Environment

Government plans to expand UK’s nuclear network to help achieve net-zero

Should we take steps to guard our genetic security? Is wind power overpriced? And why are so many of us turning off the news

Report says coexistence with wild animals in India is ‘reaching the threshold of tolerance’

Critics claim ‘half-baked’ proposals will do little to improve food security, standards or sustainability

Has Scotland’s minimum drink price failed? Has Jordan reached a tipping point for women’s rights? And will seaside towns be abandoned to the waves?

Why are strict new gambling laws in doubt? Can activists justify flying to an environmental conference? And is Top Gun: Maverick leading a celluloid r…

Heat and humidity combine to create deadly conditions that will only get more common

Dozens are thought to have died, schools have been forced to close and taps have run dry

Top scientists point to connection for first time in new IPCC study

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Almost 350 people have been arrested since the group started taking action across the country on 1 April

Days of the gas boiler ‘are numbered’ as Britain heads towards a ‘home heating revolution’

Nuclear energy forms the ‘centrepiece’ of Boris Johnson’s new energy strategy

Nuclear energy at the heart of plan dismissed by critics as a ‘missed opportunity’

The technology could help ‘neutralise’ emissions from power plants, according to UN report on climate change

UN atomic agency to investigate reports that Russian troops left with radiation exposure

Spanish firm’s plans have been met with fierce resistance from campaigners and scientists

Prime minister looking at ‘all options’ to secure the UK’s energy supplies

Farming and fisheries industries voice concern about reintroduction of wild species

Experts question how much recycling can really help in push to protect our planet

Nine people have been killed during days of torrential rainfall and flooding

Wild weather has always caused death and destruction in Britain

Why has Canada declared a national emergency? What can we do to clean up Britain’s rivers? And what did Ross and Rachel do to upset Beijing?

People across the UK advised to secure loose outdoor objects, stay indoors and prepare for power cuts

Sydney records first fatal shark attack in almost 60 years

The Conservative rebels blame government’s green policies for cost of living crisis

Is France about to take an illiberal turn? Is it a bad thing if we all earn more? And is winter coming to a premature end?

Researchers identify plastic particles in Arctic ice dating back to 1960s

Mayor announces push to beautify the City of Lights following social media outcry

Thick layers of ash hamper relief effort as scale of damage emerges

Health warning issued over polluting particle build-up in UK capital

Natural gas crater in the Karakum desert has burned for five decades

Has the US given up on policing the world? Should we worry about a falling population? And is social media really a threat to democracy?

Link between climate change and worsening weather established in pivotal year