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Government admits its approval for Buckinghamshire AI datacentre should be quashed

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Canada aquarium that threatened to kill its whales wants to sell them to US

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French energy firm pledges to help N.S. train workers for province’s offshore sector

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New wood-burning stoves to carry health warnings in UK plan

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The energy inside: three people powering the green transition

7h ago

Nearly 200 arrested in cross-border crackdown on gold mining in Amazon

8h ago

Tower Hamlets mayor acted unlawfully in attempted removal of LTN schemes

8h ago

Australia’s worst heatwave since black summer made five times more likely by global heating, analysis finds

8h ago

A bid to clean up shipping industry intensified a coral bleaching event on Great Barrier Reef, study says

10h ago

Half the world’s 100 largest cities are in high water stress areas, analysis finds

15h ago

Wind and solar overtook fossil fuels for EU power generation in 2025, report finds

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Green spaces should be the norm for all new housing developments in England, guidelines say

Wed

Scientific rigour and the dangers of microplastics | Letters

Wed

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

Wed

Sydney Water blames food outlets for illegally adding to fatberg. But restaurants say ‘if it’s a problem, it’s their problem’

Wed

Toby Carvery owner faces eviction from north London site for felling ancient oak

Wed

Plantwatch: Neighbouring plants warn each other about incoming stress

Wed

New poo balls on Sydney beaches after revelation of huge fatberg stuck in treatment plant

Wed

Judi Dench backs campaign to protect London’s green spaces from developers

Wed

No ban on gas boilers in UK warm homes plan but heat pumps get £2.7bn push

Tue

Labour’s warm homes plan is all carrot and no stick for UK households

Tue

Biodiversity collapse threatens UK security, intelligence chiefs warn

Tue

Era of ‘global water bankruptcy’ is here, UN report says

Tue

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

Tue

Looking for Miracle: why have so many dugongs gone missing from Thailand’s shores?

Tue

The influencer racing to save Thailand’s most endangered sea mammal

Tue

‘Meat tax’ could have significant impact on environmental footprint, study finds

Tue

Men charged with contract killing of Indigenous leader to go on trial in Peru

Tue

Is your body really full of microplastics? – podcast

Tue

Intense geomagnetic storms could make auroras visible in southern US

Tue

Water firms could be let off pollution fines as part of government overhaul

Mon

Bill Gates charity trust’s holdings in fossil fuel firms rise despite divestment claims

Mon

Scientists warn of ‘regime shift’ as seaweed blooms expand worldwide

Mon

15 years after Fukushima, Japan prepares to restart the world’s biggest nuclear plant

Mon

The Guardian view on microplastics research: questioning results is good for science, but has political consequences | Editorial

Sun

Inventor says robo-vaccination machine could be used to combat bovine TB

Sun

Guterres warns of ‘powerful forces’ undermining ‘global cooperation’

Sat

UK urged to ratify high seas treaty to avoid being shut out of Ocean Cop summit

Sat

Rare twins born in DRC raise cautious hope for endangered mountain gorillas

Sat

‘Garden of Eden’: the Spanish farm growing citrus you’ve never heard of

Fri

How a ‘dysfunctional’ English farm became a biodiversity hotspot

Fri

Are our bodies full of microplastics or not? There’s a way to resolve this debate, and scientists must hurry | Debora MacKenzie

Fri

Extreme rainfall inundates South Africa and Mozambique

Fri

Water restored to most Kent and Sussex homes after six days’ disruption

Fri

Sydney awaits ‘soggiest weekend of summer’ as Victorian authorities defend flash flood warnings

Fri

‘Walk like penguin’ to avoid adding to winter trip toll

Fri

BP accused of ‘insidious’ influence on UK education through Science Museum links

Fri

What went right this week: the good news that matters

Fri

What went right this week: the good news that matters

Fri

As Biodiversity Dwindles, Mosquitos Turn to Human Blood

Thu

Pesticides may drastically shorten fish lifespans, study finds

Thu

Spain’s climate scientists subjected to ‘alarming’ rise in hate speech, minister warns

Thu

South East Water boss in line for £400,000 bonus despite outages

Thu

How ‘day zero’ water shortages in Iran are fuelling protests

Thu

Thursday briefing: Is your body really full of microplastics?

Thu

Traces of cancer-linked pesticide found in tests at UK playgrounds

Thu

Winter storms: How much snow must fall for streets to be cleared

Wed

EPA to stop calculating money and lives saved by curbs on air pollution

Jan 14

South East Water could lose operating licence after outages in Kent and Sussex

Jan 14

‘It has destroyed years of work’: Cornish beauty spot loses 80% of its trees to Storm Goretti

Jan 14

Former NSW Labor minister condemns Forestry Corporation after greater glider ‘den trees’ found at planned logging site

Jan 14

Offshore windfarm contracts to fuel 12m homes in Great Britain after record auction

Jan 14

BP to take hit of up to $5bn on green energy as it refocuses on fossil fuels

Jan 14

US carbon pollution rose in 2025 in reversal of previous years’ reductions

Jan 13

‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body

Jan 13

Ten Sydney harbours’ worth of threatened species habitat cleared under Albanese government in 2025, report finds

Jan 13

Search for single-tusked elephant after 22 killed in India rampage

Jan 13

He invented mini saunas for frogs – now this biologist has big plans to save hundreds of species

Jan 13

Coal power generation falls in China and India for first time since 1970s

Jan 13

Wildlife targets will be missed in England and Northern Ireland, watchdog says

Jan 13

Bushfire threat eases across Victoria as number of structures destroyed nears 500

Jan 12

US judge lets Danish firm resume Rhode Island offshore wind project halted by Trump

Jan 12

US plan to exploit Venezuela’s oil could eat up 13% of carbon budget to keep 1.5C limit

Jan 12

Major incident declared as 30,000 homes left without water in Kent and Sussex

Jan 12

Energy and health optimism help lift civil service morale under Labour

Jan 12

Flying foxes die in their thousands in worst mass-mortality event since Australia’s black summer

Jan 12

‘We want people to sit, pause, relax’: National Trust to open its libraries for public use

Jan 12

Queensland braces for heavy rain and floods after ex-Tropical Cyclone Koji batters north

Jan 11

Australia’s Cop31 chief negotiator plans to lobby petrostates on fossil fuel phaseout

Jan 10

Quebec’s Lake Rouge vanished – but was it a freak natural event or caused by human actions?

Jan 10

Country diary: Look up! Tonight’s the night to see Jupiter at its brightest | Nigel Brown

Jan 10

World’s richest 1% have already used fair share of emissions for 2026, says Oxfam

Jan 10

Quebec chemical firm hit with $1.4M fine over substance discharged in river

Jan 9

California is completely drought-free for the first time in 25 years

Jan 9

Public urged to grow unusual plants to safeguard diversity of UK blooms

Jan 9

Some want to ban geoengineering research. This would be a catastrophic mistake for our planet | Craig Segall and Baroness Bryony Worthington

Jan 9

Weather tracker: Kosovo floods trap people in homes and cut water supplies

Jan 9

‘A colossal own goal’: Trump’s exit from global climate treaties will have little effect outside US

Jan 9

What went right this week: the good news that matters

Jan 9

Heatwave engulfs south-eastern states as Victoria faces catastrophic fire conditions not seen since Black Summer

Jan 8

‘They are going after everything rural’: inheritance tax U-turn does little to dampen farmers’ anger at Labour

Jan 8

Masses of toxic litter pours from Rhine into North Sea each year, research finds

Jan 8

Fungi: Anarchist Designers review – a perverse plunge into mushroom mayhem, from stinkhorns to zombie-makers

Jan 8

If geoengineering is ever deployed in a climate emergency, transparency is key | Ines Camilloni

Jan 8

Indian police raid home of environmental activists over anti-fossil fuel campaign

Jan 8

Household burning of plastic waste in developing world is hidden health threat, study shows

Jan 8

Tunbridge Wells residents without water again as supplier blames cold weather

Jan 8

Supermarkets could help UK shoppers eat more sustainable local fish – study

Jan 8

Dog food accounts for 1% of UK greenhouse gas emissions, study finds

Jan 8

‘The most dangerous day’: bushfires break out in Victoria as BoM warns of catastrophic conditions to come

Jan 8