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Environment

  • A bald eagle sits in a tree

    Trump orders likely to drive species’ extinction, wildlife advocates warn

    In addition to layoffs and hiring freezes, a ‘God squad’ can effectively veto ESA protections for endangered species
  • A worker sprinkles fertilizer around young grapefruit trees in the Indian River Citrus District on Florida's east coast.

    Controlled-release fertilizers can spread microplastics on US cropland – study

  • a man speaking

    What the world needs now is more fossil fuels, says Trump’s energy secretary

  • Sea lions at center

    Sea lions sickened as toxic algae threatens California’s marine mammals

  • Mark Ruffalo

    We’re facing a ‘forever chemicals’ crisis. We must stop Pfas at the source

    Mark Ruffalo
  • a worker stands in a crane on road near a tree as a biker goes by

    Tree loss from hurricane leaves Asheville vulnerable to new climate shocks

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CO2 tracker

Latest news

  • A damaged section of the hull of the MV Stena Immaculate, as the tanker lays at at anchor off the coast of Yorkshire.

    Experts warn of North Sea collision’s ‘devastating’ impact on marine life

  • Towering grey smoke and a burning field in the distance with an official in high vis in front

    Incidents at English hazardous industrial sites ‘going unchecked’

    Staff crisis at Environment Agency, which helps monitor 950 sites, means it is hearing about incidents later than normal, insider says
  • Dylan Gatt fled his home in Churchill Street, Woolloongabba as the Norman River inundated the bottom level of his house, wrecking many possessions.

    As massive state cleanup begins, Dylan feels unsafe and stuck in his flood-prone Brisbane rental

    Concerns for elderly and vulnerable as some homes in south-east Queensland face days without power
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America's dirty divide

  • overhead view of cityscape beside icy river

    Canadians protest imports of US toxic waste amid Trump tariff war

  • Smoke from burning rubber lingers in the air at the Portland International Raceway during a drag racing event in 2023.

    Lawmaker seeks ban of toxic fuel at Portland racetrack after Guardian story

  • tractor sprays substance on field of green produce

    US-funded ‘social network’ attacking pesticide critics shuts down after Guardian investigation

  • A composite of researchers collecting dust samples from a window sill, the Zinc Nacional plant and a woman looking at a chest X-ray.

    Mexico authorities order factory cleanup after Guardian toxic waste investigation

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Our unequal earth

  • a handful of round, rainbow-colored candies

    At least a dozen US states rush to ban common food dyes, citing health risks

  • people sitting at a table

    USDA cuts more than $1bn in local food purchases for schools, food banks

  • ‘Corporate consolidation is a key culprit behind egg price spikes.’

    $5 a dozen: major egg companies may be using avian flu to hike US prices, new report finds

  • students stand near each other and talk

    An uncertain future for agricultural students at Black colleges after Trump cuts: ‘a clear attack’

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The age of extinction

  • Large cacti in the Atacama desert

    A cacti-smuggling case with a prickly end: the novel way courts are making poachers pay

  • A small elephant walking behind an older one photographed at night

    The secret life of the Congo rainforest – in pictures

    Using high-definition camera traps on trails in Congo’s Nouabalé-Ndoki national park, Will Burrard-Lucas, a photographer for the Wildlife Conservation Society, has captured Africa’s most elusive and rarely seen animals
  • Joseph Stiglitz

    Allowing foreign firms to sue governments for lost profits is legal terrorism – it must end

    Joseph Stiglitz
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Seascape

  • An older woman on a beach holds a wooden sign with a mangrove plant and the words 'Guardianas vigilando' painted on it

    The Mexican women who defied drug-dealers, fly-tippers and chauvinists to build a thriving business

  • Two men on a fishing boat

    ‘Slavish’ catch limits ignored scientific advice, say conservationists in case against Defra

    • A young woman in a colourful top sits on a large rock by a beach

      ‘The entire coastline will be cemented over’: the tiny Italian town set to become a dock for giant cruise ships

    • Orange and spotty slug

      A gorgeous flash of colour in a murky loch: how nudibranchs won my heart

    • Aerial picture shows villagers looking at a dead sperm whale in shallow water.

      Surge in marine heatwaves costs lives and billions in storm damage – study

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Opinion

  • Adam Morton

    As Trump attacks US science agencies, ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred ushers in a fresh wave of climate denial in Australia

    Adam Morton
  • Kimberley region WA

    To win the bush, Australian politics needs to embrace its ‘curves’

    Nick Rodway
  • Helen Sullivan

    A beaver: to get attention they will slap the water with their tails

    Helen Sullivan
  • Tim Blackburn

    Plants, animals and insects come to Britain from all over the world. It would be a mistake to welcome them all

    Tim Blackburn
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Multimedia

  • ‘Good news’ as NSW northern rivers flood waters recede, Chris Minns says – video

  • NSW premier Chris Minns stresses that evacuation centres set up for former Tropical Cyclone Alfred will be closed once the storm threat is over
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    Cyclone Alfred evacuation centres 'not a solution for homelessness', NSW premier says – video

    NSW premier Chris Minns stresses that evacuation centres set up for former Tropical Cyclone Alfred will be closed once the storm threat is over
  • A woman calls her dog beside flood water

    Water, water everywhere: the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Alfred – in pictures

    Millions of people in northern NSW and south-east Queensland are bunkering down for dangerous conditions
  • Yinna Higuera Traces series.

    This land is your land: leaf portraits of Ecuador’s female farmers – in pictures

  • A red colobus monkey in the Gambia.

    Week in wildlife: a curious monkey, a Dorset beaver and a football rat

  • The centre of Tropical Cyclone Alfred was expected to cross over the Moreton Bay Islands on Saturday morning before crossing the mainland coast, most likely between Noosa and Beenleigh, later on Saturday
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    Before and after: the beaches in the path of Tropical Cyclone Alfred – video

  • Sea foam generated by rough seas ahead of cyclone Alfred at Boulders Beach near Lennox Head

    Tropical Cyclone Alfred approaches the Queensland coast – in pictures

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