Rail travel emits 10 times less carbon than car travel, new figures show

Rail travel creates 10 times less carbon emissions per passenger than the equivalent car journey and 13 times less than travelling by plane, newly...

Climate change will increase the cost of sovereign and corporate debt worldwide

Climate change will increase the cost of sovereign and corporate debt worldwide according to new research t suggests that 59 nations will experience a drop...

New partnership project will put local communities at the heart of efforts to protect...

Newton Heath and Platt Fields in Manchester are part of a new UK-wide initiative announced today, seeking to help local, mostly urban, communities stand...

Manchester Study will measure air pollution from domestic wood burners

Researchers have started a six-week study to measure airborne pollutant emissions from domestic wood burning stoves, using a dedicated laboratory-based test facility at The...

Loss of nature could be more damaging to our economy than Covid says report

Loss of nature lcould pose a greater risk to Britain's economy than the COVID-19 pandemic and wipe £300 billion off the country's  economic growth...

Young people breathe life into Greater Manchester’s second Clean Air Day

Young people across Greater Manchester are gearing up for a national day of action to tackle the growing threat of polluted air in our...

Ratty returns? Plans in place to boost water voles numbers

Crucial habitat work is being undertaken at Urmston Meadows in Trafford, Greater Manchester to encourage the nation’s fastest declining land mammal back to the...

A plastic free Bury by 2022

Bury could become one of the first boroughs in the country to go plastic-free, and by 2022. The plans,...

Commemorating the Kinder Scout Mass Trespass 87 years on

The Manchester Greenpeace Group is inviting members of the public to join them for a walk to remember 87 years since the Kinder Scout...

Greater Manchester signs up for people-friendly streets

To mark the city-region’s Clean Air Week, Greater Manchester has today joined Edinburgh, Paris, New York and Bogota in signing up to the Open...