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    A council banned herbicides. Guess what the weeds did
    A council banned herbicides. Guess what the weeds did

    Lambeth council stopped the use of chemicals in the name of biodiversity. Residents are split on the result

    Former golf course provides pitstop for migrating birds
    Former golf course provides pitstop for migrating birds
    Wildfire tsar to tackle growing threat of blazes from extreme heat
    Wildfire tsar to tackle growing threat of blazes from extreme heat
    Former golf course provides pitstop for migrating birds
    Former golf course provides pitstop for migrating birds
    Wildfire tsar to tackle growing threat of blazes from extreme heat
    Wildfire tsar to tackle growing threat of blazes from extreme heat
    One good thing about rain? Fewer ‘aggressive’ Asian hornets
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    One good thing about rain? Fewer ‘aggressive’ Asian hornets
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    Labour to let oilfield plans die in court
    Labour to let oilfield plans die in court
    SSE: Shetland projects complete but UK must speed up clean energy
    SSE: Shetland projects complete but UK must speed up clean energy
    Companies
    What Europe can teach us in recycling push
    What Europe can teach us in recycling push
    Nature funding to be diverted to pay for council wage rises
    Nature funding to be diverted to pay for council wage rises
    Scotland
    Drax to pay £25m after reporting failures over wood pellets
    Drax to pay £25m after reporting failures over wood pellets
    Energy
    One good thing about rain? Fewer ‘aggressive’ Asian hornets
    NEW
    One good thing about rain? Fewer ‘aggressive’ Asian hornets
    49 minutes ago
    Labour to let oilfield plans die in court
    Labour to let oilfield plans die in court
    SSE: Shetland projects complete but UK must speed up clean energy
    SSE: Shetland projects complete but UK must speed up clean energy
    Companies
    What Europe can teach us in recycling push
    What Europe can teach us in recycling push
    Nature funding to be diverted to pay for council wage rises
    Nature funding to be diverted to pay for council wage rises
    Scotland
    Drax to pay £25m after reporting failures over wood pellets
    Drax to pay £25m after reporting failures over wood pellets
    Energy
    A council banned herbicides. Guess what the weeds did
    A council banned herbicides. Guess what the weeds did

    Lambeth council stopped the use of chemicals in the name of biodiversity. Residents are split on the result

    Former golf course provides pitstop for migrating birds
    Former golf course provides pitstop for migrating birds
    Wildfire tsar to tackle growing threat of blazes from extreme heat
    Wildfire tsar to tackle growing threat of blazes from extreme heat
    One good thing about rain? Fewer ‘aggressive’ Asian hornets
    NEW
    One good thing about rain? Fewer ‘aggressive’ Asian hornets
    49 minutes ago
    Labour to let oilfield plans die in court
    Labour to let oilfield plans die in court
    SSE: Shetland projects complete but UK must speed up clean energy
    SSE: Shetland projects complete but UK must speed up clean energy
    Companies
    What Europe can teach us in recycling push
    What Europe can teach us in recycling push
    Nature funding to be diverted to pay for council wage rises
    Nature funding to be diverted to pay for council wage rises
    Scotland
    Drax to pay £25m after reporting failures over wood pellets
    Drax to pay £25m after reporting failures over wood pellets
    Energy
    Labour to let oilfield plans die in court
    Labour to let oilfield plans die in court
    Labour to let oilfield plans die in court
    Labour to let oilfield plans die in court
    SSE: Shetland projects complete but UK must speed up clean energy
    SSE: Shetland projects complete but UK must speed up clean energy
    Companies
    SSE: Shetland projects complete but UK must speed up clean energy
    SSE: Shetland projects complete but UK must speed up clean energy
    Companies
    What Europe can teach us in recycling push
    What Europe can teach us in recycling push
    What Europe can teach us in recycling push
    What Europe can teach us in recycling push
    Nature funding to be diverted to pay for council wage rises
    Nature funding to be diverted to pay for council wage rises
    Scotland
    Nature funding to be diverted to pay for council wage rises
    Nature funding to be diverted to pay for council wage rises
    Scotland
    Drax to pay £25m after reporting failures over wood pellets
    Drax to pay £25m after reporting failures over wood pellets
    Energy
    Drax to pay £25m after reporting failures over wood pellets
    Drax to pay £25m after reporting failures over wood pellets
    Energy
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    Climate change

    Woman dies and thousands flee wildfires engulfing Athens region
    VIDEO
    Woman dies and thousands flee wildfires engulfing Athens region
    Europe
    Heat could kill more people than the cold in Scotland
    Heat could kill more people than the cold in Scotland
    Scotland
    Get weekly environment news delivered to your inbox
    NEWSLETTER
    Get weekly environment news delivered to your inbox
    Alpine hikers cooled by snow cannon as heatwave hits the slopes
    Alpine hikers cooled by snow cannon as heatwave hits the slopes
    Europe
    ‘We’re not criminals’: what Just Stop Oil’s poster girls told me
    VIDEO
    INTERVIEW
    ‘We’re not criminals’: what Just Stop Oil’s poster girls told me
    Historic Canadian tourist town feared decimated by ‘wall of fire’
    VIDEO
    Historic Canadian tourist town feared decimated by ‘wall of fire’
    Just Stop Oil activists plead not guilty to damaging Stansted private jets
    Just Stop Oil activists plead not guilty to damaging Stansted private jets
    Crime
    Climate activists to appeal sentences after rioters given shorter terms
    Climate activists to appeal sentences after rioters given shorter terms
    Law
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    Times Earth

    Actually, we are heading to net zero faster than we think
    COP28
    Actually, we are heading to net zero faster than we think
    Actually, we are heading to net zero faster than we think
    COP28
    Actually, we are heading to net zero faster than we think
    TIMES EARTH | VIDEO
    Kayak vigilante goes undercover to expose salmon farm ‘horror’
    Kayak vigilante goes undercover to expose salmon farm ‘horror’
    TIMES EARTH | VIDEO
    Kayak vigilante goes undercover to expose salmon farm ‘horror’
    DISPATCH
    Kenyan herders on the edge after record drought
    Africa
    Kenyan herders on the edge after record drought
    DISPATCH
    Kenyan herders on the edge after record drought
    Africa
    PODCAST
    Capturing nature’s urgent calls with Paul Nicklen
    Capturing nature’s urgent calls with Paul Nicklen
    PODCAST
    Capturing nature’s urgent calls with Paul Nicklen

    Sustainable living

    Should landlords sell up or splash the cash to meet Labour’s new eco rules?
    ANALYSIS
    Should landlords sell up or splash the cash to meet Labour’s new eco rules?
    Property & Home
    Should landlords sell up or splash the cash to meet Labour’s new eco rules?
    ANALYSIS
    Should landlords sell up or splash the cash to meet Labour’s new eco rules?
    Property & Home
    Ten bins per household ‘too much to ask’ in quest to recycle more
    Ten bins per household ‘too much to ask’ in quest to recycle more
    Ten bins per household ‘too much to ask’ in quest to recycle more
    ENVIRONMENT
    How to get solar panels on a budget
    Property & Home
    How to get solar panels on a budget
    ENVIRONMENT
    How to get solar panels on a budget
    Property & Home
    Keeping up with the neighbours — it’s all about solar panels
    Money
    Keeping up with the neighbours — it’s all about solar panels
    Keeping up with the neighbours — it’s all about solar panels
    Money

    Nature

    Labour yet to reappoint river champion tasked with cleaning up the Wye
    Labour yet to reappoint river champion tasked with cleaning up the Wye
    Hunters to be paid for culling extra deer
    Hunters to be paid for culling extra deer
    Scotland
    Trawling gear could be banned in protected seas
    Trawling gear could be banned in protected seas
    Scotland
    Spiders the size of a human palm make a comeback in the UK
    Spiders the size of a human palm make a comeback in the UK
    Science
    The 73-year-old ‘Greta of the seas’ facing 15 years in jail
    The 73-year-old ‘Greta of the seas’ facing 15 years in jail
    Farmers in uproar over new beaver release plan
    Farmers in uproar over new beaver release plan
    Scotland
    Are the newts to blame for nimby Britain?
    NEWS REVIEW
    Are the newts to blame for nimby Britain?
    Mink could be eradicated after decades of killing native wildlife
    Mink could be eradicated after decades of killing native wildlife
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    Green business

    Tesla has BMW on its tail in race for British electric car sales
    Tesla has BMW on its tail in race for British electric car sales
    Companies
    Tesla has BMW on its tail in race for British electric car sales
    Tesla has BMW on its tail in race for British electric car sales
    Companies
    Lego is going green brick-by-brick as it builds record profits
    Companies
    Lego is going green brick-by-brick as it builds record profits
    Lego is going green brick-by-brick as it builds record profits
    Companies
    How the Crown Estate is using Britain’s sea bed for wind power
    Companies
    How the Crown Estate is using Britain’s sea bed for wind power
    How the Crown Estate is using Britain’s sea bed for wind power
    Companies
    HOW I MADE IT
    I began renting offices, but solar power was a light-bulb moment
    Companies
    I began renting offices, but solar power was a light-bulb moment
    HOW I MADE IT
    I began renting offices, but solar power was a light-bulb moment
    Companies
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    Clean It Up

    Clean it up

    Water firms’ efforts not good enough, says Environment Agency

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    More Environment

    Aug 29, 2024
    Tort actions against sewerage operator for discharging foul effluent
    LAW REPORT
    Tort actions against sewerage operator for discharging foul effluent

    Supreme Court Published August 30, 2024 United Utilities Water Ltd v Manchester Ship Canal Co Ltd Before Lord Reed, Lord Hodge, Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lord...

    The Times
    Snapped: the best of Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2024
    PHOTOGRAPHY
    Snapped: the best of Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2024

    The exhibition for the 60th year of the competition will feature 100 photographs, whittled down from 59,228 entries, at the Natural History Museum in London

    The Times
    Aug 28, 2024
    Forecaster who delayed D-Day to be honoured by Met Office
    Forecaster who delayed D-Day to be honoured by Met Office

    James Stagg, who used his understanding of the jet stream to convince leaders to postpone the pivotal invasion of Normandy, will have a storm named after him

    The Times
    Navy turns to oysters to battle the pollution of Portsmouth
    Navy turns to oysters to battle the pollution of Portsmouth

    The MoD has begun an attempt to improve water quality in Portsmouth harbour by using shellfish to filter sediment, algae and nutrient waste

    The Times
    Mapping out the origins of contour lines
    WEATHER EYE
    Mapping out the origins of contour lines

    Plus: the weather forecast where you are

    The Times
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    A decade on from rogue rewilding, beavers are thriving in Devon
    A decade on from rogue rewilding, beavers are thriving in Devon

    A wild pair may have been smuggled in, before Defra introduced more from Europe, but whether officially or otherwise the species is back and transforming the county’s landscape

    The Times
    BBC’s ‘seal whisperer’ film criticised by charities
    BBC’s ‘seal whisperer’ film criticised by charities

    Conservationists say the documentary could encourage people to approach the protected animals and lead to injuries

    The Times
    Aug 27, 2024
    Britain’s rarest orchid spotted for first time in 15 years
    Britain’s rarest orchid spotted for first time in 15 years

    The ‘holy grail’ of orchids, which was declared extinct in 2009, was found by a part-time botanist who had been searching for an example of it for three decades

    The Times
    Aug 26, 2024
    Storm in 1874 gave a rare sight of ball lightning
    WEATHER EYE
    Storm in 1874 gave a rare sight of ball lightning

    Plus: the weather forecast where you are

    The Times
    Aug 25, 2024
    Break in the fog helped Allies to capture German naval codes
    WEATHER EYE
    Break in the fog helped Allies to capture German naval codes

    Plus: the forecast where you are

    The Times

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    Aug 29, 2024
    LAW REPORT
    Tort actions against sewerage operator for discharging foul effluent

    Supreme Court Published August 30, 2024 United Utilities Water Ltd v Manchester Ship Canal Co Ltd Before Lord Reed, Lord Hodge, Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lord...

    The Times
    Aug 29, 2024
    PHOTOGRAPHY
    Snapped: the best of Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2024

    The exhibition for the 60th year of the competition will feature 100 photographs, whittled down from 59,228 entries, at the Natural History Museum in London

    The Times
    Aug 28, 2024
    Forecaster who delayed D-Day to be honoured by Met Office

    James Stagg, who used his understanding of the jet stream to convince leaders to postpone the pivotal invasion of Normandy, will have a storm named after him

    The Times
    Aug 28, 2024
    Navy turns to oysters to battle the pollution of Portsmouth

    The MoD has begun an attempt to improve water quality in Portsmouth harbour by using shellfish to filter sediment, algae and nutrient waste

    The Times
    Aug 28, 2024
    WEATHER EYE
    Mapping out the origins of contour lines

    Plus: the weather forecast where you are

    The Times
    ADVERTISEMENT
    Aug 28, 2024
    A decade on from rogue rewilding, beavers are thriving in Devon

    A wild pair may have been smuggled in, before Defra introduced more from Europe, but whether officially or otherwise the species is back and transforming the county’s landscape

    The Times
    Aug 28, 2024
    BBC’s ‘seal whisperer’ film criticised by charities

    Conservationists say the documentary could encourage people to approach the protected animals and lead to injuries

    The Times
    Aug 27, 2024
    Britain’s rarest orchid spotted for first time in 15 years

    The ‘holy grail’ of orchids, which was declared extinct in 2009, was found by a part-time botanist who had been searching for an example of it for three decades

    The Times
    Aug 26, 2024
    WEATHER EYE
    Storm in 1874 gave a rare sight of ball lightning

    Plus: the weather forecast where you are

    The Times
    Aug 25, 2024
    WEATHER EYE
    Break in the fog helped Allies to capture German naval codes

    Plus: the forecast where you are

    The Times