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Environment

Karen Bakker Q&A: “I am insatiably curious about Earth’s long-term future”

The environmental researcher on the heroism of Simone Veil, AI art, and the unacknowledged threat of noise pollution.

By New Statesman

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Climate activists take the brunt of police crackdown on protests

Climate activists take the brunt of police crackdown on protests

Polly Bindman

A history of snowfall in the UK

Giacomo Boscaini-Gilroy and Nick Ferris

Seven swans not swimming: how bird flu came to Christmas

India Bourke

Chart of the Day

Polluting SUVs have the carbon footprint of a major industrial nation

Nick Ferris

Are we approaching a new wave of fascism?

Are we approaching a new wave of fascism?

Geoff Mann

Chart of the Day

How austerity devastated UK home insulation

Ben Walker

Climate

Cop27: Everything you need to know about the Egypt climate summit

Cop27: Everything you need to know about the Egypt climate summit

Daniel Cody

Can the Amazon rainforest be saved from environmental destruction?

Can the Amazon rainforest be saved from environmental destruction?

Nick Ferris

Is nuclear energy actually sustainable?

Is nuclear energy actually sustainable?

Philippa Nuttall

Away from Cop27, Big Oil is dramatically expanding

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Away from Cop27, Big Oil is dramatically expanding

Nick Ferris

Nature

Discovering Britain's lost rainforests

Discovering Britain’s lost rainforests

The environmentalist Guy Shrubsole on saving our ancient woods.

By India Bourke

Just transition

Rishi Sunak should remember prime ministers are replaceable, species are not

Rishi Sunak should remember prime ministers are replaceable, species are not

India Bourke

The Tory “attack on nature” will undermine UK security

The Tory “attack on nature” will undermine UK security

India Bourke

Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act is the biggest climate victory since the Paris Agreement

Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act is the biggest climate victory since the Paris Agreement

India Bourke

Why putting an oil executive in charge of your economy is a bad idea

Why putting an oil executive in charge of your economy is a bad idea

India Bourke

Food

Dead birds falling from the sky is a bad omen for the planet

Dead birds falling from the sky is a bad omen for the planet

India Bourke

How much raw sewage is being released into the sea?

How much raw sewage is being released into the sea?

India Bourke

James Rebanks's Diary: Drought in England, sweat in Italy, and what Liz Truss gets wrong about farming

James Rebanks’s Diary: Drought in England, sweat in Italy, and what Liz Truss gets wrong about farming

James Rebanks

The UK’s broken food system requires radical change

The UK’s broken food system requires radical change

India Bourke