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  • Extended Heat Wave Sets In Throughout California<br>PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA - JULY 05: People walk through sideway misters as the temperature reaches 119 degrees on July 5, 2024 in Palm Springs, California. The official temperature is 124 degrees at the nearby regional airport.The National Weather Service predicts similar daily high temperatures for the next several days and has issued an Extensive Heat Warning through July 10. Extreme heat is baking most of the state, threatening health and heightening the danger of wildfires. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

    ‘Potentially historic’ heatwave threatens more than 130m across US

    Temperatures could crest 100F (38C) in many regions after breaking records and sparking dozens of wildfires
  • The Pine and the Palm along highway 99 in Madera, California.

    A beloved palm and pine tree mark California’s center. Now they’re being cut down

  • Older white man with orangey skin and poofy hair speaks into microphone in front of American flag.

    Donald Trump claims to ‘know nothing’ about Project 2025

  • Flames from the French Fire burn on a hillside above Mariposa, Calif., on Friday, July 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

    Fast-moving wildfire erupts near Yosemite amid blistering heatwave

  • Bag of coffee beans

    Coffee, eggs and white rice linked to higher levels of PFAS in human body

  • Large flames, red sky and vehicle nearby

    Nearly 30,000 people in northern California evacuated as raging wildfire spreads

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Latest news

  • A Tesla battery in a home

    Tesla won’t free up use of its batteries, leaving owners unable to reap full benefits

  • Leafy pond in East Lavant, near Chichester

    ‘Blue wall’ of Tory seats collapsed because of green issues, say Greenpeace

    Polling shows voters in south of England switched because of Conservative inaction on polluted rivers and beaches
  • Dingoes in a forest

    ACT moves to protect dingoes after genetic study into animals in Namadgi national park

    There’s officially just one classification for ‘wild dogs/dingoes’, which lists them as pests
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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

  • 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

  • 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

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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 pregnant woman holds her belly

    Why pregnant people are more at risk during heatwaves – and ways to stay safe

  • 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

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Our unequal earth

  • A young woman stare exasperatedly at a kitchen setup.

    ‘Buy your back brace now’: The Bear sidesteps the grueling physical costs of restaurant work

  • Students tap a tree for maple syrup in Randolph, Vermont, on 20 May 2024.

    ‘It’s the future of sugar’: new technology feeds Vermont maple syrup boom amid climate crisis

  • 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’

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The age of extinction

  • Raptor expert George Smith ringing peregrine chicks on a cliff ledge while roped to a tree above

    ‘I’ve known some of these peregrines for 15 years’: protecting Scotland’s raptors – in pictures

  • 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

    After being introduced to the state in the 1970s, there are now more moose attacks than puma and bears combined. Has the species become just too successful?
  • 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
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Seascape

  • A large sea cow or dugong with its elongated snout stirring up sediment as it grazes the seabed

    ‘We rarely see them now’: just how vulnerable are Vanuatu’s dugongs?

  • Mountain Otemanu in Bora Bora, French Polynesia. There are many colored artificial lights in the shore reflecting in the flat calm sea water.

    Artificial light on coastlines lures small fish to their doom, coral reef study finds

    • Richard Forrest walks along Lyme Regis beach in Dorset, where he regularly hunts for fossils.

      The fossil finder: one man’s lifelong search for fragments of Britain’s Jurassic past – photo essay

    • 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

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Opinion

  • Dogs are seen near the border wall, on the border between Mexico and US, during a winter storm, in Ciudad Juarez

    Far right using climate crisis as bogeyman to frighten voters and build higher walls

    Jonathan Watts
  • Graham Readfearn

    Dick Smith enters nuclear debate but CSIRO analysis shows his argument in meltdown

    Graham Readfearn
  • Helen Sullivan

    A rat: ‘We can no longer live as rats: we know too much’

    Helen Sullivan
  • Adam Morton

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

    Adam Morton
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Multimedia

  • Kestrel chicks look out from their nest on the side of a house in Rochdale, UK. They are about to take flight for the first time

    Week in wildlife – in pictures: joyriding birds, a rare golden cat and a surprise king cobra

  • After his visit to Carriacou, Grenada's prime minister, Dickon Mitchell, described the aftermath of the category 4 storm as 'Armageddon-like'

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    Drone footage shows trail of destruction caused by Hurricane Beryl in Grenada – video

    After his visit to Carriacou, Grenada's prime minister, Dickon Mitchell, described the aftermath of the category 4 storm as 'Armageddon-like'
  • Linda in the laundry room, alongside a picture of linens

    ‘We all need a place to hide’: NHS workers take a breather – in pictures

    From wildflower retreats and Novid rooms to locking yourself in a disabled toilet, hospital staff reveal where they go when they need a moment’s peace
  • Ellen Dwyer, an incident controller in the rescue team, says they are 'pleased' they have been able to remove a significant amount of weight and rope from the whale

    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

  • 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

  • Tek Prasad Gurung, 64, takes a bite from freshly-harvested honeycomb during honey hunting

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

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