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Hot and alone: how US cities work to protect isolated people in heatwaves
Data shows people living alone were more likely to die in recent periods of unusually intense heat around the world
US national park service to receive $100m in largest grant in its history
Plutonium levels near US atomic site in Los Alamos similar to Chornobyl, study finds
‘Sip, return, repeat’: US city tackles throwaway cup culture with first-of-its-kind system
Industry acts to head off regulation on PFAS pollution from semiconductors
Pigeon-fluencers help the much-hated bird make a surprising comeback
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Crocodile culling an ineffective and expensive way to reduce attacks, Northern Territory study finds
‘A crisis entirely of humanity’s making’: UN chief issues climate SOS on trip to Pacific
António Guterres calls for a ‘massive’ increase in finance and support for the countries most vulnerable to rising sea levels
Flood surge in Sudan bursts dam, destroying villages and killing dozens
One report says 150-200 people missing after heavy rain led to Arbaat dam giving way in area already hit by civil war
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Big oil uncovered
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Harris is ‘perfect person’ to prosecute big oil, climate advocates say
US oil company ran 1977 article predicting climate crisis could cause starvation
Colorado oil and gas wells can’t fund their own cleanup. Taxpayers may foot the bill
Plastics companies blocked mitigation efforts and may have broken US laws – study
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America's dirty divide
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Pregnant people and fetuses not being protected from wildfire risks – report
Lead found in tap water of Los Angeles community after residents raised alarm for years
Tax credits in Biden’s landmark climate law disproportionately benefit well-off
Revealed: Shell oil non-profit donated to anti-climate groups behind Project 2025
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Our unequal earth
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Sudanese farm grows connection in Minnesota amid conflict at home
Arsenic and old sugarcane: cleaning up Hawaii in the fallout from wildfires
Free meals v hungry children: is this the school lunch election?
Marcus Weaver-Hightower
Peel those apples: washing produce doesn’t remove pesticides, study finds
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The age of extinction
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Swedish hunters kill more than 150 brown bears in first days of annual cull
We must restore nature to avoid global catastrophe, warns biodiversity summit president
Just cutting carbon emissions will not prevent climate breakdown, says Susana Muhamad before Cop16 in Colombia
Humans to push further into wildlife habitats across more than 50% of land by 2070 – study
Sharing increasingly crowded spaces could result in greater risk of pandemics, human and animal conflicts and loss of nature, say researchers
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Whales are doing well so it’s time to scrap the body that once protected them, says former head
Resorts on Spain’s Costa Brava struggle with invasion of jellyfish as seas warm
I’m obsessed with sea worms: ‘Thankfully, in 25 years of working with them, I’ve never been bitten’
Three women in a boat: how girl (and pedal) power helped us finish a 750-mile race to Alaska
Tuesday briefing: Why the oceans are on the frontline of the climate crisis
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Forget the moths that eat your clothes. Most are beautiful and deserve to be loved
Tim Blackburn
Pacific nations aren’t asking for favours. They just want Australia to meet the moment on climate justice
Tim Flannery
It’s August 2024 – and our world is at a turning point. Here’s what we should do now
Gordon Brown
Gina Rinehart’s latest grab-bag of opinions is more proof billionaires are no smarter than the rest of us
John Quiggin
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Aerial shots show lava and smoke erupting from volcano in Iceland – video
Week in wildlife in pictures: ‘vain’ monkeys, a puffling fling and Jane Goodall with an owl
The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world
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Rarely seen deep-sea fish washes up in California – video
The oarfish, resembling a serpent, was found floating dead on the ocean surface off the San Diego coast before it was brought ashore for study
Week in wildlife in pictures: a hunting osprey, a golf-loving snake and a hedgehog in a war zone
Pushing the boundaries: Indian women in a man’s world – in pictures
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Conservation group releases video showing logging near endangered greater gliders – video
Week in wildlife – in pictures: a soggy robin, a breaching whale and a coyote on the hunt
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