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Ofwat to be abolished as ministers look to create new water regulator

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US wetlands ‘restored’ using treated sewage tainted with forever chemicals

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Labour MPs challenge Richard Tice over Reform UK’s plan to scrap green projects

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Green groups fear business sector will dominate debate at Chalmers’ roundtable at environment’s expense

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Serious pollution incidents by English water companies rose 60% last year

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Gas flaring created 389m tonnes of carbon pollution last year, report finds

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Week in wildlife: a hedgehog’s afternoon tea, royal cygnets and a snarling wolf

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‘Keeping us hooked on fossil fuels’: how can we negotiate with autocracies on the climate crisis?

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150 million years old and critically endangered: assassin spider stalks its prey – video

Britons urged to count butterfly numbers amid hopes of ‘outstanding’ summer

Shooting of bear that swam to tiny Canadian island frustrates First Nations

How Trump’s anti-immigrant policies could collapse the US food industry – visualized

Rodent wars: US city where ground squirrels outnumber people fights back

Cory Booker pitches bill to allow lawsuits against pesticide makers over ‘toxic products’

Brazil passes ‘devastation bill’ that drastically weakens environmental law

US waterways are full of dumped tires. The ‘River Cowboy’ won’t stand for it

Trump’s $1tn for Pentagon to add huge planet-heating emissions, study shows

Reform’s anti-renewables stance ‘putting jobs and energy bills at risk’

Restaurant in China criticised for putting baby lion cuddles on menu

Technicolour lakes and butterfly brains: Wellcome photography prize 2025 – in pictures

Tax on AI and crypto could fund climate action, says former Paris accords envoy

Melbourne creek turns bright blue after construction chemicals wash into waterway

Ken Henry says Australia's environmental laws are 'broken' and should be rewritten - video

Reform-led Durham county council scraps climate emergency declaration

Google inks $3bn US hydropower deal as it expands energy-hungry datacenters

‘Our food, our heritage, our culture’: the chef highlighting Palestinian cuisine

Bear that bit man in Norway roams free after hunt in which wrong animal shot

UK government putting pressure on nature groups to drop opposition to planning bill

How climate crisis makes rainstorms that flooded New York more common

Dismay after Southampton airport gets permission to cut down cemetery trees

Kew Gardens’ tropical Palm House to shut for five years for net zero makeover

Southern Water issues hosepipe ban for 1m people in Hampshire and Isle of Wight

Hunter missing in Japan as spate of bear attacks triggers emergency to be declared in northern town

‘Inquisitive, relaxed’ humpback whale swimming in Sydney Harbour delays ferries and boats

‘The place is bleached, a dead zone’: how the UK’s most beloved landscapes became biodiversity deserts

Death threats and falsehoods among online abuse reported by land and climate defenders

‘Why the hell did we ever drop it?’: Labor should push for new carbon tax, ex-Treasury head says

Climate groups call for UK wealth tax to make super-rich fund sustainable economy

Four areas of England now in drought as heat threatens wildlife and crops

Sheep are destroying precious British habitats – and we taxpayers are footing the bill | Chris Packham

Trump administration dashes hopes of anti-pollution plan for JD Vance’s home town

Republicans complain to Canada over wildfire smoke despite supporting planet-heating bill

UK air pollution falling but danger levels still breached too often, say scientists

Torres Strait community leaders in ‘deepest pain imaginable’ as federal court dismisses landmark climate case

Reform-run councils once known for green policies expected to scrap climate pledges

Could giving this pod of dolphins the same legal rights as humans help keep them safe?

Buyers of new EVs under £37,000 can get discount under UK scheme

Texas camp leader waited over an hour after flood warning to evacuate