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<p>Attendees at the Climate Reality Project event in New York City on Friday. The project was started 20 years ago by Al Gore who opened this past weekend’s event </p>

Does anyone care about climate this election? These voters say yes

The majority of Americans have experienced extreme weather events in the last five years — but the climate crisis still lags behind inflation, healthcare, immigration and jobs when it comes to voter priorities. Louise Boyle reports

<p>Indian firefighters work to extinguish the fire at the Ghazipur landfill </p>

Toxic smoke from burning garbage mountain blankets India’s capital

The Bugs Matter survey asks members of the public to record the number of flying insects squashed on their number plate (Liam Olds/PA)

‘Bug splat’ survey shows 78% decline in flying insects in two decades

Charles talks to Jamie Oliver in the kitchen of Clarence House in 2003 (John Stillwell/PA)

King’s charity reveals next round of food waste workshops backed by Jamie Oliver

<p>A crew of wildland firefighters tackle a blaze in northern Washington state in 2021. The federal workforce is in crisis due to unliveable wages and poor conditions </p>

Global warning

A warning for America from wildfire fighters

Global warning

A warning for America from wildfire fighters

<p>A crew of wildland firefighters tackle a blaze in northern Washington state in 2021. The federal workforce is in crisis due to unliveable wages and poor conditions </p>

<p>Aerial view of drilling operations by Natural Hydrogen Energy LLC in Nebraska</p>

The hunt for ‘holy grail’ of clean energy buried beneath the ground

Axed Tesla staffers say chaos will lead to quality getting ‘worse’

<p>A large drone carrying fertilizer flies over Vo Van Van’s rice fields in Long An province in southern Vietnam</p>

Vietnam uses drones to change how they grow rice and save the planet

<p>Closing time: GWR poster at Bath station announcing the previous round of stoppages</p>

May rail strikes 2024: How will train driver walk-out hit passengers?

<p>Closing time: GWR poster at Bath station announcing the previous round of stoppages</p>

May rail strikes 2024: How will train driver walk-out hit passengers?

Octopuses could go blind due to global warming, researchers say

Lithium Mine Endangered Wildflower

US advances review of Nevada lithium mine amid concerns over endangered wildflower

Climate Voices

Climate Life

<p>Cool down from those Mediterranean heavyweights with these breezy spots</p>

The cool European places to visit in summer 2024

Here are the temperate alternatives to European hotspots that keep it cool – even in peak season

<p>Closing time: GWR poster at Bath station announcing the previous round of stoppages</p>

May rail strikes 2024: How will train driver walk-out hit passengers?

<p>Rhodes is welcoming tourists back to the island in the shoulder seasons of 2024 </p>

Greece offers Brits more than 25,000 free holidays

Leonardo DiCaprio has called for Scotland to become a rewilding nation (Doug Peters/PA Wire)

Leonardo DiCaprio urges Scotland to be a ‘world leader’ in rewilding efforts

My Carbon Footprint

<p>Families need cash to meet their immediate needs</p>

One word that can help ease the impact of the climate crisis

<p>Those eye-catching contrails are actually more damaging to the environment than a plane’s carbon emissions </p>

MY CARBON FOOTPRINT

Terror of the skies: what should travelling look like after Covid?

<p>All-conquering: Soak them in water and conkers become a sustainable cleaning product</p>

MY CARBON FOOTPRINT

Follow your nose: Smell the chemicals out, then cut them out

<p>Bangers: a guilty pleasure?</p>

MY CARBON FOOTPRINT

The kids are all right: going green with the family

Climate and Environment News

Climate Videos

<p>Bridge collapses into river in China during powerful floods/</p>

Bridge collapses into river in China during powerful floods

Residents evacuated as heavy rainfall floods southern Chinese cities

Dubai: Cars abandoned in flooded streets as UAE begins clean up

Severe weather lashes Virginia as golf ball-sized hail reported

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