Guardian Environment

‘My lovely distraction’: Live stream of kākāpō – world’s fattest parrot – and her chicks captivates New Zealand More than 100,000 people have tuned in to watch a kākāpō – a rare flightless bird – sleeping, tidying her nest and fighting off intruders

‘My lovely distraction’: Live stream of kākāpō – world’s fattest parrot – and her chicks captivates New Zealand

Musk’s xAI wins permit for data center’s makeshift power plant despite backlash Billionaire’s artificial intelligence company gets approval to run 41 methane gas turbines at its ‘Colossus 2’ in Mississippi

Musk’s xAI wins permit for data center’s makeshift power plant despite backlash

Villagers on Principe, the ‘African Galapagos’, to be paid for protecting the ecosystem A billionaire is funding a sustainable development project on the west African island that makes the local population stewards of its future

Villagers on Principe, the ‘African Galapagos’, to be paid for protecting the ecosystem

‘It feels like a seed has been planted’: Morecambe looks to Eden Project for revival Young people hope green light to build eco attraction’s northern outpost will change theirs and the town’s fortunes

‘It feels like a seed has been planted’: Morecambe looks to Eden Project for revival

‘A sobering preview’: extreme heat now affects one in three people globally, study finds Rising temperatures making it hard even for young, healthy people to safely do normal physical tasks in many regions

‘A sobering preview’: extreme heat now affects one in three people globally, study finds

‘Everyone feels like they are being scammed’: can Central America’s small coffee growers survive as global prices fall? Family-run farms in El Salvador and Honduras face mounting losses, rising costs – and the need to adapt or be left behind

‘Everyone feels like they are being scammed’: can Central America’s small coffee growers survive as global prices fall?

Scrapping North Sea windfall tax would not reduce UK energy bills, say experts Rachel Reeves said to be considering levy cuts for oil and gas firms, but economists say this would just fatten profits

Scrapping North Sea windfall tax would not reduce UK energy bills, say experts

Country diary: Orchids, plums and pine cones – all bursting out of cathedral walls | Nic Wilson St Albans Cathedral, Hertfordshire: The chapel here is a wonderful curiosity, thanks to its restoration by a green-fingered Victorian sculptor

Country diary: Orchids, plums and pine cones – all bursting out of cathedral walls | Nic Wilson

Bombing of Iran’s oil infrastructure to have major environmental fallout, experts warn Monitors admit they are struggling to keep track of the environmental disasters arising from widening war

Bombing of Iran’s oil infrastructure to have major environmental fallout, experts warn

Bundaberg residents told to evacuate immediately as parts of Queensland brace for major flooding The BoM has forecast flooding of the Burnett River at Bundaberg could rise to 7.5 metres by midnight

Bundaberg residents told to evacuate immediately as parts of Queensland brace for major flooding

The Guardian view on the Iran crisis exposing Britain’s energy vulnerability: clean power offers protection | Editorial Editorial: The war reveals Britain’s exposure to volatile fossil fuel prices. More North Sea drilling will not shield households, building domestic green energy will

The Guardian view on the Iran crisis exposing Britain’s energy vulnerability: clean power offers protection | Editorial

Help a toad across the road – and five more ways to save these endangered amphibians Britain’s toads have begun their spring migration, putting them at even greater risk than usual. Here’s how – and why – we should look after them

Help a toad across the road – and five more ways to save these endangered amphibians

Yorkshire Water receives fresh funding despite sewage fines and pay row Private equity group EQT to take 42% stake as supplier faces scrutiny over environmental record and CEO’s pay

Yorkshire Water receives fresh funding despite sewage fines and pay row

Pay per view: Victoria wants to charge visitors to see the Twelve Apostles – will it become like Stonehenge? Like Stonehenge, the Australian coastal landmark is first seen from a busy highway – and locals warn charging a fee for safe viewing could make existing congestion worse

Pay per view: Victoria wants to charge visitors to see the Twelve Apostles – will it become like Stonehenge?

Countries can rewild borders to deter invasions, says EU environment chief Jessika Roswall cites Poland and Finland, which have made border areas near Russia or its allies ‘more hostile’ to cross

Countries can rewild borders to deter invasions, says EU environment chief

Large tortoiseshell butterfly confirmed no longer extinct in UK Early spring sightings show colourful insect is a resident species for first time in decades, says conservation charity

Large tortoiseshell butterfly confirmed no longer extinct in UK

Weather tracker: at least 10 dead in Nairobi after a month’s rain falls in 24 hours Torrential downpours hit Kenyan capital city which has poor drainage systems

Weather tracker: at least 10 dead in Nairobi after a month’s rain falls in 24 hours

How the ‘Galápagos of west Africa’ is plundered by floating fish factories A Guardian investigation with DeSmog reveals thousands of tonnes of fish are illegally turned into fishmeal and oil off the coast of Guinea-Bissau

How the ‘Galápagos of west Africa’ is plundered by floating fish factories

Country diary 1951: The gorse is golden, but Cornwall still wears a wintry look 10 March 1951: There are as yet few early spring flowers and only once or twice have I found red campion and wild strawberry flowers

Country diary 1951: The gorse is golden, but Cornwall still wears a wintry look

Country diary: A riverside walk reveals the city’s history written in plants | Susie White Lower Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne: Under boardwalks, in concrete, on window ledges, seeds borne by water and carried on feet survive

Country diary: A riverside walk reveals the city’s history written in plants | Susie White

‘The smell wasn’t healthy’: the artist who wore 24 nappies to highlight sewage pollution – and fell ill zack mennell made a costume out of nappies and waded into filthy waterways saying: ‘I’m going to be the parasite.’ The performance artist’s project became more literal than originally intended

‘The smell wasn’t healthy’: the artist who wore 24 nappies to highlight sewage pollution – and fell ill

Boil water and look out for crocodiles: NT residents evacuate as ‘unusually wet week’ brings more flooding Schools and highways close and Territorians living near major rivers leave amid possibly record-breaking rain

Boil water and look out for crocodiles: NT residents evacuate as ‘unusually wet week’ brings more flooding

Twelve Apostles visitors to be charged entry fee to see natural wonder Victorian government says ‘it’s only fair’ Great Ocean Road tourists should pay to see famous limestone stacks

Twelve Apostles visitors to be charged entry fee to see natural wonder

NSW Health continues to use machine known to produce inaccurate results to test child blood lead levels LeadCare II offers point-of-care testing but the equipment has had recalls globally due to the potential for inaccurately low readings

NSW Health continues to use machine known to produce inaccurate results to test child blood lead levels

The anti-climate policy blowing a hole in Labor’s budget - podcast Nour Haydar speaks with Adam Morton about why the government will hand out more than $10.8bn this financial year under a scheme that makes it cheaper for miners and other industries to use diesel and petrol

The anti-climate policy blowing a hole in Labor’s budget - podcast

The Guardian view on EV charging: China took the right lessons from Britain’s past | Editorial Editorial: Megawatt fast EV charging reflects a coordinated grid strategy the UK once used. Privatisation and fragmentation now make that infrastructure far harder to build

The Guardian view on EV charging: China took the right lessons from Britain’s past | Editorial

Sex and the sea snail: how a plucky marine lab brought a mollusk back from the brink Once abundant in California, the white abalone had all but vanished. Now, thanks to an innovative breeding program, it’s staged a remarkable comeback

Sex and the sea snail: how a plucky marine lab brought a mollusk back from the brink

How Trump’s EPA rollbacks give US states new tools in climate suits Vermont and New York face high stakes to protect climate superfund laws as it faces attacks from Trump’s DoJ

How Trump’s EPA rollbacks give US states new tools in climate suits

How can we really protect Britain’s environment? Well-intentioned laws designed to safeguard nature frequently have the opposite effect

How can we really protect Britain’s environment?

BrewDog sold highland estate for knockdown price after abandoning reforestation plans Self-styled ‘punk’ beer company bought land in 2020, pledging to plant Scotland’s ‘biggest ever forest’

BrewDog sold highland estate for knockdown price after abandoning reforestation plans