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For some, the smell brings on nausea and headaches. Others fear ‘forever chemicals’ seeping into the water

Exclusive: Rising flood risks driven by climate change could release toxic waste from ageing sites – posing threats to ecosystems

Meanwhile, Iran grapples with one of worst droughts and temperatures fall 10C below normal in US

Some 600 experts arrived in Paris on Monday to begin work on the next major UN climate report. The five-day gathering gets underway in the shadow of comments by US President Donald Trump, who deems the science around global warming to be a "hoax".

Expert warns large pipeline of potential projects will not deliver required energy capacity unless companies make final investments

Blakeney Point, Norfolk: The old steamer, called Yankee, has long been abandoned on the shingle, dwindling in the elements. I take the four-mile walk to visit

Exclusive: Pollution targets set out alongside nature recovery projects to allay concerns over housebuilding

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