The largest living wall in Europe in Salford is now complete
The City of Salford is now home to Eden, one of the UK’s most sustainable office buildings, containing Europe’s largest living wall.
From the site...
Rooting for success as 500 new trees are planted across the borough of Rochdale
500 new trees are taking root across the borough of Rochdale as part of the council’s commitment to increase urban tree cover.
The work is...
Carbon Dioxide build up in atmosphere forecast in 2024 to be higher than required...
The build-up of atmospheric carbon-dioxide between 2023 and 2024 is forecast to be faster than that required to track IPCC scenarios that limit global...
Butterflies could lose spots as climate warms
Female Meadow Brown butterflies have fewer spots if they develop in warmer weather – so climate change could make them less spotty, new research shows.
University...
First results from Salford’s unique Energy House 2.0 project
The first results from a ground-breaking research collaboration between The University of Salford, housebuilders Barratt Developments and Bellway, and construction solutions provider Saint-Gobain, have...
University launches pioneering study with Greater Manchester local authorities in bid to tackle domestic...
The University of Manchester has launched a study in partnership with Greater Manchester’s 10 local authorities to better understand the use of log burners...
Don’t ditch the £28b Green Investment plans Burnham tells Starmer
The Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham urged Labour not to ditch its £28 million green investment plans amid routine attacks from the Tories.
“I...
Electric vehicle volumes reach record high
Sales of electric vehicles reach a record high in 2023 but manufacturers are calling on government to halve EV VAT, to put more than...
The lungs of the world are collapsing at an alarming rate
UK consumption is unsustainable, with the nation’s appetite for commodities including soy, cocoa, palm oil, beef and leather putting enormous pressure on forests –...
2023 was second warmest year on record for UK
2023 was provisionally the second warmest year on record for the UK says the Met Office
2023’s provisional mean temperature of 9.97°C puts it just...