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The next ayahuasca? Gabon fights to protect sacred plant from US drug companies

EPA quietly backtracks on claims US has phased out toxic Pfas compounds

US workers facing deadly heat borrow from tomato pickers to win key protections

A California town’s beaches are washing away. Can its residents turn the tide?

If Trump fells 430 trees in the middle of a golf course, do they make a sound?

Heat pumps and insulation would cut UK living costs more than new oilfields, study suggests

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Arizona joins Nevada to fight proposed cuts to their shares of Colorado River

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Most NSW homes destroyed in black summer bushfires were within 100 metres of vegetation

From little acorns … to his 1,000th article for the Guardian country diary

US corporate lobbyists mounted ‘blitz’ to dilute landmark EU deforestation law, report finds

Honeybees are barging aside wild pollinators in hunt for pollen and nectar, study finds

Squash down: smaller pumpkins expected this Halloween after drought in England

Healey backs pro-growth case for Heathrow third runway after Burnham ducks issue

Brazilian Amazon deforestation falls to lowest on record as pivotal vote looms

US voters want more action on global heating. Why are Democrats and Republicans staying silent?

For restaurants Covid-19 was a crisis – pandemic loans are proving a disaster

Iguazu Falls in South America hits record 10 times normal water flow – video

Flash floods destroy villages in central Nepal

Revealed: VW, Ford and Tesla batteries linked to destructive deforestation of indigenous lands

Week in wildlife: a penguin posse, a little leopard cat and a chonky squirrel

Severe drought declared in six areas of England as reservoirs run low

‘Like selling wolves from Yellowstone’: how protected US sharks are being sold off to foreign aquariums

For the future of green politics, look beyond the Green party | Zoe Williams

Plan unveiled to increase share of land farmed organically in England to 10%

Mont Blanc, the ‘roof of Europe’, loses more than a metre of height in a year

Is it really ‘madness’ to account for emissions from fossil fuels burned overseas? The Coalition sure thinks so | Temperature Check

I work for a major insurer. Much of my industry is fudging the numbers in the face of the climate crisis | Anonymous

Wildlife photographer of the year 2026 winners – in pictures

Scale back on hake and coley, seafood charity tells shoppers

Pollinating insects flock to plants gardeners might think of as ‘weeds’

Businesses could be barred from non-essential water use amid supply threat

Court overturns Tanya Plibersek’s protection order which stalled controversial NSW goldmine

Indonesia wildfire fuelled by El Niño razes almost 300 homes

‘Shocking and sobering’: UK bird populations fall to lowest level on record

🌎 Q3 roundup ft. mega deals, nuclear listings, and more #317

Flying foxes in NSW and Victoria face mass starvation amid food shortages

Scientists deploy a 24-armed secret weapon to save California’s kelp forests

Trill seekers: can scientists use AI and tutors to help birds remember lost songs?

Honeybee's stinger continues to pump venom once detached from body, new footage shows – video

Coastal erosion in England has claimed at least 183 homes in past 16 years

Judge halts tree removal at Washington golf course Trump eyes for expansion

Rescued turtles return home after NSW government cut flows to wetland

When climate change brings the heat, what happens to a mighty redwood?

A super el Niño threatens our food system. Here’s how farms can prepare | Liz Carlisle

Balkan temperatures swing as heavy rain heads for Greece

Thousands without power in Florida and Alabama as Isaias moves north

‘A living hell’: how Los Angeles got taken over by mosquitoes

‘I didn’t want to write about this’: the man who first saw chimps waging civil war

‘We need less point scoring’: What party conference season taught us about UK climate action