The Latest Breaking News on Environment

Surprising new evidence challenges longstanding ideas about evolution

Conservationists fear fallout from president’s proclamation on fishing in federally protected area of Pacific Ocean

Local authorities have spent less than £40m out of £170m collected since offsetting scheme began in 2016

Kangala Wildlife Rescue revealed the strategies and remote-controlled trap that secured the capture of tiny 4kg sausage dog

Inadequate record keeping means councils do not know whether former waste sites contain toxic substances

Developed countries pressed to submit national plans well before Cop30 as time runs out to avoid 1.5C temperature rise

Critical minerals, nuclear power and the ‘weaponisation’ of energy supplies were discussed at international conference

Energy secretary says countries must work together during conference at which US delegate called net zero ‘dangerous’

With 2024 confirmed as the hottest year on record, pressure is mounting on all countries to step up their climate commitments. In just over six months, world leaders will convene in Brazil for Cop30. Its president, André Corrêa do Lago, has warned the era of empty promises is over, but…