Andy Burnham has barely acknowledged the climate crisis. If only Britain’s workers had that luxury | John Harris

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University spinout to launch water quality app for UK and US waters

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King Charles and Prince William face £10m energy upgrade bill for estates

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Gorging on bearcam: the livestream of big beasts eating that draws millions

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At least five people dead in Indiana amid worst flooding in over 30 years, officials say

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Royal estates rent out homes that fail to meet legal energy efficiency standards

UK’s biggest EV battery gigafactory shelves expansion as Jaguar Land Rover talks stall

Natalya Lobanova on the positives to be gained from the UK’s latest heatwave – cartoon

First Australian death of little penguin with H5 bird flu confirmed on Phillip Island

It’s the SUV tyranny: where have all the normal family cars gone? | Coco Khan

Burnham announces £65m for drought-hit farmers after Labour pressure

‘Devastating’: bulldozers plough through Big Bend national park as Trump’s border work pushes ahead

How a brutal drought may have helped unleash yellow fever in Brazil

‘It’s due to climate’: the people of Stourbridge on the town’s wildfires

Thames Water plans to restart desalination plant – after drought has ended

The Great Barrier Reef isn’t dead yet. According to News Corp that makes climate science a ‘pseudo-religion’ | Temperature Check

Iberian orca known for ramming boats seen with suspected gunshot wounds

Burnham brings in military and bans disposable barbecues in ‘tinderbox’ Britain

Burnham criticised for EV and North Sea approach amid climate crisis

Running dry: drought-hit UK sporting venues and parched pitches – in pictures

‘They do look majestic’: tears and pride as first white storks set free in Cornwall

How can we talk about this extreme weather now that it’s a battleground in the culture wars? | Andy Beckett

Bird flu is a huge disaster and it’s normal to find it distressing and sad. How can we deal with this grief? | First Dog on the Moon

Searches for UK homes with air conditioning more than double

Week in wildlife: snake on a car, a careful spider mum and a lazy squirrel

‘Unprecedented’ rain kills five in Japan as thousands stranded at airport

Indonesia wildfires threaten orangutans rescued from animal traffickers

Romania shuts its last nuclear reactor as drought-hit Danube river drops to record low

Fossils show huge carbon emissions harm forests, not ‘green the planet’

New UN plastic treaty is going backwards, experts say

UK records hottest day of year as fifth summer heatwave reaches peak

Piranha drama: boy, 8, hooks fearsome exotic fish in Pennsylvania lake

Killer fungus: how a disease threatening bat species has spread to northern Canada

California bans paraquat, highly toxic herbicide outlawed in more than 70 countries

Severe storms cut power supply to 540,000 homes in US midwest

Lost jobs, inequality, rogue agents: why are we accepting oligarchs’ AI agenda? | Robert Reich

How to keep babies and children safe in heatwaves

Water customers are not a ‘blank cheque’, Burnham tells suppliers

UK sees temperatures of 38.1C, the hottest day of 2026; Greece battles wildfires after gale force winds – as it happened

Britain's scorched fields mean a food crisis – and the government is ignoring the one measure that would help | George Monbiot

Manila river clogged with rubbish after Typhoon Dolphin floods – in pictures

Australia’s largest aluminium smelter to run on renewables by 2033 after Rio Tinto strikes $2.5bn taxpayer bailout deal

Too smart to eat? Why octopus farms are such a slippery problem

India fuels worldwide jump in planned coal production

Nurses fainting in ‘inhumane’ conditions due to extreme heat, union warns

EJ Swift wins the 2026 Arthur C Clarke award for science fiction