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A network of public bodies are supposed to safeguard us from flooding. But, like old boys’ clubs, they are bastions of self-interest Labour’s first stage of government resembles a vast forensic excavation. As it works through the Conservatives’ midden of horrors, it discovers an ever greater legacy of underinvestment, neglect and corruption. However disappointing the … Read more

Once clean enough to drink, the Andean lake was poisoned by mining pollution and urban waste. But now Indigenous women are using giant reeds to revive the vital ecosystem • Photographs by Claudia Morales for the Guardian Looking out over Lake Uru Uru in the Bolivian highlands, it is hard to imagine that it once … Read more

Widespread bleaching of reefs is devastating delicate ecosystems It is one of the least understood processes in nature. How do two very different species learn to live with each other and create a bond, known as symbiosis, which can give them a powerful evolutionary advantage? Coral reefs are the most spectacular manifestations of symbiosis – … Read more

Locals called it a ‘miracle’ when the steel plant in JD Vance’s home town got $500m for an upgrade. But Trump’s running mate calls shifting the US to cleaner energy a ‘green scam’ A hulking steel plant in Middletown, Ohio, is the city’s economic heartbeat as well as a keystone origin story of JD Vance, … Read more

With storms becoming more frequent due to the climate crisis, insurers are forcing operators to respond One of the least considered hazards of climate change is the increasing frequency of hailstorms and the size and the impact of the pieces of ice they produce. This, in turn, threatens one of the most promising solutions to … Read more