At an old steel site in Pittsburgh, bacteria evolved to survive – and eat – industrial pollution
Across Appalachia and the Rust Belt region, including throughout the city of Pittsburgh, former industrial sites are being…
Birds on solar farms in the East Anglian fens came in at about 3 times the number on the cropland next door, and the same panels with the grass cut short held barely half of that
The objection to building solar farms on farmland is usually framed as a loss. Productive ground goes out…
Solar panels going to landfill while Labor’s $25m recycling scheme on hold | Recycling
Recycling operators have expressed growing alarm about delays to a solar panel recycling scheme promised by the Albanese…
Tons of fishing gear and plastic are washing up on Seychelles beaches. We tracked where it was coming from
Vast quantities of plastic and fishing gear are washing up along the shores of the Seychelles, destroying fragile…
‘I see them like my own children’: reforesting Ethiopia with 50bn trees, one step at a time | Global development
When Halima Kedir first began planting trees, she was met with scepticism and even mockery. “My neighbours discouraged…
Clothing banks in Hull and Scunthorpe to be removed over rubbish
Councillor Judith Matthews, of Ashby Lakeside, said: “This to me doesn’t look like the average rubbish, this looks…
Would YOU stop flushing the toilet to save the planet? Woke environmental scientists want Brits to switch to perfumed pellets to help conserve water
Would you stop flushing the toilet to save the planet? Scientists from the University of Surrey want Brits…
Algae bloom that crippled Israel’s desalination plants raises water security concerns
Bromberg says even before the war, Israel’s restrictions on what is allowed into Gaza meant the territory’s sewage…
The water cycle you learned about at school is off balance
The water cycle you were taught in school is being thrown off balance by fossil fuel pollution, bringing…
Vigil takes place in Ascot for Nepal flash flood disaster
Nishan Sharma, who is from Bracknell and runs a pub in Ascot, said as he lit his candle…
2025 was among driest years on record for world’s rivers, study finds | Environment
Rivers across the world experienced one of their driest years in more than three decades in 2025, a…
Trump EPA’s arguments for letting power plants spew unlimited pollution ‘dead wrong’ | US Environmental Protection Agency
In allowing US power plants to emit any amount of planet-heating pollution they wish to, the Trump administration…