‘I can’t think of a place more pristine’: 133,000 hectares of Chilean Patagonia preserved after local fundraising

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UK’s largest proposed datacentre ‘understating planned water use’

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‘You learn tricks to reduce it’: the smart bins measuring food waste in South Korea

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Rainfall creates crimson spectacle at beach on Iran’s Hormuz Island

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Guggenheim scraps Basque Country expansion plan after local protests

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AI boom has caused same CO2 emissions in 2025 as New York City, report claims

‘It’s an open invasion’: how millions of quagga mussels changed Lake Geneva for ever

Met Office: 2026 will bring heat more than 1.4C above preindustrial levels

Washington state flooding damage profound but unclear, governor warns

Trump administration to dismantle key climate research center in Colorado

‘Everything is worse since Drax came here’: US residents say wood-pellet plant harming their town

These migrants grow the US’s Christmas trees. Trump’s wage cuts may keep them away

Greek tragedy: the rare seals hiding in caves to escape tourists

UK to bring forward review of EV sales targets from 2027 to next year

Christmas dinner and festive treats up to 70% more expensive, reports Which?

‘Magical’ galaxy frogs disappear after reports of photographers destroying their habitats

Common household rat poisons found to pose unacceptable risk to wildlife as animal advocates push for ban

Ministers ‘break word’ on protecting nature after weakening biodiversity planning rule

Arctic endured year of record heat as climate scientists warn of ‘winter being redefined’

Jane Goodall Earth medal to recognise people working to improve the world

Man found dead in submerged car in first reported death in Washington floods

Electricity generation costs would be a third lower with 82% renewable grid, CSIRO says

Tuesday briefing: What polar bear DNA tells us about a warming Arctic

Nissan begins production of new electric car in Sunderland

Morrisons becomes first UK supermarket to delay net zero targets

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Glaciers to reach peak rate of extinction in the Alps in eight years

‘I consider him my first son’: how living with a baby monkey taught me I’m ready to be a dad

Tabletop tomatoes and drought-resistant roses tipped as 2026’s top garden trends

Conservatives would end 2030 ban on new petrol and diesel cars

Reeves’s planning overhaul stalls as senior adviser quits after four months

Atmospheric rivers – what to know about the storms inundating the Pacific north-west

Australia’s best news agency photography for 2025 – in pictures

Mining company claims government didn’t follow proper process for Aboriginal heritage protection order

Home batteries subsidy overhauled with $5bn injection as Australians rush to take up discount

Ancient lake reappears in Death Valley after record-breaking rains

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Hunger’s whip: why connecting US food stamps to work is outdated and ineffective

Families washed out of tents as flood waters course through Gaza

Flooding remains threat in Pacific north-west as Washington declares emergency

Opening up Victoria’s Otway basin to offshore gas exploration an ‘environmental betrayal’, Greens say

Coalmine expansions would breach climate targets, NSW government warned in ‘game-changer’ report

Indonesia floods were ‘extinction level’ disturbance for world’s rarest ape

‘Soil is more important than oil’: inside the perennial grain revolution