The Latest Breaking News on Environment

A team from Plastic Odyssey and Unesco have carried out a mission to map plastic waste, test removal methods and establish monitoring protocols on the Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles. It is one of 51 marine areas listed as a World Heritage Site, increasingly under threat from plastic pollution.

Use of 8m pounds of antibiotics and antifungals a year leads to superbugs and damages human health, lawsuit claims

Biden earmarked billions for former coal communities in Appalachia – and his successor came and took it away

Exclusive: UCL scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications

Exclusive: Concerns over impact on health and environment, as well as £1.63bn in avoided landfill tax

Purwell Ninesprings, Hertfordshire: A chilly evening spent interpreting rustles and admiring the silhouetted trees – now that’s what I call a bargain

Other lives: Nature reserve warden who developed a computer system to create a better framework for conservation management

Scientists say urban raccoons’ shorter snouts and calmer reactions to people mirror traits found in domesticated animals across species

RFK Jr signed order withdrawing rule that would mandate testing for the cancer-linked toxin in talc-based makeup