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The Guardian view on Britain’s uninhabitable homes: as temperatures rise, a new approach is needed | Editorial

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At least two people missing in West Virginia after torrential rain causes flash floods

Thousands flee wildfires in France as temperatures reach extreme levels in southern Europe

Legal logging and soaring saplings: the ‘green islands’ bucking the deforestation trend in central America

I am used to hot days now. But the warm wind has really panicked me | Adrian Chiles

Politician’s claim Earth’s magnetic poles could flip if NT doesn’t use more groundwater criticised by experts

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Poorest children in England 40% more likely to be hospitalised for lung infections

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Besieged by lobbyists, will UK ministers protect our ecosystems? No, they’ll chicken out | George Monbiot

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Orcas seen ramming prey so hard it explodes may be playing game

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Nicola Jennings on drought-hit Britain – cartoon

France records more than 5,700 excess deaths during June heatwave

One billion plastic pellets spilled into River Tyne after two ships collide

Great Barrier Reef microbiome mapped as researchers discover 500 bacterial species previously unknown to science

Tropical storm Bertha makes landfall in Louisiana with 45mph winds

Sperm whales change ‘vowel’ sounds when boats are nearby, scientists discover

Ex-Southern Water boss to face trial over allegedly manipulating sewage testing

Six beluga whales finally leave embattled Canadian marine park

The world is on fire, and who does Trump blame? The Canadians | Arwa Mahdawi

World’s largest meat company faces legal challenge over green credentials of $6bn global expansion

Japan swelters through rising heat – in pictures

‘A great thrill’: baby puffin is first one seen on Dorset coast in three decades

Millions face long-term coastal flooding risk in UK without climate action, scientists warn

Tick bites are on the rise in the US and UK. Here’s how to protect yourself

Stand still, make eye contact: Denmark tells tourists how to behave in a wolf encounter

We received no alert, say leaders of First Nations communities razed by Canadian wildfires

Climate and rock art advocates take on Woodside’s ‘carbon bomb’ WA gas project in federal court

Almost 90 football fields of woody habitat were bulldozed every day in NSW – despite pledges to rein it in

Not enough water for UK’s datacentre plans, trade body says

Slowdown in Arctic ice melt ends after largest winter decline on record

Rescuers in Afghanistan search for missing and dead after flash floods destroy homes

🌎 The EU’s cap and trade-offs #305

Tropical Storm Bertha heads for land as Hurricane Fausto forms in eastern Pacific

Australian ski resorts smash July climate records with temperatures 12C above average

Big Bear’s missing bald eagle believed to have been found alive but injured

‘A public health emergency waiting to occur’: how US industry groups spent years fighting who gets to measure toxic air

‘My shirt was wringing’: National Express bus drivers speak out on 40C conditions

Trump officials kill proposed rules for Pfas-contaminated sewage fertilizer

On a Colorado farm, solar panels bring shade for plants, power – and cash: in pictures

‘It’s total devastation’: inside the Amazonian war against illegal gold mining

AI-altered images on birdwatching forums putting research at risk

‘When I get home, my whole body aches’: extreme heat saps health and wages of India’s poorest workers

Five family members found dead after flash flood in Utah canyon, police say

Majority of US voters link extreme weather to climate crisis, study finds

Molten salt and human sweat: the weird batteries that could store renewable energy

How Trump and his administration have mired the US in multiple crises

Sex-loving hookworms and other peculiar parasites: one man’s mission to champion nature’s villains

Bank of England to stop accepting bonds linked to coal for key loans

Flash flood warnings strike north-east US amid wildfire smoke from Canada

Trump’s deep public health cuts hinder response to record US cyclosporiasis outbreak

Poultry sector growth plan risks UK national security, campaigners warn