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Companies in England and Wales want to charge up to 84 a year more in 2025, rising to 156 extra by 2030.

The new space observatory sees pairs of Jupiter-sized objects floating free between the stars.

Experts are optimistic of detecting life signs on a faraway world within our lifetimes - possibly in the next few years.

Plastic cutlery is banned in England from Sunday but plastic containers for takeaway meals are not.

Wildfire response across the UK is an under-resourced "postcode lottery", claims a new union report.

The loss of Britain's wildlife is outpacing efforts to conserve and protect nature, a major report reveals.

The elusive substance holds the key to discovering how the Universe was formed.

They claim governments' slow action on climate change violates their human rights.

Environmentalists say delaying the implementation of new biodiversity rules is "a hammer blow for nature".

Regulator Ofwat orders companies in England and Wales to cut bills after missing targets.

The former Labour PM wants the wealthiest oil producers to help poorer nations tackle climate change.

A capsule carrying debris from asteroid Bennu lands safely in the Utah desert.

It secured a deal to control a fifth of Cambodia's coastline - 15 years on, it has barely got started.

With bee populations struggling, mechanical pollination may be increasingly needed as a back-up.

Laura Kuenssberg on Sunday guest Yanis Varoufakis attacked the PM's 'incompetence and cynicism'.

They live on flood-plains contaminated by potentially harmful levels of toxic waste, research reveals.

A handful of dust from an asteroid streaming through space could tell Nasa how life on Earth began.

The prime minister claims the changes will support "hard-pressed families" but opponents accuse him of "selling out".

A Lords committee warns that the government risks missing housebuilding and environmental targets.

Bird lovers will see a very different pattern of species in the future, scientists warn.

The prime minister has rolled back some net zero policies, but says he's still committed to targets.

Ancient timber preserved in a riverbed suggests humans were building wooden structures 500,000 years ago.

Plans could include delaying a ban on sales of new petrol cars and the phasing out of gas boilers.

The Prince of Wales joins the global stage in New York as the Earthshot Prize finalists are revealed.

Google DeepMind has used its technology to identify parts of human DNA that might cause diseases.

The Royal Society's scheme comes after black scientists tell the BBC they feel unsupported and overlooked.

A former Nasa scientist decodes the significance of the discoveries made by the lunar lander and rover.

An Edinburgh food research team produces a lower-fat alternative aimed at cutting palm oil dependence.

Missing winter sea ice signals changes that could be a "disaster for the world", scientists say.

The detection of methane by satellite raises hopes future leaks can be stopped more quickly.

But scientists warn that some species could decline in the long term due to habitat loss.

Winning images of the amazing parts of our Universe go on display in London.

More than 60 projects receive 14.5m for habitat restoration for butterflies, bats and birds.

A study shows 60 environmental activists were killed in Colombia in 2022 out of 177 murdered worldwide.

Nasa's James Webb Telescope may have discovered a molecule thought only to be produced by life.

It is being investigated for allowing excessive sewage into England's rivers and seas.

Scientists in Hawaii got up close to the active volcano to study its latest eruption

Researchers are experimenting with robots to help speed up the restoration of coral reefs.

Creating the world's first cloned mammal was arguably one of the 20th Century's top scientific feats.

It supplies half of Belfast's drinking water but blue-green algae has caused havoc on Lough Neagh this summer.

A review of action on climate since the Paris agreement calls for an end to fossil fuels without carbon capture.

Drones and a robot called Spot survey off-limits laboratories at a former arms test site.

The storm has rapidly gained strength in the Caribbean from category one status earlier on Thursday.

Combining solar panels and a roof garden is a tricky and costly engineering task.

Elected last year, PM Anthony Albanese vowed to haul his laggard nation from the "naughty corner".

UK-based scientists and institutions will have access to the 85bn fund from today.

Despite suffering some of the worst impacts of climate change, the continent only gets 12% of financing.

An announcement is likely soon on the UK becoming a fully-fledged member of the multi-billion euro programme.

If all goes well, the lunar lander that the rocket is carrying will attempt a Moon landing in February.

It is still too early to determine whether the Atlantic storm might make landfall in the US.