Climate resilience minister fails to attend climate change committee as UK heads for hottest day on record
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Climate resilience minister fails to attend climate change committee as UK heads for hottest day on record
How you can help birds, bees and hedgehogs as the heatwave brings record temperatures
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How you can help birds, bees and hedgehogs as the heatwave brings record temperatures
Calls for polluters to face prison as water companies fail to tackle sewage problem
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Calls for polluters to face prison as water companies fail to tackle sewage problem
How cities around the world are learning to cope with heatwaves
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How cities around the world are learning to cope with heatwaves
Watch the vital climate change briefing that Tory leadership candidates didn't attend
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Watch the vital climate change briefing that Tory leadership candidates didn't attend
100 billion pieces of plastic packaging are thrown away every year in the UK
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100 billion pieces of plastic packaging are thrown away every year in the UK
How the Tory leadership candidates score on climate change issues
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How the Tory leadership candidates score on climate change issues
Revealed: At least 30,000 people have waited 10 years for social housing
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Revealed: At least 30,000 people have waited 10 years for social housing
'Completely unprecedented': Experts fear bird flu outbreak is pushing some species to the brink of extinction
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'Completely unprecedented': Experts fear bird flu outbreak is pushing some species to the brink of extinction
The internet's best memes as Boris Johnson's government collapses
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The internet's best memes as Boris Johnson's government collapses
Your guide to the zero waste movement - and how you can get started
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