Labor ditches new packaging laws to cut plastic waste, sparking unprecedented ‘scale and breadth of outrage’

UK chancellor urged to remove ‘hidden taxes’ from energy bills

One in nine migratory birds threatened with extinction, global report says

Week in wildlife: a sea turtle hatchling, baby orangutans and flying ibises

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Homes for sale in a national park in England – in pictures

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Iceland to submit bill that could ban whaling in its waters

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People in the US: how have you coped during this summer of record heat?

Hawaii has often dodged the path of hurricanes. Why did it see so many storms this summer?

English winemakers expect ‘vintage year’ after record-breaking summer heat

Chemical companies reach $455m settlement with North Carolina over ‘forever chemicals’ claims

NHS reports busiest ever summer as heatwaves drive up hospital admissions

UK ministers explore raising price of water for industrial users amid shortages

Chemical industry backed laws in three US states to restrict use of air pollution data

Climate ‘feedback loops’ could worsen global warming by 30%, study finds

How the fate of a small furry animal reveals the ecological tragedy of Israel’s war on Lebanon | Hisham Younes

Is Burnham trying to appease Trump? Or Reform? What other reason is there for these North Sea oil plans? | George Monbiot

Contentious koala park plan to go ahead as three Greens senators cross the floor

World must reject climate culture wars or face economic ruin, says UN’s Stiell

Victoria’s koalas in chronically poor health and population is half what was previously estimated

Peter’s farm is on ‘flood country’. As Australia’s sea levels rise, safe land is vanishing and costs are huge

Can an entire Arctic ecosystem evolve to adapt to the climate crisis?

Polanski calls for report on ecosystem collapse to be published in full

UK datacentres will create just 25% of jobs predicted by tech sector, analysis finds

California confirms rare sighting of gray wolf in Mendocino national forest

Two more people arrested over ‘mountain of illegal waste’ dumped in Oxfordshire

US federal court says no constitutional right to clean water in Mississippi case

Hurricane Lowell’s fierce winds and rains knocks out power on Hawaii’s Kauai

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One in 12 golf clubs in England broke water extraction rules in past five years

Crocodile head found in luggage at Italian airport

US datacenters face further backlash over wastewater pollution

‘We have really cool sharks’: three-year project to lift lid on Britain’s little-understood species

Nepal says big polluters must ‘wake up’ as it calls for climate compensation over flood disaster

Global move away from oil could lead to conflict and migration, experts say

Syrian reactor could have been used for nuclear weapons if completed, UN says

French winemakers forecast 30-year low harvest after severe drought and heat

Record strength El Niño could mean bigger supermarket bills for Australians, experts warn

Heatwaves and wildfires are setting back air quality improvements, UN finds

We’re the mayors of Paris, Milan and Phoenix. The heat crisis has us all facing the same question | Emmanuel Grégoire, Giuseppe Sala and Kate Gallego

Woman laid to rest in coffin made from mushrooms in Australian first

Volcanic eruption halts flights at Jakarta and seven other Indonesian airports

Air conditioners are our best bet in the fight against extreme heat – whether we like it or not

El Niño-fuelled wildfires destroy precious Indonesian forests – in pictures

Possums in the roof, koalas in bed: study shows how animals resort to Australian homes after habitat loss

‘I could watch her for hours’: the woman who rescued a bee and created a buzz

Reform continues to cast doubt on climate science. Do its supporters agree?

UK subsidence claims surge after hottest summer on record

Beekeepers warn of Asian hornet threat and call for UK awareness campaign

Sydney reaches 33C in potentially warmest start to spring since mid-1800s, while snow forecast in southern NSW