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Environment

  • a pile of make up products

    Toxic PFAS absorbed through skin at levels higher than previously thought

    Absorption through skin could be ‘significant source of exposure’ to toxic forever chemicals, study shows
  • A sinkhole forms on a soccer field in Illinois<br>A drone view shows a sinkhole that formed on a turf soccer field at Gordon Moore Park in Alton, Illinois, U.S., June 27, 2024. REUTERS/Lawrence Bryant

    Sinkhole appears in soccer field above Illinois mine: ‘Out of a movie’

  • power plant just after sunrise behind rows of trees and grass

    US supreme court puts hold on EPA attempt to reduce pollution that drifts across states

  • US county map, colored by change in summer temperature

    Visualized: the parts of the US where summer heat has risen the most

  • Debris fills up on a dam while brown water surges from it in the foreground

    Two people die from floods ravaging US midwest as more storms forecasted

  • An underwater view of a lot of plastic garbage, including a plastic bag, a plastic bottle and small bits of plastic.

    Plastics companies blocked mitigation efforts and may have broken US laws – study

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CO2 tracker

Latest news

  • The humpback whale tangled in fishing ropes and buoys before its rescue off the Gippsland coast of Victoria

    Humpback whale tangled in 800kg of fishing equipment rescued off Gippsland coast

  • Curious bilby

    ‘Weird and cool’: bilby genome sequence could help to save the species

    Bilbies have the biggest genome of any marsupial, which could be down to how it evolved its incredible sense of smell
  • Volta electric truck parked in central London

    UK haulage industry calls for investment in electric truck infrastructure

    There are just 300 electric HGVs in the 500,000-strong lorry fleet – and only one public charging point, says RHA
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Big oil uncovered

  • Two men in hard hats, jumpsuits and heavy boots work on dark purple painted pipes above, with pink floppy tubes and hard blue tubes.

    Colorado oil and gas wells can’t fund their own cleanup. Taxpayers may foot the bill

  • A very thin woman raises a plastic bottle to her lips, in full sun with a blue tarp behind her.

    Lawyers could charge big oil with homicide after 2023 Arizona heatwave

  • A side-by-side image of Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott

    Elected officials in sweltering US states prioritizing fossil fuel cash over people

  • People hold hands during a community paddle out for those affected by the Maui fires in Honolulu, Hawaii, on 19 August 2023.

    Youth activists win ‘unprecedented’ climate settlement in Hawaii

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America's dirty divide

  • A swimmer learns to float during a free swimming lesson organized by Black People Will Swim at York College in Jamaica, Queens, New York, on Thursday, June 20th, 2024.

    A New York program is helping Black people of all ages enjoy swimming: ‘It’s very empowering’

  • a woman speaks into a microphone

    Native tribes on banning Kristi Noem from reservations: ‘She’d be charged with trespassing’

  • a man in a suit speaks near a petroleum refinery

    EPA chief vows to take on Republican-led states over pollution rules rollback

  • Kurt Blanock, left, and his wife, Janice, stand together at their home in Cecil, PA on Tuesday, September 1, 2020. Their son, Luke, died of Ewing sarcoma in 2016.

    Rare cancers, full-body rashes, death: did fracking make their kids sick?

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Our unequal earth

  • signs posted above water fountains read 'do not drink until further notice'

    Kids have a right to water in US schools, but does that water make the grade?

  • Veggies and farmer owners at Choy Commons, a cooperative of Asian-led farms.

    Asian American farm collective targets food insecurity: ‘It’s been really healing’

  • M Dores Cruz, center, and her team carry out an archaeological dig on Sao Tome in 2023.

    White gold, Black bodies: how a tiny African nation shaped the world

  • a glass of soda with ice and a straw

    Is aspartame bad for you? What we know about the sweetener’s health risks

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The age of extinction

  • A large male moose standing amid foliage in the forest

    ‘No chain stores, but moose on every corner’: as Colorado herds thrive, clashes with people rise

  • Protesters stand outside the Lloyd’s building in the City holding a pink banner that reads: "Insure our future, not fossil fuels"

    ‘Reform or go out of business,’ carbon offsetting industry told

    Study finds carbon credits could raise billions for climate action but only with changes, such as rigorous standards
  • Aerial photo of tiang, a species of antelope, in Boma and Badingilo national parks, South Sudan

    Migration of 6m antelope in South Sudan dwarfs previous records for world’s biggest, aerial study reveals

    The movement is more than double that of east Africa’s renowned ‘great migration’ and has continued despite decades of war and instability
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Seascape

  • A man on a rock above a beach with a wooden board in his hand

    From swimwear to toys: how to go plastic-free for a day at the beach

  • A puffin with a beak full of sand eels.

    Puffins, catsharks and sea squirts: how to spot wildlife on the British coast

    • Rivers, land and seascape are being rewilded along a 100-mile stretch of coastline in Sussex Bay.

      ‘Give nature space and it will come back’: rewilding returns endangered species to UK’s south coast

    • Jayson Byles forages on a beach in Scotland.

      ‘Otters pop up beside your kayak’: six coast fanatics reveal their favourite UK beaches

    • Jonathan Williams in front of his mobile kitchen in Angle, Pembrokeshire.

      Served up from the sea: 13 of the best sustainable eateries on the British coast

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Opinion

  • Adam Morton

    The Coalition says the rest of the G20 is powering ahead with nuclear – it’s just not true

    Adam Morton
  • Karen Middleton

    There is no shortage of Coalition U-turns on nuclear. But this Aukus example might be the most remarkable

    Karen Middleton
  • Graham Readfearn

    There’s a yawning Coalition credibility gap on the cost of renewables and nuclear

    Graham Readfearn
  • Helen Sullivan

    A cat: ‘They smoked pipes, played dice’

    Helen Sullivan
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Multimedia

  • Rescue team cuts 800kg of tangled ropes and buoy from humpback whale off Gippsland coast – video

  • Geese fly past soldiers of an honour guard

    Week in wildlife – in pictures: geese on parade, a radioactive rhino and a lovestruck eagle

    The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world
  • Greens senator asked whether environment minister cares more about 'letting Gina Rinehart profit from another climate-wrecking coal seam gas mine or protecting our endangered koalas'

    Labor defends approval of Gina Rinehart-backed gas project in Senate – video

    Greens senator asked whether environment minister cares more about 'letting Gina Rinehart profit from another climate-wrecking coal seam gas mine or protecting our endangered koalas'
  • Tek Prasad Gurung, 64, takes a bite from freshly-harvested honeycomb during honey hunting

    ‘Fraught with danger’: wild honey gathering in Nepal – in pictures

  • Some residents welcome the proposal, while others are fuming with outrage. Guardian Australia spoke to Latrobe Valley residents about the Coalition's plans to turn Loy Yang into a nuclear reactor

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    A reactor in the backyard? What Latrobe Valley residents think of Dutton’s nuclear plan – video

  • bears eye a salmon in Alaska, US

    Week in wildlife – in pictures: bears’ dinner party, a Kentish wildcat kitten and racing marmots

  • A boy with a colourful umbrella in front of some cattle

    ‘I fear when we stop, no one will replace us’: Madagascar’s forest guardians – in pictures

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