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15 years after Fukushima, Japan prepares to restart the world’s biggest nuclear plant
15 years after Fukushima, Japan prepares to restart the world’s biggest nuclear plant
A return to nuclear power is at the heart of Japan’s energy policy but, in the wake of the 2011 disaster, residents’ fears about tsunamis, earthquakes and evacuation plans remain
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January 19, 2026 at 1:47 AM
15 years after Fukushima, Japan prepares to restart the world’s biggest nuclear plant
It’s been a busy month for Anthony Albanese on the environment | Jess Harwood
It’s been a busy month for Anthony Albanese on the environment | Jess Harwood
Talk about climate whiplash
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January 19, 2026 at 12:31 AM
It’s been a busy month for Anthony Albanese on the environment | Jess Harwood
The Guardian view on microplastics research: questioning results is good for science, but has political consequences | Editorial
The Guardian view on microplastics research: questioning results is good for science, but has political consequences | Editorial
Editorial: Errors in measuring microplastic pollution can be corrected. Public trust in science also needs to be shored up
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January 18, 2026 at 5:59 PM
The Guardian view on microplastics research: questioning results is good for science, but has political consequences | Editorial
Australia’s koala paradox: why is the beloved marsupial endangered in parts but overabundant in others?
Australia’s koala paradox: why is the beloved marsupial endangered in parts but overabundant in others?
There are so many koalas in some places that food is the issue – while elsewhere populations are threatened by habitat loss. And there are no easy fixes
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January 18, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Australia’s koala paradox: why is the beloved marsupial endangered in parts but overabundant in others?
New Australian carbon credit scheme for solar and EVs accused of potentially misleading customers
New Australian carbon credit scheme for solar and EVs accused of potentially misleading customers
Climate campaigners have complained to the ACCC about Aetium, saying the company failed a key global standard designed to incentivise carbon reduction
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January 18, 2026 at 2:02 PM
New Australian carbon credit scheme for solar and EVs accused of potentially misleading customers
Why am I a vegan? I do it for my mental health | Emma Beddington
Why am I a vegan? I do it for my mental health | Emma Beddington
Vegan restaurants are closing, RFK Jr is sounding the drum for carnivores, and the protein cult is bigger than ever. But eschewing animal products helps me ward off a sense of impotence – and despair, writes Emma Beddington
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January 18, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Why am I a vegan? I do it for my mental health | Emma Beddington
Dublin Bay’s oyster graveyard rises from dead in effort to restore rich ecosystem
Dublin Bay’s oyster graveyard rises from dead in effort to restore rich ecosystem
Pioneering scheme hopes species that thrived for thousands of years in Irish waters can do so again
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January 18, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Dublin Bay’s oyster graveyard rises from dead in effort to restore rich ecosystem
Inventor says robo-vaccination machine could be used to combat bovine TB
Inventor says robo-vaccination machine could be used to combat bovine TB
Tony Cholerton created Robovacc to inoculate a timid tiger at London zoo – but says it could administer jabs to badgers
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January 18, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Inventor says robo-vaccination machine could be used to combat bovine TB
The fate of the planet’s coastlines depends on how fast Antarctica’s ice sheets melt. We don’t know what’s coming
The fate of the planet’s coastlines depends on how fast Antarctica’s ice sheets melt. We don’t know what’s coming
Some regions of the continent have enough ice to push up sea levels by 15 metres if they all melt, but researchers don’t yet fully understand the consequences
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January 17, 2026 at 7:04 PM
The fate of the planet’s coastlines depends on how fast Antarctica’s ice sheets melt. We don’t know what’s coming
The road to Trish’s Queensland farm was blown up for a coalmine – now flood waters have left her ‘stuck in a hole’
The road to Trish’s Queensland farm was blown up for a coalmine – now flood waters have left her ‘stuck in a hole’
The cattlewoman is stranded alone, rationing her supplies and worried about her health. Meanwhile the mine sits mothballed
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January 17, 2026 at 7:04 PM
The road to Trish’s Queensland farm was blown up for a coalmine – now flood waters have left her ‘stuck in a hole’
How Trump’s promise to slash energy bills in half has failed across the US
How Trump’s promise to slash energy bills in half has failed across the US
Guardian analysis shows electricity bills were up 6.7% last year, and much higher in some states, and gas bills up 5.2%
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January 17, 2026 at 3:01 PM
How Trump’s promise to slash energy bills in half has failed across the US
Guterres warns of ‘powerful forces’ undermining ‘global cooperation’
Guterres warns of ‘powerful forces’ undermining ‘global cooperation’
In historic speech to mark UN’s 80th anniversary, secretary general makes impassioned plea for multilateralism and international law amid drastic US funding cuts
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January 17, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Guterres warns of ‘powerful forces’ undermining ‘global cooperation’
Rare twins born in DRC raise cautious hope for endangered mountain gorillas
Rare twins born in DRC raise cautious hope for endangered mountain gorillas
Virunga park ranger says babies are well cared for by mother Mafuko but high infant mortality makes first weeks critical
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January 17, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Rare twins born in DRC raise cautious hope for endangered mountain gorillas
UK urged to ratify high seas treaty to avoid being shut out of Ocean Cop summit
UK urged to ratify high seas treaty to avoid being shut out of Ocean Cop summit
As international treaty comes into force, bill to make it law in Britain is moving at ‘glacial pace’ through parliament
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January 17, 2026 at 6:02 AM
UK urged to ratify high seas treaty to avoid being shut out of Ocean Cop summit
Country diary: There’s a hard, ancient pleasure to laying a hedge | Michael White
Country diary: There’s a hard, ancient pleasure to laying a hedge | Michael White
Cranbrook, Kent: I have a stretch of leggy hawthorn that needs attention, so I head out into the cold with my axe and billhook
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January 17, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Country diary: There’s a hard, ancient pleasure to laying a hedge | Michael White
‘The whole thing was just mind-blowing’: my trip into the abyss to see the Titanic
‘The whole thing was just mind-blowing’: my trip into the abyss to see the Titanic
From Sydney’s northern beaches to the bottom of the Atlantic – the story of a man who won a trip of a lifetime in a local supermarket competition
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January 16, 2026 at 10:01 PM
‘The whole thing was just mind-blowing’: my trip into the abyss to see the Titanic
‘Garden of Eden’: the Spanish farm growing citrus you’ve never heard of
‘Garden of Eden’: the Spanish farm growing citrus you’ve never heard of
Todolí foundation produces varieties from Buddha’s hands to sudachi and hopes to help citrus survive climate change
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January 16, 2026 at 2:16 PM
‘Garden of Eden’: the Spanish farm growing citrus you’ve never heard of
As Adelaide rolls out the welcome mat to cycling world for Tour Down Under, I feel ashamed | Maeve Plouffe
As Adelaide rolls out the welcome mat to cycling world for Tour Down Under, I feel ashamed | Maeve Plouffe
Australia’s WorldTour race on my local roads fills me with pride, but as the years go on it feels like hosting international friends in a house that is visibly on fire
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January 16, 2026 at 2:02 PM
As Adelaide rolls out the welcome mat to cycling world for Tour Down Under, I feel ashamed | Maeve Plouffe
Fatberg the size of four buses likely birthed poo balls that closed Sydney beaches – and it can’t be cleared
Fatberg the size of four buses likely birthed poo balls that closed Sydney beaches – and it can’t be cleared
Exclusive: Secret report suggests fats, oils and grease accumulate in ‘inaccessible dead zone’ at Malabar plant, then dislodge when pumping pressure ‘rapidly increases’
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January 16, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Fatberg the size of four buses likely birthed poo balls that closed Sydney beaches – and it can’t be cleared
Sustainability on the clock: how to make your workplace more eco-friendly
Sustainability on the clock: how to make your workplace more eco-friendly
From ride-to-work challenges to waste-conscious catering, making your office more environmentally minded doesn’t have to be a slog
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January 16, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Sustainability on the clock: how to make your workplace more eco-friendly
‘We’re in danger of extinction’: can Bolivia’s ‘water people’ survive a rising tide of salt and migration?
‘We’re in danger of extinction’: can Bolivia’s ‘water people’ survive a rising tide of salt and migration?
The Uru Chipaya, one of South America’s most ancient civilisations, are battling drought, salinity and an exodus of their people as the climate crisis wreaks havoc on their land
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January 16, 2026 at 1:04 PM
‘We’re in danger of extinction’: can Bolivia’s ‘water people’ survive a rising tide of salt and migration?
Are our bodies full of microplastics or not? There’s a way to resolve this debate, and scientists must hurry | Debora MacKenzie
Are our bodies full of microplastics or not? There’s a way to resolve this debate, and scientists must hurry | Debora MacKenzie
This week’s furore is microplastics researchers’ ozone moment. If they fail, the powerful plastics lobby will step into the breach, says science journalist and author Debora MacKenzie
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January 16, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Are our bodies full of microplastics or not? There’s a way to resolve this debate, and scientists must hurry | Debora MacKenzie
Extreme rainfall inundates South Africa and Mozambique
Extreme rainfall inundates South Africa and Mozambique
Flood warning raised to highest level with roads washed away and rain forcing evacuation of Kruger national park
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January 16, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Extreme rainfall inundates South Africa and Mozambique
Water restored to most Kent and Sussex homes after six days’ disruption
Water restored to most Kent and Sussex homes after six days’ disruption
Up to 30,000 customers of South East Water had no supply or low pressure at height of incident
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January 16, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Water restored to most Kent and Sussex homes after six days’ disruption
Victorian authorities defend flash flood warnings as NSW braces for ‘very wet weekend’
Victorian authorities defend flash flood warnings as NSW braces for ‘very wet weekend’
Floods predicted for NSW south coast after severe storms dumped 180mm in six hours on Victoria’s Lorne and Wye River, washing cars into the sea on the Great Ocean Road
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January 16, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Victorian authorities defend flash flood warnings as NSW braces for ‘very wet weekend’