Landmark inquest to rule if air pollution killed London pupil

New hearing into 2013 death of Ella Kissi-Debrah follows mother’s seven-year fight An inquest is to…

Country diary: these remarkable beeches can be seen from miles away

Scots Gap, Northumberland: Planted around 1760 on top of a stone-clad bank known as a kest,…

Environment to benefit from ‘biggest farming shake-up in 50 years’

£1.6bn subsidies for owning land in England to end, with funds going to improve nature Wildlife,…

Incoming GOP congresswoman to take aim at AOC with conservative ‘squad’

An incoming congresswoman on Sunday promised a conservative answer to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s “socialist squad” after…

Sen. Blunt deflects on calling Biden ‘president-elect’

Sen. Roy Blunt repeatedly declined to refer to Joe Biden as the “president-elect” on Sunday, despite…

NSW’s clean energy plan means the federal government is even more isolated on fossil fuels

There may have been other weeks that packed in as many transformative developments in clean energy…

Why the next Congress is unlikely to legalize marijuana

On Election Day, two staunchly conservative states legalized recreational marijuana. A third of Americans now live…

Overlooked and unloved: how a global project could unlock the world of parasites

The leech craze of the 1800s put parasites on the map. Collectors (usually women and sometimes…

Ted Hughes reflects on the Rio Earth Summit, 1972

The great poet gets to grips with images of the planet in danger, even then To…

McConnell suspends in-person GOP lunches

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. | Alex Wong/Getty Images Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will temporarily…