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The bumblebee conundrum
Why do some people believe bees shouldn’t be able to fly? For the same reason others believe in Nessie or that climate change is a hoax
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Britain’s first dirty water crisis
Something is rotten in our rivers and off our coasts, taking the country back to Victorian times
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Is it time to try a third way of water?
Thames Water is a national scandal, but in Wales a not-for-profit counterpart goes from strength to strength
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Germansplaining: Our long, colonial history with elephants
Germany should accept the gift of 20,000 elephants from Botswana’s president, Mokgweetsi Masisi, with both remorse and open arms
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Has the ECHR overreached on climate change?
A case brought by Swiss pensioners could be a turning point for the court
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Norway’s fjords take a bruising from cruising
Banning cruise ships may reduce pollution on the water, but it also creates its own set of issues
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Surfing with the no-beach boys of Munich
The Eisbach river offers the city’s residents an eccentric gift: a surfing wave in landlocked Bavaria
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Valencia’s green agenda in reverse
Spain’s third city is becoming less environmentally friendly since the new council introduced its pro-car agenda
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Belgium’s recycling success stinks
Belgians are meant to be recycling champions, but it’s a different story in Brussels
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Remembering Turkey’s earthquake, one year on
Next month’s local elections are sure to bring extensive debate over how the disaster was handled by local government
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Steering clear of trouble in the heart of the EU
Brussels is accustomed to demonstrations but the farmers’ protests were a different story
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The return of the French farmers
The guardians of the French countryside are posing a headache for the very new, very young PM
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A Spanish gardener in Yorkshire
Today, the man who fled the Spanish civil war for Cleckheaton would’ve been deemed part of an ‘invasion’
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When the earth cracked open at Grindavík
Evacuation orders were issued just hours before the eruption in the south-west of Iceland
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Oil and gas will soon be things of the past. No wonder Sunak is drawn to them
The prime minister’s legacy looks even worse with his illogical energy policy
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Nantes, the city of ‘I don’t see why not’
The latest eccentricity in the city on the Loire is the perfect illustration of its unofficial motto
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Germansplaining: Our farmers are furious
Their sentiment reflects a massive frustration with the government felt by most Germans
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Labour must keep it green
Watering down the flagship pledge to spend £28bn on net-zero jobs would be a humiliating disaster
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Life on the edge of a volcano
If the Phlegraean Fields caldera were to erupt after 500 years of dormancy, Italy would be on its knees
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Spain’s drought emergency is growing
Experts warn that it’s not a matter of if an emergency situation will be declared, but when
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Images of the year
2023 has been a tumultuous year around the world, filled with conflict, controversy and historic firsts, alongside hopes and fears for the future
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Just Stop Oil: Britain’s most unwanted
The environmental activist group have made their name through eye-catching and disruptive protests. But what do they really think – and why are they doing it?
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Volcanoes: Nature’s fire and brimstone
Europeans have a long held fascination with volcanoes. But no one knows when or where the next potentially deadly eruption will occur
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Waiting for the volcano has put Iceland in lava limbo
Icelanders are watching and wondering – will lava streams erupt in the high street?
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Climate change has driven India’s rabbitfish to Cyprus
Having said this, it’s certainly one of the tastier ways of responding to climate change
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Millions of Europeans have the right to roam – so why don’t we in Britain?
Labour’s short-sighted u-turn on open access to the countryside continues the unfair status quo
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The French are wasting perfectly good laws
In France, businesses, societies and individuals move slower – sometimes a lot slower – than lawmakers
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There’s a gap at the heart of the Tory Party
The felling of the famous sycamore is a metaphor for their witless use of power – and determination to keep their hands on the chainsaw
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Stop these boats: Norway’s cruise ship crisis
The green party has ambitions to make Bergen ‘cruise-free’ by 2027 but this will be no mean feat
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Portuguese youths sue 33 European governments in largest climate case ever
In a momentous case, young EU citizens are hoping to arm-twist governments into impactful climate action
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Imagine all the people emptying seven bins.. it isn’t hard to do if you’re Sunak
Here are some more imaginary policies the prime minister could scrap...
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Everyday Philosophy: Bertrand Russell and King’s hypocrisy
When it comes to climate change, King Charles is a hypocrite. But at least, unlike Rishi Sunak, he tells the truth about the issue