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Environmental fears are being described as lies and fantasies to justify scrapping green policies

Report from group of MPs calls for broader access to rivers, woodlands and fields to improve connection with nature Swimming and wild camping should be a right for all people to enjoy in the English countryside, Labour MPs have said. They are calling for access to nature to be increased and legal rights to enjoy the countryside in a report from the all-party parliamentary group for outdoor recreation and access to nature. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Leak exposes how former leader has used publicly subsidised office to manage commercial interests

Flooding in northern India and Pakistan has destroyed homes – and hundreds of thousands of acres of crops

Plastic pollution, mass tourism, climate change and poaching all put pressure on a fragile ecosystem, revealing how local challenges often stem from global problems.

Around the world, defibrillators, motorbikes, and water towers are being donated, sold, or simply abandoned.

Latest Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) warns of 'growing trend' of wildfires increasing particulate pollution across North America

A tournament in Cornwall will pit anglers against these magnificent creatures, as part of a rising trend for so-called ‘sportfishing’, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Almost 100 countries reject draft treaty as ‘unambitious’ and ‘inadequate’ Talks on the world’s first legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution have stalled just one day before the negotiations are due to end. Some of the countries calling for an ambitious treaty to include targets to reduce plastic production, including Colombia, the EU and the UK, have rejected as “unacceptable” and “unambitious” a draft treaty text that does not include production caps, nor address chemicals used in plastic products. Continue reading...

It’s a ‘can-do’ object lesson for the Treasury. And imagine what such ambition could do for the fortunes of Birmingham, Manchester or Leeds, says author Jonn Elledge

Grim predictions of ‘societal collapse’ and ‘civil war’ will hit home so long as Labour fails to address the country’s problems, says Guardian columnist John Harris

Energy demand for training machines and running apps is driving a surge of investment into fossil fuels

Exclusive: Polluted water was released into loch near Glasgow because Royal Navy failed to maintain 1,500 water pipes, says watchdog

Today’s newsletter looks at how Japan’s rice crops are at risk as farms face record-breaking heat. You can also read and share the full story on Bloomberg.com.

Experts warn country is in danger of becoming ‘dirty man of Europe’ as it falls to bottom of bathing water leaderboard