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‘Beyond priceless’: how a halt to dredging saved the seas of Scotland’s Summer Isles

Fish and shellfish populations were falling rapidly as scallop dredgers devastated the seabed, but local activists and small-scale fishers battled hard to protect their coastline

Karen McVeigh30 Sept

Half a million trees to be planted in England in three years, says government

Exclusive: Environment secretary Angela Eagle to make pledge as part of efforts to protect against extreme weather

Fiona Harvey Environment editor30 Sept

World’s oceans absorbed record heat equal to 40 times annual global energy use

The injection of thermal energy comes amid an increasing rise in sea levels and continuing acidification

Ajit Niranjan30 Sept

Autumn sunshine could extend Britain’s bumper year for butterflies

More species are squeezing in an extra generation before colder weather arrives

Patrick Barkham30 Sept

Country diary: The land here is scarred from a year of hard weather – now what will winter hold?

Camborne, Cornwall: There will be more storms like Goretti and more fires next summer, but we can make the landscape more resilient

Alexandra Pearce-Broomhead30 Sept

Tern turnaround: colonies in England show signs of recovery after decline

National Trust says latest figures encouraging – with numbers of birds on the rise – but work still to be done

Mark Brown North of England correspondent30 Sept

An EV sold every 100 seconds: Australian demand for electric cars more than doubles

A record 157,957 new EVs were sold nationally between January and June, according to the Electric Vehicle Council

Donna Lu Assistant editor, climate, environment and science30 Sept

EPA union sues Trump administration to restore collective bargaining contract

Federal workers’ union alleges EPA illegally terminated agreement with the goal of repressing political dissent

Michael Sainato29 Sept

South West Water fined £8m for hundreds of sewage spills in Cornwall and Devon

District judge orders record fine for region and says incidents of pollution cannot be tolerated

Steven Morris29 Sept

‘Every moth is precious’: why are there so many bogong moths, and how can you safely remove them from your home?

Bogong numbers dropped up to 99.5% between 2017 and 2019, but wetter and cooler conditions are thought to be behind the recent surge

Donna Lu29 Sept

‘It’s just cruel’: US households hit by surge in electricity shutoffs amid record hot summer

Utility disconnections were up 28% in 10 states in July 2026 – the hottest month ever recorded in the US – compared with July 2024, data shows

Oliver Milman, with data visuals by Aliya Uteuova29 Sept

The night sky is getting 10% brighter every year. We’re forgetting what darkness feels like

If more cities start regulating outdoor lighting, we humans could make the environment better for all living creatures

Tove Danovich29 Sept

UN warns of ‘narrowing window’ to restore world’s forests

Food and Agriculture Organization urges governments to make forest restoration a national priority

Jonathan Watts29 Sept

Saving the Siamese crocodile: Cambodia moves to protect one of the world’s last wild populations

Indigenous communities play crucial role, as ‘genetic bank’ area of wetland offers hope for critically endangered reptile

Matthew Pearce29 Sept

Country diary: A tangle of butterflies and battle re-enactments

The Marches, Shropshire: On a day of micro-dramas past and present, we witness a Welsh victory over the English, just as it was 861 years ago

Paul Evans29 Sept

Corporations claim their fossil fuel emissions are a drop in the ocean. But what if we could count the real cost?

A new tool called Carbon Impacts Tracer can be used to estimate climate impact from emissions across eight metrics, including lost food production

Graham Readfearn28 Sept

‘Are these chemicals in my blood?’ How one community learned the truth about Pfas pollution

People living next to a chemicals plant near Blackpool were tested for ‘forever chemicals’. Last week they received the alarming results

Pippa Neill Environment reporter28 Sept

Heat pump sales soar across Europe after states cut electricity taxes, data shows

EU to push member states to cut tax rate below duty on gas, with 11% surge in sales also put down to fallout from Iran war

Julia Kollewe28 Sept

‘Contract between humans and river’: Bristol Avon’s rights enshrined in charter

River charters part of wider movement establishing ‘moral’ framework to protect nature and hold institutions to account

Samuel Firman28 Sept

Hormone-disrupting herbicide contaminating 25% of continental US rivers, report finds

Atrazine, banned in 60 countries, polluting rivers at levels that can harm wildlife and may threaten human health

Tom Perkins28 Sept

Bangkok declared a ‘disaster zone’ after flooding, as rainstorms shift direction

Capital city submerged in waist-high flood water, while elsewhere Hurricane Nolo threatens Hawaii’s Big Island

James Parrish for MetDesk28 Sept