Environment news
- Global carbon emissions stood still in 2016, offering climate hope
- Monsanto banned from European parliament
- Sixth mass extinction of wildlife also threatens global food supplies
- European countries spend billions a year on fossil fuel subsidies, survey shows
- EasyJet says it could be flying electric planes within a decade
- UK could rescue energy efficient homes policy with few key steps
- Giant Solomon Islands rat believed to eat coconuts discovered
- Brazil backtracks on plan to open up Amazon forest to mining
- Red admiral thrives in butterfly count while whites show decline
- ‘Our desire for goods is at the heart of this’: Bruce Parry interview
- Methane emissions from cattle are 11% higher than estimated
In depth
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Could techno-fixes and gene therapies really save the world’s coral?
- The final straw: how to follow Wetherspoon’s and ditch the plastic
- ‘I don’t want to imagine a world without giant snakes in it’
- David Attenborough on the scourge of the oceans: ‘I remember being told plastic doesn’t decay, it’s wonderful’
- Wind power is now cheaper than nuclear – the energy revolution is happening
- We are all at risk from poisonous mercury. It’s time to take action
