | Nina Lakhani

The man charged in connection with the recent shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses was a doomsday “prepper” who instructed his family to “prepare for war” as he tried to evade capture, according to new court filings. Vance Boelter, 57, faces multiple federal and state murder charges after allegedly shooting dead the Democratic Minnesota state house speaker emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, in the early hours of 14 June.
Mental health and poverty remain a struggle for Maui wildfire survivors, new study says

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Nina Lakhani

Mental health problems and economic hardship remain widespread among survivors of the Maui wildfire, as access to food, stable housing, work and healthcare remains a struggle for many, according to a study tracking 2,000 survivors.
Biden administration warns natural gas expansion would drive up domestic costs

1 week ago | bdtonline.com | Nina Lakhani

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How the US became the biggest military emitter and stopped everyone finding out

2 weeks ago | nationalobserver.com | Nina Lakhani

Over the past five decades, US military emissions have waxed and waned with its geopolitical fears and ambitions. In 2023, the Pentagon's operations and installations generated about 48 megatons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO 2 e) - more planet-warming gases than emitted by entire countries including Finland, Guatemala and Syria that year.
How the US became the biggest military emitter and stopped everyone finding out

4 weeks ago | msn.com | Nina Lakhani

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How the US became the biggest military emitter and stopped everyone finding out

4 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Nina Lakhani

The climate impact of Donald Trump’s geopolitical ambitions could deepen planetary catastrophe, triggering a global military buildup that accelerates greenhouse gas emissions, a leading expert has warned.
Carbon footprint of Israel’s war on Gaza exceeds that of many entire countries

4 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Nina Lakhani

The carbon footprint of the first 15 months of Israel’s war on Gaza will be greater than the annual planet-warming emissions of a hundred individual countries, exacerbating the global climate emergency on top of the huge civilian death toll, new research reveals. A study shared exclusively with the Guardian found the long-term climate cost of destroying, clearing and rebuilding Gaza could top 31m tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e).
Sexual exploitation and domestic violence soared after Lahaina wildfire, report finds

4 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Nina Lakhani

Sexual exploitation and domestic violence soared after the catastrophic Lahaina wildfire in 2023, with pre-existing gender inequalities exposed and exacerbated by the post-disaster response, new research has found. In the weeks and months after the deadliest American fire in a century, one in six female fire survivors surveyed felt forced to engage in sexual acts in exchange for basic necessities such as food, clothing and housing.
US supreme court sides with Utah railway project challenged by environmentalists

4 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Nina Lakhani

The US supreme court bolstered on Thursday a Utah railway project intended to transport crude oil, ruling against environmental groups and a Colorado county that had challenged its federal approval. The 8-0 ruling overturned a lower court’s decision that had halted the project and had faulted an environmental impact statement issued by a federal agency called the Surface Transportation Board in approving the railway as too limited in scope.