United Utilities investing £14.5m to improve the River Irk

Water quality in Trub Brook and the River Irk in Castleton is set to improve thanks to a new project by United Utilities. The North...

Great British Spring Clean launch at Longsight Eco school

Manchester’s Spring Clean campaign, which supports the environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy’s national event, will see many of the 120 schools registered with the...

Trafford hydrogen hub prepares to get off the ground

The Leader of Trafford Council, Cllr Tom Ross, has visited the Trafford site which will boast Greater Manchester’s first ever low carbon hydrogen hub. Trafford...

The Government is lacking in its strategy to meet net zero says report

Britain has no clear strategy on how it plans to meet a target of decarbonising its electricity system by 2035, threatening efforts to boost...

Number of electric cars and vans on the North West’s roads has doubled in...

The number of electric cars and vans on the North West’s roads has doubled in the past year – but uptake remains half the...

Pioneering analysis projects extreme rainfall in UK may be more common and erratic over...

new set of 100-year climate projections has been created to assess the likelihood of heavy rain downpours in the UK, which can cause flash...

Therme Manchester wellbeing resort development at TraffordCity is underway

New footage shows the completed demolition of a former events venue to make way for Therme Manchester – a new c.£250m development at TraffordCity...

Can you help? Scientists are looking for Manchester volunteers in a new dementia/Alzheimer’s pollution...

Scientists are searching for volunteers in the Manchester area with a family link to dementia or Alzheimer’s disease to help them better understand the...

Residents asked to help out in creating new woodland in Reddish Vale

Stockport Council and George Cox Ltd, along with Greater Manchester’s tree planting movement, City of Trees, are looking for residents help with their ambitious...

Government must ‘pick winners’ by investing in low-carbon fuels for aviation and rail, says...

The Govrnment has been urged  to change its approach towards backing specific technology solutions to decarbonise the UK’s transport sector, or risk failing its...