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Showdown in the American west as Colorado River faces crucial deadline: ‘Mother nature isn’t going to bail us out’

Enforcement of laws against polluters nearly non-existent in US, analysis finds

Heathrow isn’t crowded, it’s travellers walking on the wrong side, boss says

Week in wildlife: a thirsty raccoon, a superhero squid and a delinquent swan

River Thames spot among 13 sites shortlisted for swimming status

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‘We are hopeful’: small signs of recovery for Scotland’s rare capercaillie bird

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Japan seizes Chinese fishing boat inside its economic zone amid Beijing rift

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Tony Blair’s thinktank accuses Ed Miliband of driving up energy prices

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Trump’s EPA repeals landmark climate finding in gift to ‘billionaire polluters’

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China’s Yangtze River shows signs of remarkable recovery after fishing ban

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Trump named ‘undisputed champion of beautiful clean coal’ by industry group

Climate leaders condemn Trump EPA’s biggest rollback yet: ‘This is corruption’

Portugal urged to adapt to climate emergency after series of deadly storms

We can move beyond the capitalist model and save the climate – here are the first three steps | Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis

‘Unprecedented’ spate of toxic mushroom illnesses jar California

The race to save Wikie and Keijo: the mother and son orcas left in a shut-down aquarium

Economics has failed on the climate crisis. This complexity scientist has a mind-blowing plan to fix that

Thursday briefing: Britain is flooding, so why is support for net zero drying up?

Why red roses on Valentine's Day are so bad for the planet – video

Labor will never have a better time to revisit carbon pricing – but does it have the stomach to make polluters pay? | Clear Air

Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say

‘The normal should be darkness’: why one Belgian national park is turning off ‘pointless’ streetlights

Climate crisis linked to fall in southern right whale birth rates as researchers raise ‘warning signal’

Some of world’s oldest trees hit by climate-fuelled wildfires in Patagonia

Gray wolf appears in Los Angeles county for first time in more than 100 years

Trump to repeal Obama-era finding foundational to US climate rules

US restaurants targeted for opposing ICE: ‘I refuse to cook for fascists’

The EU is working on a blanket ban of ‘forever chemicals’. Why isn't Britain? | Pippa Neill

More pollution and higher energy costs: critics condemn Trump’s anti-environment agenda

Republican House bill guts laws protecting US consumers from toxic chemicals

Astronomers celebrate cancellation of $10bn Chile project that threatened clearest skies in the world

‘We feel kinda bad when a solo bird shows up’: Canada sees its first European robin – but how did it get there?

Iran’s shadow fleet of old tankers a ticking bomb for sea life, say experts

BP halts share buy-backs as annual profits slide

UK backs biggest English onshore windfarm in a decade among 190 green energy projects

Misery for many as rain falls for 40 days in some parts of UK

Rethinking Economics, the movement changing how the subject is taught

£700m plan with ‘fish disco’ could save 90% of marine life, says Hinkley Point C study

Miliband pledges up to £1bn for community green energy schemes

‘A beaver blind date’: animals given freedom to repopulate Cornish rivers

The Guardian view on heavy rain: England’s flood defences are not strong enough | Editorial

At least 18 people now dead as historic New York cold stretch nears end

🌍 EU CBAM’s €8bn price tag #282

Australian ministers met Japanese gas companies 20 times amid fossil fuel lobbying push

US chemical giant to stop producing herbicide called ‘toxic cocktail’ by critics

Global economy must move past GDP to avoid planetary disaster, warns UN chief

Trump’s EPA reapproves contentious weedkiller dicamba for some GM crops

Bank chairs backtracking on climate commitments could face shareholder revolts

These US states want polluters to pay for the rising insurance costs of climate disasters

Office buzz: UK employers turn to beehives to boost workplace wellbeing