Coalition is wedging itself on climate crisis with net zero debate, warns Liberal MP in Scott Morrison’s former seat

Trump bids to scrap almost all pollution regulations – can anything stop this?

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US lightning flash was longest on record at 515 miles, scientists say

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Chinese official makes rare admission of failings over deadly Beijing floods

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After nearly 100 years, adult winter-run Chinook salmon seen in California river

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‘Best job in the natural world’: seed collector enlisted as modern-day Darwin to document the world’s plants

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Supersized stick insect discovered in high-altitude trees in Australia

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Fears for South Australia’s annual cuttlefish gathering amid deadly algal bloom

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Countries failing to act on UN climate pledge to triple renewables, thinktank finds

The Guardian view on England’s riverbanks: landscapes that everyone should be able to enjoy | Editorial

Four Montagu’s harrier chicks take flight in first UK breeding success since 2019

Adani claims its export program helps contribute to sustainable energy – but experts say that’s ‘wilful disinformation’

UN holds emergency talks over sky-high accommodation costs at Cop30 in Brazil

Hundreds evacuated after series of rockfalls in Italy’s Brenta Dolomites

Council recognises right of River Test to flow unimpeded and unpolluted

Elon Musk is turning US liberals off not just Tesla but electric vehicles in general

Experts baffled as rarely seen beaked whales involved in series of strandings

Scheme to release beavers into wild in England has stalled, say nature experts

Ethnic minorities in England at higher risk of heat-related deaths, says study

Half of UK councils still use pesticides in public places, research finds

Deadly China floods leave trail of destruction – in pictures

Charity in legal action against minister for failing to act over Thames Water

Trump moves to scrap climate rule tying greenhouse gases to public health harm

We face daunting global challenges. But here are eight reasons to be hopeful | John D Boswell

‘Shooting ourselves in the foot’: how Trump is fumbling geothermal energy

I’m obsessed with snorkelling in Scotland: starfish below, sea eagles overhead – and it really isn’t that cold

Only 0.5% of 90,000 oil slicks reported over five-year period, analysis finds

Anglian Water to pay £63m over sewage failures

Devon campaigners call for ‘right to riverbank’ after finding Dart has 108 owners

Minns government’s environmental integrity condemned as ‘nonexistent’ amid 40% surge in land clearing

Gorilla habitats and pristine forest at risk as DRC opens half of country to oil and gas drilling bids

China floods: more than 30 killed in Beijing and tens of thousands evacuated

England’s farmers to get new payments for cleaning up waterways

I was terrified of bees – until the day 30,000 of them moved into my house | Pip Harry

Self-imposed lockdowns, surveillance fears and forced separations: life for California’s undocumented farmworkers

The life of microplastic: how fragments move through plants, insects, animals – and you

Trial to remove shark nets from three Sydney and Central Coast beaches a good first step, scientists say

Missionaries using secret audio devices to evangelise Brazil’s isolated peoples

Thousands of tons of invasive seaweed ‘overwhelming’ Spanish beaches

Rare water world: Australia’s Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre from the air – in pictures

‘The sorest my legs have ever been’: hordes to descend on Hackney for litter-picking world cup

Call to make wet wipe producers pay for polluting England’s waterways

‘Excellent size’: UK blueberry crop up nearly a quarter after warm spring

Two top Noaa officials linked to Trump’s ‘Sharpiegate’ incident put on leave

US heat dome causes dangerous conditions for more than 100 million people

‘It’s spectacular’: volunteer Dorset divers see summer of surging seahorses