North West’s Power network getting ready for 3 million electric vehicles
Electricity North West has set out new plans for how it intends to support more than 3 million electric vehicles (EV) in the region...
Household aerosols now release more harmful smog chemicals than all vehicles in the country
Aerosol products used in the home now emit more harmful volatile organic compound (VOC) air pollution than all the vehicles in the UK, new...
Government air pollution plans are insufficeient to protect the public say health leaders
The leaders of twenty bodies representing health professionals in the UK have urged the government and peers to back to introducing new legally-binding air...
England’s leaky homes are a greater threat to climate than all of its cars
England’s homes produce more carbon emissions every year than is produced by all of the country’s cars, reveals new research from the National Housing...
Two Manchester parks and four cemeteries capture Green Flag awards
Heaton Park and Alexandra Park along with Gorton, Philips Park, Southern and Blackley cemeteries have been awarded the Green Flag Award and Heaton Park...
New research shows alarming decline in small mammals in the UK
In the first study of its kind in the UK, researchers have demonstrated a worrying decline in small mammals in Britain. The species found...
Tesco powers into the new year with the UK’s first commercial electric articulated HGVs...
Tesco will power into the new year by launching the UK’s first commercially used fully electric heavy freight articulated trucks. Two new 37 tonne...
Nations sign up to end global scourge of plastic pollution
Heads of State, environment ministers and other representatives from 175 nations, endorsed a historic resolution at the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi on Wednesday...
Manchester Met alumnus designs Platinum Jubilee sculpture outside Buckingham Palace
An alumnus at Manchester Metropolitan designed the sculpture that formed the centrepiece of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee weekend celebrations.
The 21-metre “Tree of Trees” sculpture...
Heat, drought and wildfires during one of the warmest Julys on record
Amidst extreme heat, drought and wildfires, many parts of the world had just experienced one of three warmest Julys on record, the UN weather...