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Australia’s youngest senator describes depression, ‘wack’ responses and a pet-related white lie in first speech

What is happening with Australia’s emissions? Electricity is improving. Transport is not

Net zero! It’s not even a real thing so why does everyone hate it? | First Dog on the Moon

The genius of trees: how forests have shaped humanity, from chocolate cravings to our ability to dream

Ocado worst for plastic bags as total single-use sales rise for first time

Murray Watt advised by own department to declare protection order over part of Burrup peninsula

Don’t let Donald Trump undermine your faith in the climate fight | Gina McCarthy

Heatwave that fuelled deadly wildfires was Spain’s ‘most intense on record’

UK carmakers claimed leaving EV sales rules unchanged would cost jobs and investment

Trout farm in Cotswolds tourist hotspot accused of welfare abuses

Taiwan referendum on reopening last nuclear plant fails

Queensland urged to use TikTok and ‘trusted influencers’ to combat misinformation during natural disasters

New England states vow to fight Trump administration order to halt work on offshore wind farm that’s nearly complete

Australia’s amount of plastic waste surges as recycling rates fail to improve

Alaska was lucky to avoid disaster after a landslide and tsunami. What about next time?

‘We want builders on site, not filling in forms’: Albanese government cuts red tape in bid to boost home building

Alarming levels of Pfas in blood of those living near US air force base, study finds

Do heatwaves, wildfires and travel costs signal the end of the holiday abroad?

Madeline Horwath on how to block out bad news – cartoon

August rain records smashed across NSW as thunderstorms and more rain loom in final week

Explosion and fire in Louisiana leads to elementary school being evacuated

Young climate activists in Wisconsin sue state over pro-fossil fuel policies

Wildfire explodes in California wine country as heatwave scorches US west

Air pollution from oil and gas causes 90,000 premature US deaths each year, says new study

Hurricane Erin intensified at a near-record rate. Is Florida ready for the next big storm?

Wolf hunting in western US does little to prevent livestock losses, study finds

Alarm over Fema aid rule requiring email address for disaster victims

Weather tracker: monsoon rains cause deadly floods in Pakistan and India

Week in wildlife: a clumsy fox, a swinging orangutan and a rescued jaguarundi cub

‘Bee buffets’: the pollinator pathways turning drab alleys into insect havens

Bumper whale calving season a ‘sign of hope’ for South Australia’s oceans

Mystery ‘debris balls’ return to NSW beaches as residents warned to steer clear

Light pollution causes urban birds to stay awake longer each day, study finds

Victoria’s mountain ash forests could lose a quarter of giant trees as temperatures rise

Gina Rinehart’s apocalyptic visions for bush summits just the latest in a history of climate science denialism | Temperature Check

Solar panels in space ‘could provide 80% of Europe’s renewable energy by 2050’

Drought bringing autumn harvest two weeks early, Waitrose says

A coal-fired plant in Michigan was to close. But Trump forced it to keep running at $1m a day

Eden Project wildflower centre issues climate warning as it marks 25th year

Brazil authorities suspend key Amazon rainforest protection measure

Psychedelic rock! Formations that mess with your mind – in pictures

‘Landmines have become the greatest protectors’: how wildlife is thriving in the Korean DMZ

Angela Rayner hit with legal challenge over datacentre on green belt land

Sun, sea and struggle: growing up in England’s coastal towns – podcast

Californians brace for worst multiday heatwave of the year

Hurricane Erin pounds US east coast as residents brace for ‘life-threatening’ waves

Police investigate sabotage claims by UK activists against ‘fossil fuel finance’

Trump-fueled gas boom has Gulf coast communities on edge: ‘We will keep fighting’

‘It has echoes of happiness’: life for gen Z in the seaside town I once called home

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Dramatic rise in whale and dolphin strandings in Scotland

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