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One of the key agreements for Amazon rainforest protection – the soy moratorium – has been suspended by Brazilian authorities, potentially opening up an area the…

The pair of subtropical grapefruit trees have stood, slightly incongruously, on a street in south-west London for 40-odd years since Marline Anderson brought them over from…

The Law That Saved the Whales Is Under AttackProposed amendments to the Marine Mammal Protection Act would cut down protections to whales, dolphins, polar bears and…

One of the architects of a landmark 16-year-old finding on pollution’s impact on health that the Trump administration now wants to eliminate says that doing so…

The underground networks of fungi that underpin the planet’s ecosystems needs urgent conservation action by politicians, a research organisation has said.Scientists from the Society for the…

CLIMATEWIRE | In the past decade, as extreme weather killed nearly 700 people in Texas, the state relinquished $225 million in federal grant money that it…

Trump officials’ recent attempt to dispel concerns about “chemtrails” has perplexed and angered some experts who say the administration has itself promoted the conspiracy theory while…

CLIMATEWIRE | Texas knows it isn’t prepared for floods.But the state has done little to address the risk — and the federal government under President Donald…

Protect Those HeadphonesSatechi 2-in-1 Headphone Stand Photograph: Julian ChokkattuEven durable headphones are easy to damage. We have lost pairs to folks standing on them, cats and…