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Destruction of Ukraine dam caused ‘toxic timebomb’ of heavy metals, study finds

Covid-19 took their restaurant jobs. They switched careers: ‘I’m making twice as much money now’

Environmental groups sound new alarm as fossil fuel lobby pushes for immunity

Judge demands ‘some kind of evidence’ from Trump’s EPA to halt climate grants

US weather forecasts save lives and money. Trump’s cuts put us all at risk

An elephant buffet, a Lowry and Kenya’s melting glacier: photos of the day – Thursday

Decades after peregrines came back from the brink, a new threat emerges

UK farmers’ incomes stagnant since the 1970s, report finds

Enough with unicorns and dinosaurs – show children the magic of real, living animals instead | Isabel Losada

Keep your head above water: art show looks at the rising seas

Rio Tinto’s solar power and battery purchase for Gladstone aluminium operations praised as ‘right direction’

Baby wombat-snatching US influencer at risk of losing Australian visa

Atmospheric river to wallop California as study finds storms getting worse

Dead and dying Port Pirie birds and bats exposed to lead at 3,000 times acceptable levels

Trump officials decimate climate protections and consider axeing key greenhouse gas finding

Plastic pollution leaves seabirds with brain damage similar to Alzheimer’s, study shows

US energy industry’s climate retreat is putting profits over people, advocates say

Balance of power: Loch Ness hydro storage schemes fuel local anxiety

Trump’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ agenda could keep the world hooked on oil and gas

The UK’s gamble on solar geoengineering is like using aspirin for cancer | Raymond Pierrehumbert and Michael Mann

Changes to bathing water status test will deny rivers protection, say critics

A bloke at the dog park said the government was controlling the cyclones. He is accidentally sort of correct | First Dog on the Moon

In the middle of cyclone preparation I found a baby bird – one tiny, wild life amid the wind and rain | Jessie Cole

Northern Territory’s growing saltwater crocodile population gorging on nine times more prey than 50 years ago

‘Global weirding’: climate whiplash hitting world’s biggest cities, study reveals

Farmers in England furious as Defra pauses post-Brexit payment scheme

Trump orders likely to drive species’ extinction, wildlife advocates warn

At least a dozen US states rush to ban common food dyes, citing health risks

USDA cuts more than $1bn in local food purchases for schools, food banks

Controlled-release fertilizers can spread microplastics on US cropland – study

Incidents at English hazardous industrial sites ‘going unchecked’

The Mexican women who defied drug-dealers, fly-tippers and chauvinists to build a thriving business

Experts warn of North Sea collision’s ‘devastating’ impact on marine life

Chicken manure can be classified as industrial waste, judge rules

New scheme to offer campers unprecedented access to wild spaces across Britain

Thames Water faces court claim that £3bn bailout is ‘poor, short-term fix’

Male blue-lined octopuses inject females with venom during sex to avoid being eaten, study shows

Only seven countries worldwide meet WHO dirty air guidelines, study shows

‘Good news’ as NSW northern rivers flood waters recede, Chris Minns says – video

Squatters in flood buyback homes to be evicted and properties demolished, NSW premier says

As Trump attacks US science agencies, ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred ushers in a fresh wave of climate denial in Australia | Adam Morton

NSW and Queensland floods update: Ipswich avoids severe flooding by inches as more rain forecast in wake of Cyclone Alfred

Some trees are coping with extreme heat surprisingly well

Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation

Argentina flooding: 16 killed as two girls swept away by rising waters

What the world needs now is more fossil fuels, says Trump’s energy secretary

🌎 Gas turbine gridlock #236

When Cyclone Alfred forced a wildlife hospital to close, this rescue koala found a new place to recuperate

To win the bush, Australian politics needs to embrace its 'curves' | Nick Rodway