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Coalition MPs say Australia’s emissions are a fraction of the world’s total. What kind of argument is that?

Wild bird numbers continue to fall in UK with some species in ‘dramatic freefall’

‘Families are dying’: an Ohio town suffering from fallout years after nuclear plant’s closure

‘Food forests are everything’: creating edible landscapes helps nature thrive in Afro-descendant lands

Dodging New York traffic: hundreds of humpback whaless on a collision course with ships

Intelligence agencies should report on foreign interests in ‘activist groups’, Australian coal lobby group argues

Global investment in renewable energy up 10% on 2024 despite Trump rollback

National Trust reports bumper apple and pumpkin crops at its sites

Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025 – in pictures

Government required to create plan to protect greater glider in major legal win for Wilderness Society

Eat salmon, win prizes: Fat Bear Week begins in Alaska’s Katmai national park

🌎 Kicking off NYCW #263

‘A heavy burden’: Belém residents evicted in rush for profits from Cop30 rentals

Climate activists gather in New York for ‘Sun Day’ solar energy and anti-billionaire rallies

Whose tide is highest? Canadian towns battle it out over Guinness World Record title

Leopard sharks mating in the wild captured on camera for first time – video

‘Involved sequentially’: leopard sharks observed mating for first time in wild have threesome

Nations’ plans to ramp up coal, gas and oil extraction ‘will put climate goals beyond reach’

Hundreds plunge in Chicago River for first official swim in nearly 100 years

Canavan claims Coalition ‘on the cusp’ of abandoning net zero as Ley urged to follow Dutton’s voice referendum tactics

‘It’s resurrection’: 1,000-year-old seeds could grow ancient plants in England’s ice-age ghost ponds

Louisiana reports five deaths from flesh-eating bacterium in coastal waters

Labor has good reason to sweat over its 2035 climate target – but the dishevelled Coalition response rings hollow | Tom McIlroy

Red squirrel population thriving on Isle of Wight and could almost double, study finds

Ministers tell Environment Agency to wave planning applications through

Kenya’s Turkana people genetically adapted to live in harsh environment, study suggests

Sussan Ley says she ‘misspoke’ after comments that Coalition doesn’t believe in setting climate targets

Week in wildlife: a flying teddy, a fishy shipwreck and a globe-trotting sea slug

Ten new wild swimming locations should be created in London, report says

Revealed: ‘Corporate capture’ of UN aviation body by industry

TfL says persistent offenders owe more than £700m in Ulez fines

Wildfire smoke will kill nearly 1.4m each year by end of century if emissions not curbed – study

Powerful owls’ grisly crime scenes in urban parkland remind us we share suburbia with a magnificent predator

‘Sun day’: US climate activists to rally for clean energy amid Trump attacks

The Indiana town suffering under the shadow of a BP refinery: ‘They’ve had way too many accidents’

How Bill Gates is playing both sides of the climate crisis – video

‘A slap in the face’: our expert panel on Australia’s 2035 emissions target

How vulnerable are Australia’s cities to extreme heat? Explore our maps

The island that banned hives: can honeybees actually harm nature?

Whale and her calf entangled in shark net off Queensland coast

‘It’s not just our houses’: can a Scottish village save Queen Elizabeth’s coastal path from the waves?

Only a third of world’s river basins experienced normal conditions in 2024

Australian government announces 2035 emissions reduction target – video

Bowen says cutting emissions by more than 70% ‘not achievable’ as 2035 target criticised from all sides

San Francisco supervisor recalled after voting to close highway for car-free park

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In the days after my mum died, a blackbird lingered like a messenger of solace | Mark Saunokonoko

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Trump golf course in Scotland accused of breaching sewage limits

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Labor’s 2035 emissions target a ‘sliding doors’ moment for future generations

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‘Privatisation premium’: billions from UK energy bills paid to shareholders

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‘A dolphin among sharks’: readers pay tribute to Robert Redford, a great movie star and decent human being

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