Guy Fawkes Night caused pollution spike across England and South Wales

High levels of firework chemicals recorded despite Covid ban on organised displays With organised firework displays…

Top Senate Republicans say Biden should get presidential intel briefings

Senate Republicans still aren’t acknowledging that Donald Trump lost the election. But they’re getting a little…

Congress deadlocked on stimulus as lame duck begins

Prospects for a new stimulus bill this year just about hit rock bottom on Thursday. Democratic…

UK bird flu outbreaks prompt tough new restrictions on farms

Poultry keepers across England, Scotland and Wales are facing tough new lockdown-style measures on their farms…

‘We won’: Indigenous group in Canada scoops up billion dollar seafood firm

Clearwater Seafoods deal gives Mi’kmaq control of lucrative ocean stretch, as tensions remain high over First…

Scorching Tucson bucks US trend to put climate justice at centre of plans

Key goals include powering city buildings on renewables and curbing urban sprawl It was another scorching…

‘We’re not going to stop’: Lawmakers press ahead with Trump-era investigations

Donald Trump will be a private citizen in January. But Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill…

Dry run: the wet farming experiment that could sow seeds for future crops

Cambridgeshire project trials plants that thrive in more extreme weather, including sphagnum moss and bulrush A…

Reaching UK net zero target cheaper than we thought, says climate adviser

Exclusive: Chris Stark says cost is surprisingly low but criticises government for absence of a plan…

Country diary: all thoughts turn to birds in flight

There are wild energies in the air: wraiths of Atlantic weathers twisting and unthreading the sky,…