The Guardian

• Trump says the big US winter storm is proof of climate hoax – here’s why he’s wrong

  US president asks ‘whatever happened to global warming?’ Well, it could be making our winter storms worse

  Donald Trump has erroneously cited an enormous winter storm that is set to deliver freezing temperatures and heavy snow to half of the US as supposed proof that the world is not heating up due to the burning of fossil fuels.

  Trump, who has repeatedly questioned and mocked established climate science in the past, posted of the storm on Truth Social: “Rarely seen anything like it before. Could the Environmental Insurrectionists please explain – WHATEVER HAPPENED TO GLOBAL WARMING???”

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• Senators urge Ford to disclose suspected lobbying over Trump’s climate rollbacks

  Sheldon Whitehouse adds auto giant to investigation after US president claimed CEO requests changes to regulations

  As the Trump administration prepares to overturn the rule underpinning virtually all US climate regulations, a Senate committee is investigating whether the US’s second-largest automaker lobbied for the rollback.

  In September, the Senate environment and public works committee launched investigations into two dozen oil companies, thinktanks, law firms and trade associations, focused on how the companies may have persuaded the White House to initiate the repeal of the 2009 endangerment finding. Now, the committee, of which the ranking member is the Democratic Rhode Island senator Sheldon Whitehouse, is expanding the investigation to include Ford Motor Company.

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• Snow, ice and subzero temperatures to sweep across US this weekend

  The storm will stretch 2,000 miles from south-west to east, disrupting travel and threatening power outages

  A vast winter storm is set to descend across much of the US starting on Friday, sweeping snow, ice and brutal cold across nearly 2,000 miles from the south-west to the east coast and affecting more than 200 million people.

  The system is expected to disrupt travel, bring down trees and power lines, and create the risk of prolonged power outages, followed by dangerously cold air.

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• Huge amounts of extra land needed for RFK Jr’s meat-heavy diet guidelines

  Even 25% increase in meat and dairy consumption would require 100m more acres of agricultural land, analysis says

  The Trump administration’s new dietary guidelines urging Americans to eat far more meat and dairy products will, if followed, come at a major cost to the planet via huge swathes of habitat razed for farmland and millions of tons of extra planet-heating emissions.

  A new inverted food pyramid recently released by Donald Trump’s health department emphasizes pictures of steak, poultry, ground beef and whole milk, alongside fruits and vegetables, as the most important foods to eat.

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• Intense geomagnetic storms could make auroras visible in southern US

  Major disturbance in the Earth’s magnetic field may make northern lights visible far more south than usual

  The aurora could be visible across Canada and much of the northern tier of US states on Monday night, and possibly even further south, following a major disturbance in the Earth’s magnetic field, a forecast shows.

  The forecast, from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s space weather prediction center, comes amid intense geomagnetic and solar radiation storms, said Shawn Dahl, service coordinator at the center.

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