Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds The world’s wind and solar farms have generated more electricity than coal plants for the first time this year, marking a turning point for the global power system, according to research. A report by the climate thinktank Ember found that in the first six months of 2025, renewable energy outpaced the world’s growing appetite for electricity, leading to a small decline in coal and gas use. Continue reading...

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

Municipal wastewater treatment plants are ineffective at removing Prozac (fluoxetine) and other common pharmaceuticals in wastewater, causing the drugs to be discharged into lakes, rivers and streams where they pose a risk to aquatic organisms.

A growing role for the skeleton in human health and longevity emerged recently. However, knowledge regarding the effects of new risk factors, linked to modern life, for bone diseases is not documented...

From cutting down on meat to contacting your local representatives and investing in clean energy, here are 15 ways to help reduce global carbon emissions

Zack Polanski has swept to power in the Green Party. What does he represent?

The myths are seductive, the reality is very different – without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpy

Localised rises in temperature caused by land clearance cause 28,330 heat-related deaths a year, researchers find

Latest figures from BloombergNEF show renewable energy investment rose 10 per cent during the first six months of the year, despite slump in US funding and slowdown in asset finance

The UK has over 800 organisations focused on promoting democracy. What impact will the US’s rapid decline into authoritarian politics have on the sector?

The Organic Microbiome Project analyzes changes in soil life and plant defenses where farmers are utilizing different farming practices.

As the planet heats up, the atmosphere is holding more moisture – and this is resulting in more days with weather conditions close to the limits of survivability

Scientists warn the rise in hot and humid days puts communities under increasing risk from heat stress.

High level negotiations between 185 countries over reaching a global agreement to combat plastic pollution ended on Friday, as rival blocs clashed over prioritising a phase out of the material or bett...

Sources say delayed risk assessment includes modelling of effects of climate crisis in ways that have been little discussed in political debate so far

Around 80% of the British public would support the UK generating more electricity by expanding renewable energy, a poll has found.

Experts say the report being used to justify the mass rollback of climate regulations has many claims based on long-debunked research

Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble. In Failed State, Sam Freedman explains what went wrong

'Because of Brexit, because of the way the world's evolving, the talent that was more centred here is more mobile'

Under pressure, under-resourced – and still the UK’s deadliest job. Farmers face daily risks. Farm Safety Week urges change, not shortcuts

Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Tory fantasy of a post-Brexit bonfire of regulations is coming true. Our bodies and ecosystems will pay the price, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

As humanity faces a worsening polycrisis, the need for systemic change in society is becoming more widely recognized. This time of increasing disruptions of all kinds comes with new opportunities for ...