Incoming storm to help rinse Potomac after sewage leak: DC Water

Heavy rains expected Monday may help environmental recovery following a historic raw sewage spill in the Potomac River.

Mining made this US tribal area a toxic wasteland. This Indigenous nation brought it back to life

The Quapaw Nation is the only US Native community to carry out a cleanup of one of the country’s worst sites of environmental contamination

The ‘45Q’ carbon capture tax credit: Catching fog with a tweezer

For years, it has seemed that policymakers were far more focused on lining the pockets of climate activists than they were about actually helping the environment. The “45Q” tax credit, created by the Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008, and increased by the Inflation Reduction Act, is one of many examples, and one of the more egregious.

Welsh Water to pay £44.7m after ‘unacceptable’ sewage works failings

Proposed package comes after regulator finds ‘serious and unacceptable breaches’ in how company operates

‘Kast is more like Trump’: Chile’s environmentalists prepare to do battle for the country’s future

Fears are growing that the new far-right president will slash environmental protections in favour of foreign investment

‘The last frontier’: how red globules of nickel ore are suffocating an island’s precious wilderness

In the race to meet the demands of the energy transition, biodiversity hotspots such as Palawan in the Philippines are being increasingly mined for critical elements

How Toronto's snow mountains hide a toxic secret

The Guardian reporter Leyland Cecco visits an almost 100ft-tall snow mountain, one of six created in Toronto to store all the snow cleared from roads and paths across the city.

This is the story of Weda Bay

This is Indonesia’s Weda Bay in 2010. Just 15 years ago, the area was mostly rainforest and coral reefs. The hunter-gatherer Hongana Manyawa tribe, some of whom are uncontacted, lived here.

World’s largest krill harvester at center of row over ‘blue tick’ sustainability label

Aker QRILL is facing criticism of its fishery management amid calls by environmentalists for curbs on Antarctic fishing of the keystone species

Ferries emit ‘more sulphur pollution than cars’ in several EU capitals

Dublin, Helsinki, Stockholm and Tallinn among port cities more choked by sulphur oxides from ferries, analysis shows

Dirty water, death and decline: the inside story of a privatisation scandal

There is no end in sight to the pollution caused by a ‘broken’ system. Experts say it could even be getting worse

Lynx could return to Scotland

With most Scots supportive of reintroducing the wild cat, charities are focusing on those whose jobs could be affected