The Guardian: Environment RSS Feed

Wildfires are raging – and the world has junked 45 climate pledges. Disaster looms, and little wonder | Bill McGuire

France and Spain brace for fresh heatwave as warnings issued over risk of new wildfires – Europe live

Ships stuck in strait of Hormuz pose ‘super-spreader’ biodiversity threat, scientists warn

Organic eggs have worse impact on climate than eggs from caged chickens

Queensland and NT reject Labor’s push to ensure that power-hungry AI datacentres use renewable energy

The Guardian view on noise pollution: keep it down | Editorial

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It’s time to prosecute climate crimes – with laws that already exist | Aaron Regunberg

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Almost 4,000 people evacuated from tourist sites near Bordeaux as wildfires rage in France and Spain

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Could ‘Godzilla’ El Niño bring the hottest year on record? – video explainer

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How one man’s near-death experience led to the discovery of the first Jurassic sea dragon in Wales

‘We have lost everything’: extreme rainfall across Asia brings flash floods and typhoons

What do the heatwaves in Europe and North America tell us about our future? | Fiona Katauskas

Industrial chicken farming accelerating spread of diarrhoea bacteria, study finds

The Guardian view on Europe’s wildfires: politics must catch up with the new reality | Editorial

Ben Jennings on southern Europe’s wildfires – cartoon

France and Spain race to contain huge wildfires before fresh heatwave begins

Swathes of Cairngorms unrecognisable after 12 days of ‘cataclysmic’ wildfires

Britain braces for fourth heatwave of year as fire chiefs issue public appeal

When it comes to predicting the future, why are TV writers better than politicians? | Zoe Williams

‘It came out of real frustration’: the 90s activist network that set fires to save a burning planet

US environmental groups urge EPA to reject new Pfas to cool datacenters

PM urged to uphold climate pledges made as mayor and ban new North Sea oil drilling

Bill Oddie, naturalist and broadcaster, dies aged 85

Europe wildfires: Officials warn that wildfires could still be burning in November – as it happened

Uganda begins emergency food handouts after 19 die from hunger

Seven suspected new bird flu cases are ‘evidence of spread’ into Australian wildlife, experts warn

Heathrow expansion would take thousands of jobs from other UK regions, report finds

‘Extraordinarily hot’: US heatwave stretches on with millions still under warnings

Ella Baron on the wildfires in France and Spain – cartoon

Every new UK home should have air conditioning, say Liberal Democrats

Ed Miliband indicates development and climate will be at heart of UK foreign policy

Pedro Sánchez says Spain is suffering effects of climate crisis as firefighters battle wildfires in France

‘Scandalous, irrational and irresponsible’: French beekeepers’ fury at lifting of pesticides ban

Scorching US heatwave to hit 70 million people with third ‘heat dome’ in month

New North Sea oil drilling faces delay after gear accidentally dropped in sea

Firefighters in Spain and France battle raging wildfires – video

Almost 75% of England’s riverbanks ‘off limits’ to public, figures show

France and Spain race to control wildfires as more than 250,000 evacuated – as it happened

Herbicide banned in 70 countries to be pulled from sale in Australia by chemical maker

‘No time to waste’: Greece bids for Mount Olympus to be included on Unesco list of world heritage sites

Parts of England under heat alert with 30C temperatures possible

The Guardian view on ponds: these freshwater havens need a law of their own | Editorial

How dangerous are wildfires and how can we stop them from getting worse?

This desert oasis is a biological wonderland. Trump’s border wall threatens to destroy it

Scientists decry Trump’s ‘blame game’ after he claims Canada ‘poisoning’ US air

More than 200,000 people flee or lock down as wildfires sweep France and Spain

Mangrove photography awards 2026 – in pictures

France evacuates Cap Ferret peninsula as Spanish wildfires merge near Madrid – as it happened

Week in wildlife: a thirsty baby hedgehog, a rare puffling and a jumping spider

One year, 17 towns, dozens of voices: what we heard along the coast of England and Wales