The Goldman environmental prize winners 2020 – in pictures

The Goldman environmental prize honours the achievements of grassroots activists in six continents, recognising their efforts…

Plastic in paradise: Goldman prize winner’s fight to protect Bahamas

Kristal Ambrose had to beat prejudices about class and race to change mindsets on the islands…

Tree of the week: ‘This black pine represents how nature forces change on to living things’

Rod Hardingham’s favourite tree, a black pine in Tatsuno, embodies not only his love of gardens…

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…