environment
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This election year, we can't lose sight of the perils of climate changeCandidates running for Congress and the presidency aren’t offering real solutions, despite growing scientific alarm. That is not acceptable
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Water world: rising tides close in on Trump, the climate change denierClimate change has barely registered as a 2016 campaign issue, but in Florida, the state which usually decides the presidential election, the waters are lapping at the doors of Donald Trump’s real estate empire -
Climate change: the missing issue of the 2016 campaignGuardian US survey reveals anger of voters as election year debate fails to deal with concerns over the gathering global disaster -
Dead whale towed off California beach and back to sea after big stinkAuthorities used boats and ropes attached to tail to pull the humpback far out into the water before Fourth of July weekend crowds began arriving
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Al Gore's daughter arrested at Boston pipeline protestKarenna Gore arrested for trying to block construction activity by lying in a trench dug for the line, which is opposed due to safety and climate concerns
energy
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From basket weavers to salt farmers: the women leading a renewables revolutionFrom female basket weavers in Tanzania to the women farming salt in Gujarat, social enterprises are helping women become clean energy entrepreneurs
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Estimated cost of Hinkley Point C nuclear plant rises to £37bnCritics point to volatility of scheme but energy department says price ‘will not affect bill payers’
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latest news
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Cathedral on the marsh: Crossness pumping station reopensSir Joseph Bazalgette’s sewage treatment works was the first of its kind in the world and helped eradicate cholera in London
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Great Barrier Reef: government must choose which parts to save, says expertProfessor Hugh Possingham says authorities must confront prospect that some parts of reef are doomed and focus on what to preserve
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Whale and winghead sharks move step closer to extinctionTwo predatory species are added to IUCN Red List of endangered species as pressure from fishing sees their populations fall by half in the last 75 years
featured series
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The new bottom lineThe new bottom lineA good job if you can get it: America's solar workforce is heating upThe national solar industry is expected to add 30,000 jobs in 2016, a 14.7% jump from last year. Who are the workers building this new market?
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An apple a dayAn apple a day'He was afraid of having a difficult death' - an assisted dying advocate speaks outA nurse and advocate for physician assisted dying explains her experience watching her dying father unable to get the relief he deserved
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the big picture
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The week in wildlife – in picturesA bald eagle, drought-hit alligators, and a feeding leopard are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world
US navy researchers conduct tests to grow vegetables on submarines