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Rachel Reeves to confirm changes to ‘outdated’ planning system

3h ago

Almost all external insulation fitted under Tory scheme needs repair or replacing, report finds

5h ago

Millions more homes in Great Britain at risk of flooding, investigation finds

5h ago

Carmakers chose to cheat to sell cars rather than comply with emissions law, ‘dieselgate’ trial told

19h ago

Greenpeace threatens to sue crown estate for driving up cost of offshore wind

20h ago

The bold model stopping deforestation in its tracks

20h ago 5m read

Merrily we bring microplastics into the wilderness with our hiking shoes, study shows

21h ago

Emissions linked to Woodside’s Scarborough gas project could lead to at least 480 deaths, research suggests

Mon

New Zealand accused of ‘full-blown climate denial’ over cuts to methane reduction targets

Mon

National Trust and TV wildlife expert team up on autumn nature campaign

Mon

Two legal challenges to Woodside’s North West Shelf extension filed on environmental and cultural grounds

Mon

Energy firms complete UK’s first ‘hydrogen blending’ trial to power grid

Sun

Coral reefs, ice sheets and Amazon rainforest approaching a tipping point due to global heating, report says

Sun

Wildfire in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley under control

Sun 2m read

Australia’s household energy bills will halve by 2050, modelling suggests

Sun

UK ministers take control of £10bn Lower Thames Crossing

Sun

High youth death rates are an ‘emerging crisis’, global health study warns

Sun

The plastic inside us: how microplastics may be reshaping our bodies and minds

Sun

Number of wild bee species at risk of extinction in Europe doubles in 10 years

Sat

Trump officials cancel major solar project in latest hit to renewable energy

Fri

‘It depends’: Carney shifts stance on emissions cap

Fri 2m read

Baby numbats spotted at two wildlife sanctuaries in hopeful sign for one of Australia’s rarest marsupials

Fri

Crocodile made famous by Steve Irwin ‘wrongfully arrested’ and should be returned to wild, traditional owners say

Fri

Man convicted of 38 paedophile offences revealed as police informer who spied on UK activists

Fri

Baby giant tortoises thrive in Seychelles after first successful artificial incubation

Fri

US farmers caught in Trump-China trade war – who’ll buy the soybeans?

Fri

Richard Tice has 15-year record of supporting ‘net stupid zero’ initiatives

Fri

Weather tracker: South-east China swelters in summer-like heat

Fri

Queensland to run its coal plants up to a decade longer than previously planned

Fri

What went right this week: the good news that matters

Fri 2m read

Regina applies for provincial disaster relief following major September flooding

Thu 3m read

Grisly recording reveals bat catching, killing and eating robin mid-flight

Thu

Prince William to attend Cop30 UN climate summit in Brazil

Thu

Flood risk at ‘unauthorized’ B.C. dam prompts local state of emergency

Thu 2m read

Britain missing out on potential £2bn recycling industry by exporting plastic waste

Thu

US west coast faults could trigger catastrophic back-to-back earthquakes, study finds

Thu

Australia must ‘have the guts’ to stand up to Japanese companies reselling gas for profit, Husic says

Thu

Dogs name toys while elephants name each other. Animal language is more complex than we imagine | Helen Pilcher

Thu

Illegal gold mining clears 140,000 hectares of Peruvian Amazon

Wed

National security threatened by climate crisis, UK defence chiefs due to warn

Wed

‘From reef to retail’: experts warn global marine aquarium fish trade relies heavily on wild populations

Wed

Tour operator Intrepid drops carbon offsets and emissions targets

Wed

The hidden cost of ultra-processed foods on the environment: ‘The whole industry should pay’

Wed

More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal, analysis shows

Wed

Ovo pricing change could double charging costs for some EV owners

Wed

Thousands take legal action over ‘widespread pollution’ of three UK rivers

Wed

UK plastic waste exports to developing countries rose 84% in a year, data shows

Wed

New Zealand oceans warming 34% faster than global average, putting homes and industry at risk, report finds

Wed

Green groups criticise plans to weaken protections for English national parks

Tue

Brexit has done nothing to stem sharp decline of UK fish populations, shows study

Tue

Marineland says its remaining belugas shouldn’t be sent to N.S. sanctuary

Tue 5m read

Glacier melt will lead to ice-free peaks in California for first time in human history

Tue

Media and political attacks on Australia’s emissions targets ‘straight out of the climate obstruction playbook’, expert says

Tue

Marine heatwaves to become more frequent off UK and Irish coasts, experts say

Tue

Fiery Senate exchange reveals investigation into coal firm allegedly clearing endangered greater glider habitat

Tue

Nature’s voice? Trees speak up in AI-powered experiment

Tue 2m read

‘Fiery and spectacular’ rainbow of autumn colour set to bloom across UK

Tue

Fast-fashion recycling: how ‘the castoff capital of the world’ is making Indian factory workers sick

Tue

Trump orders approval of 211-mile mining road through Alaska wilderness

Tue

Thames Water removes 100-tonne fatberg from west London sewer

Mon

At $4.5bn each year extreme weather is costing Australia three times as much compared with 1990s, insurers say

Mon

Outcry as Trump plots more roads and logging in US forests: ‘You can almost hear the chainsaws’

Mon

Fade to grey: as forests are cut down, butterflies are losing their colours

Oct 6

Cause of Gold Coast mass fish kill unknown with marine heatwave most likely culprit, say scientists

Oct 6

Weather tracker: Typhoon Matmo batters southern China

Oct 6

Step forward the ‘fully biodegradable’ shoe that leaves no footprint

Oct 6 2m read

Step forward the ‘fully biodegradable’ shoe that leaves no footprint

Oct 6 2m read

Ohio’s sole national forest could be wiped out as Trump targets land for logging

Oct 5

Ministers to announce significant changes to UK’s planning system

Oct 5

Youth-led US climate activists widen focus to fight authoritarianism

Oct 5

Trump’s hatred for renewables means the US is falling behind the rest of the world

Oct 5

Hot public holiday expected for Sydney and Brisbane after record rain for parts of NSW and Queensland in September

Oct 5

The great butterfly heist: how a gentleman collector stole thousands of butterflies from Australian museums

Oct 4

‘Baudin’s or bauxite?’: stark warning black cockatoo won’t survive mining expansion

Oct 4

Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell ‘infested with bedbugs’

Oct 4

‘Not sure what’s happening’: US national parks in limbo as shutdown drags on

Oct 4

Advocates raise alarm over Pfas pollution from datacenters amid AI boom

Oct 4

Trump officials cut nearly $8bn in clean energy projects in Democratic states

Oct 4

‘I think it’s selfish’: William and Kate face backlash over Windsor Great Park no-go zone

Oct 4

Warnings of imports of caged hen eggs as Ukraine and Poland become UK’s biggest suppliers

Oct 4

UK electric car sales hit record high as taxpayer subsidies help attract buyers

Oct 4

‘Surprisingly creamy’: as a fermentista, how could I resist making ant yoghurt?

Oct 3

Starmer will hand Britain over to Farage, says Green party leader Zack Polanski

Oct 3

California governor under pressure over bill to ban cookware made with Pfas

Oct 3

Weather tracker: wet conditions raise risk of flooding in south-eastern Europe

Oct 3

Fungi finds: UK citizen scientists make rare pink and purple discoveries

Oct 3

Ignore buzzwords and watch out for wool: how to choose more eco-friendly fabrics – and avoid greenwashing

Oct 3

What went right this week: the good news that matters

Oct 3 1m read

‘Planetary health diet’ could save 40,000 deaths a day, landmark report finds

Oct 2

Wildfires are getting deadlier and costing more. Experts warn they’re becoming unstoppable

Oct 2

BrewDog sells Scottish ‘rewilding’ estate it bought only five years ago

Oct 2

Senior Tories dismayed at Badenoch’s ‘catastrophic’ vow to repeal Climate Change Act

Oct 2

Dame Jane Goodall obituary

Oct 2

‘Utter nonsense’ to say PM tried to incite violence against Farage, minister says – UK politics live

Oct 2

‘It’s been beyond difficult’: earthworks of HS2 take toll on Chilterns residents

Oct 2

UK fifth-worst country in Europe for loss of green space to development

Oct 2

‘Desecration of landscape’: the fight over development in areas of outstanding natural beauty

Oct 2

Corporate ‘middlemen’ mask who really profits from Australian fossil fuel projects, report warns

Oct 1

‘Not a real project,’ B.C. premier says of Alberta’s plan for oil pipeline to the coast

Oct 1 3m read

Jane Goodall: the conservationist who communed with chimps – video obituary

Oct 1