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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Articles

Trump tariffs to hit small farms in Maga heartlands hardest, analysis predicts

6 days ago | theguardian.com | Nina Lakhani

The winners and losers of Trump’s first tariff war strongly suggest that bankruptcies and farm consolidation could surge during his second term, with major corporations best placed to benefit from his polices at the expense of independent farmers. New analysis by the non-profit research advocacy group Food and Water Watch (FWW), shared exclusively with the Guardian, shows that Trump’s first-term tariffs were particularly devastating for farmers in the Maga rural heartlands.
April storms that killed 24 in US made more severe by burning fossil fuels - study

6 days ago | theguardian.com | Nina Lakhani

The four-day historic storm that caused death and destruction across the central Mississippi valley in early April was made significantly more likely and more severe by burning fossil fuels, rapid analysis by a coalition of leading climate scientists has found.
Trump cuts will increase devastation after disasters, expert warns: ‘It is really scary’

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Nina Lakhani

The Trump administration’s sweeping cuts to disaster management will cost American lives, with hollowed-out agencies unable to accurately predict, prepare for or respond to extreme weather events, earthquakes and pandemics, a leading expert has warned.
Biden administration warns natural gas expansion would drive up domestic costs

1 week ago | voiceofalexandria.com | Nina Lakhani

This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Biden administration has released a long-awaited analysis on the economic and environmental effects of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, exports, concluding any further expansion would drive up costs for domestic consumers and hamper efforts to curtail the climate crisis.
Business figures pay tribute to Warren Buffett after retirement announcement

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Nina Lakhani |Lauren Almeida

Leading figures in the business world have lined up to pay tribute to Warren Buffett after the 94-year-old announced he would retire as chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway and hand over the reins to his vice-chair, Greg Abel. Buffett shocked an arena full of shareholders over the weekend when he announced he would step down as the CEO and chair of the trillion-dollar conglomerate at the end of this year.
Warren Buffett announces retirement from leading Berkshire Hathaway

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Nina Lakhani

Warren Buffett, the billionaire investor and philanthropist, has announced his intention to retire at the end of this year. He is 94 years old. Buffett, the fifth richest person in the world, shocked an arena full of shareholders on Saturday when he announced that he would step down as the CEO and chair of the trillion-dollar conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway at the end of 2025.
‘What is left of our democracy?’: freed Palestinian human rights advocate warns of US authoritarian rule

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Nina Lakhani

Mohsen Mahdawi, the Palestinian green-card holder and Columbia University student freed on Wednesday after more than two weeks in immigration detention, has issued a stark warning about the US’s descent into authoritarianism. “Once the repression of dissent, in the name of security, becomes a key objective of a government, authoritarian rule and even martial law are not far off.
Voice of America to resume airing after court halts Trump’s dismantling of broadcaster

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Nina Lakhani

Voice of America (VoA), the US-taxpayer funded news service for overseas listeners, could be back on the air as soon as next week, after a federal appeals court granted a temporary stay on an executive order dismantling the broadcaster. VoA was effectively shut down after Trump signed an order on 14 March dismantling or shrinking seven agencies including the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM).
‘A ruthless agenda’: charting 100 days of Trump’s onslaught on the environment

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Gabrielle Canon |Nina Lakhani |Oliver Milman |Dharna Noor

Donald Trump has never been mistaken for an environmentalist, having long called the climate crisis a “giant hoax” and repeatedly lauding the supposed virtues of fossil fuels. But the US president’s onslaught upon the natural world in this administration’s first 100 days has surprised even those who closely charted his first term, in which he rolled back environmental rules and tore the US from the Paris climate agreement.
Nearly half of Americans breathing in unsafe levels of air pollutants - report

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Nina Lakhani

Almost half of Americans are breathing in dangerous levels of air pollutants, a new report shows, a rise compared with a year ago and likely to further increase in coming years thanks to the climate crisis and the Trump administration’s sweeping environmental rollbacks.