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Hot weather and hungry datacentres lift Australia’s energy demand to record highs but batteries quell prices

What does the Zoological Society of London do? After 200 years, the answer is still ‘everything’ | Martin Rowson

Timmy the whale rescue attempt begins off coast of Germany – in pictures

Dozens of North Carolina houses have been lost to the sea. Some surviving homes are now being moved on wheels

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Critical minerals are ‘oil of 21st century’ as demand fuels poverty and pollution in poorer countries

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‘Suicidal’ model of capitalism leading to war and fascism, climate summit told

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Older than the dinosaurs: scientists finally unlock secret of the mayfly’s dance

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Babies exposed to air pollution during pregnancy take longer to learn to speak, research finds

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Urban areas host 80% of England’s homes at high risk of flooding, study finds

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Anthony Albanese rules out gas export tax on existing contracts and criticises ‘populist’ campaign

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Trump administration blocks US wind energy projects in switch to oil and gas

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Stranded whale Timmy swims on to barge in German rescue attempt

Singing activists disrupt NatWest meeting over ‘climate backtracking’

One year after Spain’s blackout, its shift to renewables and grid evolution power on

Trump’s attempt to crush clean energy progress not going to plan, experts say

Middle East crisis could cost world $1tn while oil firms make ‘obscene’ profit, analysis finds

A new haven for wildlife: London’s Queen Elizabeth II garden opens to the public – in pictures

Lebanon accuses Israel of committing ‘ecocide’ in country since 2023

Heavy rain not ‘nearly enough’ to tame two wildfires in drought-stricken Georgia

🌎 The road report, from SF to Shenzhen to Spain #293

US supreme court weighs blocking lawsuits against Roundup makers alleging weedkiller causes cancer

Clean energy switch must not be excuse to plunder Indigenous lands, say leaders

Record bear sightings in Japan cause alarm as hibernation ends

‘I needed to be in that strange, flat place’: how an Orkney garden healed a writer

Renewable energy will boost national security and protect UK from sabotage, minister says

Texas tornado kills at least two people as wildfires still rage in parts of Georgia

Toxins plus climate harms likely cause of reduced fertility, study finds

UK departments at odds over energy demands of AI datacentres

Scientists believe birds’ skulls hold clues to inner lives of long-extinct dinosaurs

What counts as the woods? Judge axes Nova Scotia’s ban that defied ‘commonsense definitions’

ICE planning facility for children and families on Pfas-contaminated site

California’s wildlife bridge became a target for the right. Now it’s eyeing the finish line

Criminalisation of climate protesters in UK is counterproductive, research finds

‘Cries of delight’ as Sumatran orangutan filmed using canopy bridge to cross road for first time

Officials hugely underestimated impact of AI datacentres on UK carbon emissions

‘The damage is done’: global oil crisis has changed fossil fuel industry for ever, IEA chief says

How frustration at Cop stalemates inspires first global talks on phasing out fossil fuels

Soundtrack of the sea: divers use underwater speakers to help dying coral reefs

Wildfires in Florida after dry winter and spring lead to drought across US

Week in wildlife: a tiny harvest mouse, bagel cats and a rhino out for a stroll

Nuclear power! Have we finally found a useful use for it? Let’s ask a wolf | First Dog on the Moon

Anthony Albanese accused of ‘caving to gas companies’ as Labor set to reject new export tax

‘Kraken-like’ giant octopuses 100m years ago crunched bones of prey

BP board suffers triple climate rebellion from shareholders

‘A history of the Earth’: Twelve Apostles revealed to be as old as 14m years

Eighteen wolves found dead in Italian national park in suspected poisoning

Republican lawmakers attempt to shield big oil from climate lawsuits in ‘alarming’ bills

Bonobos enjoy pretend tea parties and chimps think rationally: why apes are more like us than we ever thought

A catastrophic climate event is upon us. Here is why you’ve heard so little about it | George Monbiot

One ship, three deaths: the shocking truth behind working conditions on a Chinese fishing vessel