‘Even the animals seem confused’: a retreating Kashmir glacier is creating an entire new world in its wake

It’s two years since we were told ‘the age of fossil fuels will end’. When will Australia get prepared for what’s coming? | Clear Air

‘We call him ... unbearable’: California homeowner laments uninvited beast

The Guardian view on waste: the festive season is a good time to think about rubbish | Editorial

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Ofgem approves early investment in three UK electricity ‘superhighways’

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US judge strikes down Trump order blocking wind energy projects

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Australia’s energy grid must triple capacity by 2050 with major increase to wind and solar, Aemo says

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‘Food and fossil fuel production causing $5bn of environmental damage an hour’

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UK households bin 168m Christmas lights and ‘fast tech’ items a year

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Caribbean reefs have lost 48% of hard coral since 1980, study finds

It’s the world’s rarest ape. Now a billion-dollar dig for gold threatens its future

Drinking water contaminated with Pfas probably increases risk of infant mortality, study finds

The Guardian view on solar geoengineering: Africa has a point about this risky technology | Editorial

‘It’s Scotland’s energy’: SNP to focus on renewables in Holyrood election

Cornish activist injured as police remove her from tree-felling protest

🌎 Ofgem’s £28bn UK grid plan lands #274

White storks to make historic return to London in 2026

Australia’s bushfires were held at bay by five wet years — but experts warn the country is ‘ready to burn’

Canada’s environmental ‘realism’ looks more like surrender | Tzeporah Berman

More than 200 environmental groups demand halt to new US datacenters

Drought may have doomed the ‘hobbits’ of Flores

‘Zombie’ electricity projects in Britain face axe to ease quicker grid connections

The restaurateur chronicling hardships of immigrant staff in US kitchens: ‘These are the stories that make it work’

Maha v Maga: feud grows as Trump EPA rolls back rules on toxic chemicals

Queensland Museum accused of misleading teachers and children about the cause of climate change

Zipcar’s demise means people such as me are back in the slow lane – and stuck needing their own costly car | Phineas Finn

‘No one knows where it came from’: first wild beaver spotted in Norfolk in 500 years

California officials warn foragers after person dies from poison mushroom

Drag queen Pattie Gonia completes 100-mile trek raising $1m to make outdoors more ‘equitable’

Environment Agency faces landfill tax bill worth millions to clear illegal waste

Bombed Chornobyl shelter no longer blocks radiation and needs major repair – IAEA

Science journal retracts study on safety of Monsanto’s Roundup: ‘Serious ethical concerns’

Just not that into ewes: ‘gay sheep’ escape slaughter and take over a New York catwalk

South Australian bus ads misled public by claiming gas is ‘clean and green’, regulator finds

Streets named after birds in Britain on rise as species’ populations plummet

California pesticide agency could loosen restrictions on most toxic rat poisons

Nature recovery plan in England hit by clause allowing contracts to end with a year’s notice

Week in wildlife: a studious deer and a partying raccoon

Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot

‘We can tell farmers the problems’: experts say seismic waves can check soil health and boost yields

60,000 African penguins starved to death after sardine numbers collapsed – study

Why small farmers can’t fix our hunger problem | Cassandra Loftlin

A volcanic eruption might have helped bring the Black Plague to Europe

A diving prince, sunken treasure and snared by the Titanic: Joe MacInnis on his ‘rip-roaring’ life as an ocean adventurer

Water plant that caused Tunbridge Wells supply failure was given risk notice in 2024

Households face higher energy bills as £28bn grid upgrade gets go-ahead

High levels of ‘forever chemical’ found in cereal products across Europe – study

New England warming faster than most places on Earth, study finds

How an invasion of purple flowers made Iceland an Instagram paradise – and caused a biodiversity crisis