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UK electricity cleanest ever in 2024, with record 58% from low-carbon sources

Removal of waste from site of 1984 Bhopal disaster dismissed as ‘farce’

Live ones go in paper bags, dead ones in the freezer: the volunteers saving birds that fly into windows

Florida’s manatees are actually relative newcomers, historical research suggests

‘Extraordinary longevity’: great whales can live a lot longer than we thought – if we leave them alone

Fig and almond trees thriving in UK thanks to fewer frosts, RHS says

BoM data finds 2024 was Australia’s second-hottest year on record

Each year I insist we visit the same beach. Repetition tricks the mind into thinking a thing will last for ever | Jenny Sinclair

Searchers find hiking poles of man missing for a week in Kosciuszko national park

Republican-run states see opportunity to push extreme policies under Trump

Infrastructure neglect and poverty lead to parasites in the Mississippi Delta

At Extinction Rebellion, we aimed for UK net zero in 2025. That won't happen – so here’s what to do instead | Rupert Read

Belgium becomes first EU country to ban sale of disposable vapes

Fate of endangered monkey hinges on Brazilian city’s planning policy

UK government hires ‘nudge unit’ to help dispel heat pump myths

Future fizzles: the promises and predictions for 2025 in Australia that came true (or didn’t)

Sweden begins wolf hunt as it aims to halve endangered animal’s population

‘Heck of a light show’: spectacular bloom of bioluminescence returns to Tasmania’s coastline

Phew! Turtle doves shoot ban triggers bird species recovery

Water rates in Northern Ireland suggested to help address wastewater crisis

Trump aims to crush legal curbs on his climate rollback – but it may not be easy

10m trees to be planted in US to replace ones destroyed by hurricanes

Starmer faces test of climate leadership with big decisions on carbon budget

‘Moving to the mountaintops’: rising seas displace tens of thousands in Papua New Guinea

Essex county council sends 95% of non-recycled waste to landfill, data reveals

A cicada: ‘What cicadas leave behind is a kind of crystallised memory’ | Helen Sullivan

Bleak outlook for US farmers – and Trump tariffs could make it worse

World endures 'decade of deadly heat' as 2024 caps hottest years on record

I’m obsessed with broken shells: they are marked by life, like our skin

Police seize 6,000 illegal wild birds’ eggs as raids net largest haul in UK history

2024’s most costly climate disasters killed 2,000 people and caused $229bn in damages, data shows

Disparities in EV charging provision risk drop-off in UK transition, study warns

How extreme car dependency is driving Americans to unhappiness

Kew Gardens adds over 300 wild seeds in significant boost to living collection

Australia’s best agency photography for 2024 – in pictures

Youth pastor identified as man who died after shark bite off Queensland coast

I figured out how to use two-thirds less water — and it only took a week to set up

‘They’re stuck’: Cape Cod seeing more whale, turtle and dolphin strandings

‘When I show people this, they think it’s Mordor’: the architect viewing the West Midlands as a national park

‘We have to change our attitude’: wildlife expert says rhino horn trade must be legalised

English wildlife ‘could be disappearing in the dark’ due to lack of scrutiny

Weather tracker: Storm brings well over a metre of snow to peaks in Alps

Week in wildlife in pictures: a seasonal robin and newborn lion cubs in Bedfordshire

UK steel industry calls for government to buy British in offshore wind push

Climate crisis exposed people to extra six weeks of dangerous heat in 2024

National Trust records ‘alarming’ drop in insects and seabirds at its sites

Labour backs plans for £15m fund to distribute surplus food from farms

California residents urged to avoid ocean as high surf pounds coastline

UK public electric car chargers rose by a third in 2024 to more than 70,000

Chemtrail conspiracy theories: why RFK Jr is watching the skies