Will it be AI or the climate crisis that ends humanity? We can make it neither | Adam McKay and Philip Eubanks

The climate crisis will destroy our economies – we learned this 20 years ago. When will we act? | Fiona Harvey

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Sea of crimson: vivid ‘red beach’ transforms China’s wetlands and marshes – in pictures

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Trump says government to ‘terminate’ Biden-era methane emissions rules

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‘I use disposable cups’: Chris Minns backflips on takeaway coffee cups after media and business backlash

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Plan for multibillion-pound Sizewell nuclear plant a ‘terrible deal’ for UK taxpayers, MPs say

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Aerial video shows California flooding amid ‘record-breaking tides’ – video

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Rosebank oilfield would not breach UK emission targets, say government insiders

Homes across UK to get low- or no-interest loans to fund solar panels and heat pumps

Slovenia mourns loss of glacier on its highest peak after scorching summer

Are seed oils unhealthy? Why are so many influencers speaking out against them? | Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz

UK spending on ‘fairytale’ carbon capture tech is a national embarrassment, chancellor told

‘No one saves the planet if it hits their pocket’: UK heat pump installers fear planned subsidy cuts

Trump’s cuts have exposed US to ‘cascade’ of El Niño dangers, experts warn

I struggled to come to terms with my mum’s death. Then I swam in the sea and suddenly felt connected to her

Burnham in danger of sleepwalking into climate disaster, say campaigners

UK government met 137 businesses over AI datacentres – but no environmental groups

Super-rich get ‘double dividend’ from causes and costs of climate crisis, report finds

Volcanoes lurk behind the scenes of human history

🌎 Mid-term, peak demand, high stakes #319

Sunlight at night: US startup’s demonstration of lighting Earth from space draws criticism

Typhoon Champi declared strongest storm of year so far

Cabinet split emerges over controversial Rosebank oilfield decision

US south-west braces for more storms after enduring days of rain and flooding

The Guardian view on Oxford Street’s pedestrianisation: cities should be designed around people, not cars | Editorial

Lights out: the island that goes dark to save young seabirds – in pictures

Storm Boelo: Travel disrupted and events cancelled as UK hit by wind and rain

The BoM’s temperature record keeping is under attack – again. What’s going on? | Temperature Check

Storm Boelo to bring 80mph gusts and heavy rain to parts of UK

New Trump rule allows hunters to bait bears in Alaska with doughnuts, bacon and more

‘You need persistence’: the Norfolk couple who took on environmental regulators three times – and won

Blue Planet III features cloudier footage to prove authenticity amid AI boom

UK government to make unprecedented intervention in setting of water bills

The US west has lost nearly 300 glaciers since the 1960s. Climate crisis is drastically shrinking what’s left

EPA has failed to tackle cancer-linked pesticide pollution, lawsuit alleges

Week in wildlife: a bookworm bear, an angelic spider and a bald hedgehog

Heat killed ‘staggering’ 50,000 people in Europe’s cities this summer, scientists warn

In allowing coal expansion in the Hunter, Chris Minns is pouring fuel on the climate fire. His decision will come back to hurt us all | Jack Egan

Burnham to reveal plans for AI unit to tackle wildfires after scorching summer

‘It’s all God’s creation’: farmers continue a ‘Jewishly inspired’ agrarian tradition

Every Briton should stockpile water and food supplies, government advises

Andy Burnham vows UK will hit net zero target despite Jackdaw gasfield approval

We will make the net-zero transition work for Britain – approving the Jackdaw gasfield is part of the plan | Andy Burnham

Have scientists finally found a way to save the banana from disaster?

A possible three tornadoes wallop Arizona, bringing golf-ball sized hail

America gets new national park with designation of Chiricahua’s rock spires

Almost every shallow-water coral reef on the planet faces ecosystem collapse by 2075, UN advisors say

Marine life in Gulf of Mexico has still not fully recovered from 2010 BP oil spill