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Zipcar’s demise means people such as me are back in the slow lane – and stuck needing their own costly car | Phineas Finn

‘No one knows where it came from’: first wild beaver spotted in Norfolk in 500 years

California officials warn foragers after person dies from poison mushroom

Drag queen Pattie Gonia completes 100-mile trek raising $1m to make outdoors more ‘equitable’

Environment Agency faces landfill tax bill worth millions to clear illegal waste

Bombed Chornobyl shelter no longer blocks radiation and needs major repair – IAEA

Science journal retracts study on safety of Monsanto’s Roundup: ‘Serious ethical concerns’

Just not that into ewes: ‘gay sheep’ escape slaughter and take over a New York catwalk

South Australian bus ads misled public by claiming gas is ‘clean and green’, regulator finds

Streets named after birds in Britain on rise as species’ populations plummet

California pesticide agency could loosen restrictions on most toxic rat poisons

Nature recovery plan in England hit by clause allowing contracts to end with a year’s notice

Week in wildlife: a studious deer and a partying raccoon

Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot

‘We can tell farmers the problems’: experts say seismic waves can check soil health and boost yields

60,000 African penguins starved to death after sardine numbers collapsed – study

Why small farmers can’t fix our hunger problem | Cassandra Loftlin

A volcanic eruption might have helped bring the Black Plague to Europe

A diving prince, sunken treasure and snared by the Titanic: Joe MacInnis on his ‘rip-roaring’ life as an ocean adventurer

Water plant that caused Tunbridge Wells supply failure was given risk notice in 2024

Households face higher energy bills as £28bn grid upgrade gets go-ahead

High levels of ‘forever chemical’ found in cereal products across Europe – study

New England warming faster than most places on Earth, study finds

How an invasion of purple flowers made Iceland an Instagram paradise – and caused a biodiversity crisis

UK farmers lose £800m after heat and drought cause one of worst harvests on record

Trump says he will repeal Biden-era fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks

The environmental costs of corn: should the US change how it grows its dominant crop?

‘Holy crap, this is insane’: mineworkers describe being caught in huge outback dust storm

More than 520 chemicals found in English soil, including long-banned medical substances

‘The dinosaurs didn’t know what was coming, but we do’: Marina Silva on what needs to follow Cop30

Tesla privately warned UK that weakening EV rules would hit sales

Reuse and return schemes could help eliminate plastic pollution in 15 years, says report

National Trust launches fundraiser to help buy land around Cerne Giant

Nike, Superdry and Lacoste ads banned in UK over ‘misleading’ green claims

Trump administration puts Fema workers back on administrative leave

Global heating and other human activity are making Asia’s floods more lethal

Revealed: Mexico’s industrial boomtown is making goods for the US. Residents say they’re ‘breathing poison’

‘They’re a lot like us’: saving the tiny punk monkeys facing extinction

Nine boars found dead in Spanish swine fever outbreak

Life Invisible: the fight against superbugs starts in the driest place on Earth

‘I kept smelling a horrible nasty smell’: the risks of England’s old dumping grounds

UK and Europe’s hidden landfills at risk of leaking toxic waste into water supplies

People living along polluted Thames file legal complaint to force water firm to act

Floods kill at least 1,100 people across south and south-east Asia – video

Zillow deletes climate risk data from listings after complaints it harms sales

🌎 The Thanksgiving dinner of the energy transition #273

Get shucking: South Australians urged to eat oysters and donate shells for reef restoration project

Cooking with gas gets more expensive as Americans face rising prices into 2026

Australia could miss clean energy target as solar and wind investment slumps, investors warn

Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions | George Monbiot