Guardian Environment

‘No one saves the planet if it hits their pocket’: UK heat pump installers fear planned subsidy cuts

I struggled to come to terms with my mum’s death. Then I swam in the sea and suddenly felt connected to her

Trump’s cuts have exposed US to ‘cascade’ of El Niño dangers, experts warn

Burnham in danger of sleepwalking into climate disaster, say campaigners

The pest I’ll never forget: the rats stood six or seven deep on the lawn beside my dormitory

UK government met 137 businesses over AI datacentres – but no environmental groups

Country diary: Our tiny island is awash with waxcaps | Tim Earl

Super-rich get ‘double dividend’ from causes and costs of climate crisis, report finds

Endangered turtles and ‘exceptional’ coral at risk from Woodside’s gas drilling in WA, watchdog says

Will Australia ever get Snowy Hydro 2.0? – podcast

Sunlight at night: US startup’s demonstration of lighting Earth from space draws critcism

Typhoon Champi declared strongest storm of year so far

Country diary 1951: A lonely walk on the Berkshire Downs

Country diary: Jackdaws carve up the sky as dusk descends on the moors | Richard Smyth

Cabinet split emerges over controversial Rosebank oilfield decision

US south-west braces for more flooding after stretch of heavy rain and storms

The Guardian view on Oxford Street’s pedestrianisation: cities should be designed around people, not cars | Editorial

‘They paved paradise’: fighting back over the loss of green spaces in Cameroon’s capital

Koalas are cute, furry, iconic – and dying of chlamydia. But how well does the approved vaccine work?

U-turn on EV policy could stall UK’s take-up of EVs | Fiona Harvey and Jasper Jolly

Lights out: the island that goes dark to save young seabirds – in pictures

Storm Boelo: Travel disrupted and events cancelled as UK hit by wind and rain

The BoM’s temperature record keeping is under attack – again. What’s going on? | Temperature Check

Outback kaleidoscope: Australia’s fabled desert lake bursts to life in rare sight

‘Bolso shows all signs of fascism’: the journalist who predicted Brazil’s future – and paid the ultimate price

Storm Boelo to bring gusts of up to 80mph and heavy rain to parts of UK

New Trump rule allows hunters to bait bears in Alaska with doughnuts, bacon and more

Young country diary: A red squirrel examines a nut, right in front of me | Tom

Young country diary: These birds are ‘common’, but they’re special to me | Ned

‘False autumn’: stressed trees drop leaves early after scorching English summer

‘You need persistence’: the Norfolk couple who took on environmental regulators three times – and won

Blue Planet III features cloudier footage to prove authenticity amid AI boom

Complex issues: how to get your apartment block off gas – before it’s too late

Tinned mackerel, hand-crank radios and bags for poo: crisis-prepping guides around the world

Snowy Hydro 2.0 is costing $25bn – 12 times more than its initial estimate. How did we get here?

UK government to make unprecedented intervention in setting of water bills

Suit filed to force Trump administration to address cancer-linked pesticide pollution

The US west has lost nearly 300 glaciers since the 1960s. Climate crisis is drastically shrinking what’s left

‘This is a lethal threat’: Indigenous groups fear Bolsonaro’s hold on voters in Brazil’s Amazon towns

Severe flooding in eastern Spain, while UK hit by first named storm of winter

Week in wildlife: a bookworm bear, an angelic spider and a bald hedgehog

At Cop17, the pressure is on to rescue a deal that could end the destruction of nature

Country diary: Slugs? Dull? This one is pure showbiz | Charlie Elder

Decomposing whale near Sydney’s Coogee beach should be towed out to sea, Indigenous rangers say

Heat killed ‘staggering’ 50,000 people in Europe’s cities this summer, scientists warn

Brazil’s election and the battle for the Amazon – podcast

In allowing coal expansion in the Hunter, Chris Minns is pouring fuel on the climate fire. His decision will come back to hurt us all | Jack Egan

Burnham to reveal plans for AI unit to tackle wildfires after scorching summer

Every Briton should stockpile water and food supplies, government advises

Unsafe water, burning eyes and kerosene slicks: Residents demand answers on River Taff leak