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Trump officials address ‘chemtrails’ conspiracy theories while spreading misinformation, experts say

UK’s clean electricity growing too slowly to meet climate targets, report says

Ed Miliband says Tories are ‘anti-science’ for abandoning net zero consensus

More of England expected to enter drought status after hottest June on record

About 1,500 tarantulas found hidden in cake boxes at German airport

Trump promised to lower energy costs – his tax bill will raise them for people in red states the most

Woman who withheld council tax in climate protest faces losing home

Thames Water announces hosepipe ban as dry weather depletes reservoirs

A deadly 1987 flood foreshadowed the Texas disaster. Survivors ask, ‘why didn’t we learn?’

Monday briefing: The ‘toxic cocktail’ of climate denial, federal cuts and the Texas floods

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Killer in the nest: how young storks are being strangled by plastic

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‘Profound concern’ as scientists say extreme heat ‘now the norm’ in UK

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Ed Miliband to tell MPs who reject net zero policies they are betraying future generations

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Ed Miliband would let a turbine farm destroy Brontë country. We need net zero, but at what cost? | Simon Jenkins

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Greens question ‘due diligence’ around Labor’s antisemitism envoy pick – as it happened

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Heavy rain in Texas halts rescue efforts as officials warn of further flooding

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Wildfires destroy historic lodge on Grand Canyon’s North Rim, park says

Beaker Street Science Photography prize – in pictures

More than half of koalas relocated to NSW forest died in failed government attempt at reintroduction

How do I feel about air conditioning? I’m very hot – but it’s destroying the planet | Emma Beddington

How US immigration raids hurt summer pleasures, from berries to barbecues

Some gut microbes can absorb and help expel ‘forever chemicals’ from the body, research shows

There was a deal to fix this Alabama community’s raw sewage crisis. Trump tore it up over DEI

The Texas way: why the most disaster-prone US state is so allergic to preparing for disasters

On Country: photography from Australia 2025 – in pictures

Texas Hill Country under flood watch as search continues for missing people

Thames Water spent £136m on securing emergency funding, leaked document suggests

Risotto rice under threat from flamingos in north-eastern Italy

England’s reservoirs at lowest level for a decade as experts call for hosepipe bans

HSBC becomes first UK bank to quit industry’s net zero alliance

Wildfires force evacuations at two national parks in the US west

‘It can’t withstand the heat’: fears ‘stable’ Patagonia glacier in irreversible decline

US pollution measurement practices raise questions about reliability of data

Heat health alerts and hosepipe bans across England as third heatwave takes hold

Trump administration yanks $15m in research into Pfas on US farms: ‘not just stupid, it’s evil’

Step up restoration of ancient woodland before it is lost, Forestry England urged

Toxic Pfas above proposed safety limits in almost all English waters tested

Week in wildlife: a flying vole, a Wimbledon wagtail and some lovebugs

Detection of fire ants in Queensland 800km from closest infestation sparks fury over gaps in eradication funding

It’s 12ft tall, covered in feathers and has been extinct for 600 years – can the giant moa bird really be resurrected?

Welcome to Prime Day, when thousands of product thumbnails blur together to form a giant pile of garbage | Anna Spargo-Ryan

Zonal pricing is dead. Now Miliband should be less absolutist on his 2030 goals | Nils Pratley

Extreme heat could lead to 30,000 deaths a year in England and Wales by 2070s, say scientists

Cold weather blamed for killing thousands of bony herring in central west NSW lake

Trump’s inaugural fund received $19m from fossil fuel industry, analysis shows

South West Water allowed to invest £24m rather than pay £19m fine

Scottish households urged to cut water use as climate crisis limits supplies

Trump officials axed an online portal for its key climate report. Read it in full here

Trees can’t get up and walk away, but forests can

With the world in crisis, many say end globalisation. I say that would be a mistake | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva