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Environment

  • sperm cells under a microscope

    Research reveals toxic PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ accumulate in testes

    Study suggests exposure to chemicals manufactured to resist water and heat likely to affect health of offspring
  • A side-by-side image of Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott

    Elected officials in sweltering US states prioritizing fossil fuel cash over people

  • People hold hands during a community paddle out for those affected by the Maui fires in Honolulu, Hawaii, on 19 August 2023.

    Youth activists win ‘unprecedented’ climate settlement in Hawaii

  • People play in the middle of a public fountain

    Record high temperatures sweep US north-east as tropical storm hits Texas

  • Saguaro cactus in desert with sun shining

    Deadly heat in Mexico and US made 35 times more likely by global heating

  • A large dam near green hills.

    US admits dams in Pacific north-west have devastated Native Americans

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CO2 tracker

Latest news

  • Australian opposition leader Peter Dutton

    Peter Dutton vows to override state nuclear bans as he steps up attack on PM

  • Labour leader Keir Starmer takes a selfie during a visit to Bathgate in Scotland.

    Starmer says he would not let SNP hold new independence referendum or lift veto on gender recognition bill – as it happened

    Labour leader says he would refuse to participate in negotiations for another independence referendum if he is elected PM
  • Nuclear power plant in Czech Republic.

    Confusion reigns about the Coalition’s nuclear proposal. Here’s how the rhetoric has shifted

    We unpack the questions that remain about the Coalition’s plan – and the contradictions in their messaging
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Big oil uncovered

  • Pedestrians walk on the campus at Stanford University in California.

    Stanford disappoints critics of fossil fuel donations by hiring PR firm with big oil ties

  • an oil refinery

    Supreme court ruling delays climate litigation big oil has sought to thwart

  • Oil pumps work in an oil field in California

    Far-right fossil fuel company allies pressure US supreme court to shield firms in unprecedented campaign

  • Oil facility beneath red sky at dusk

    Republican governors gather to attack Biden’s climate agenda

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America's dirty divide

  • a woman speaks into a microphone

    Native tribes on banning Kristi Noem from reservations: ‘She’d be charged with trespassing’

  • a man in a suit speaks near a petroleum refinery

    EPA chief vows to take on Republican-led states over pollution rules rollback

  • Kurt Blanock, left, and his wife, Janice, stand together at their home in Cecil, PA on Tuesday, September 1, 2020. Their son, Luke, died of Ewing sarcoma in 2016.

    Rare cancers, full-body rashes, death: did fracking make their kids sick?

  • An air conditioning unit in a home

    ‘It’s unbearable’: in ever-hotter US cities, air conditioning is no longer enough

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Our unequal earth

  • M Dores Cruz, center, and her team carry out an archaeological dig on Sao Tome in 2023.

    White gold, Black bodies: how a tiny African nation shaped the world

  • a glass of soda with ice and a straw

    Is aspartame bad for you? What we know about the sweetener’s health risks

  • Aerial, hilltop view of green, partitioned valley, with tree-covered hills on other side.

    Napa Valley has lush vineyards and wineries – and a pollution problem

  • A collage of three side-by-side images shows several cobs of corn, two women holding fresh onions and a construction site.

    ‘A sanctuary’: how neglected Native American communities are organizing their own food hubs

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The age of extinction

  • A small red bird on a branch with yellow flowers

    Millions of mosquitoes released in Hawaii to save rare birds from extinction

  • An Iberian lynx looks standing in woodland

    Iberian lynx no longer endangered after numbers improve in Spain and Portugal

    The animal, which is still categorised as ‘vulnerable’, has been the subject of a 20-year conservation programme
  • A herd of giraffe on a grassy plain

    UK among rich countries not paying fair share to restore nature – report

    Only two countries provide fair amount to compensate lower-income nations for biodiversity loss, with most paying less than half what they should, says ODI
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Seascape

  • A man with his back to the camera holds a fishing rod over the side of a pier.

    ‘Water just makes you feel better’: the Cornish angling club that’s not about catching fish

  • Sockeye salmon in the Adams river of British Columbia

    Canada to ban open-net pen salmon farming in British Columbia

    • A crowd of people hold up protest signs saying 'No more fossil fuels' and 'Kill the drill'

      Oceans group takes UK government to court over oil and gas licences

    • Seahorse survey being conducted by Neil Garrick-Maidment in diving gear.

      I am so obsessed with seahorses, I had 26 tanks full of them in my home

    • Two huge cruise ships in a large sound with tree-clad mountains in the background

      Alaska limits cruise ship passengers in capital city after 1.6m visitors last year

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Opinion

  • Karen Middleton

    There is no shortage of Coalition U-turns on nuclear. But this Aukus example might be the most remarkable

    Karen Middleton
  • Graham Readfearn

    There’s a yawning Coalition credibility gap on the cost of renewables and nuclear

    Graham Readfearn
  • Helen Sullivan

    A cat: ‘They smoked pipes, played dice’

    Helen Sullivan
  • Adam Morton

    Peter Dutton’s plans will breach the Paris agreement on climate – that much is clear

    Adam Morton
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Multimedia

  • bears eye a salmon in Alaska, US

    Week in wildlife – in pictures: bears’ dinner party, a Kentish wildcat kitten and racing marmots

  • A boy with a colourful umbrella in front of some cattle

    ‘I fear when we stop, no one will replace us’: Madagascar’s forest guardians – in pictures

    Community conservation groups are fighting to protect woodlands from illegal logging, farming and fires, but limited resources are a constant challenge and the task is getting ever more difficult
  • Activists have sprayed two jets at a private airfield in Stansted where they say Taylor Swift's plane landed

    0:25

    Planes spray-painted at UK airfield where Just Stop Oil says Taylor Swift jet landed – video

    Activists have sprayed two jets at a private airfield in Stansted where they say Taylor Swift's plane landed
  • Just Stop Oil says it took the action to demand the incoming government sign up to a legally binding treaty to phase out fossil fuels by 2030

    0:35

    Activists spray Stonehenge with orange powder paint ahead of summer solstice – video

  • Two young girls stand on the bonnet of a car parked on a residential street

    On These Magic Shores: exploring spaces for children’s play – in pictures

  • Opposition leader Peter Dutton says 'the first two' would be complete 'between 2035 and 2037, depending on which technology you use'

    2:29

    Peter Dutton outlines timeline of Coalition's plan for nuclear power rollout – video

  • After a snap party room meeting, Peter Dutton announced the Coalition proposes to build seven nuclear power plants

    3:13

    Peter Dutton announces Coalition's nuclear power plan – video

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