Report finds nature conservation funding must triple globally this decade
G20 leading industrialized nations must embrace their role as influential leaders against climate change, by aligning development and economic recovery with international nature and...
10kg of plastic PPE waste to be recycled every hour in world-first collaboration with...
Plastic PPE waste is to be given another life in a ground-breaking recycling collaboration between Heriot-Watt University and Britain’s largest PPE manufacturer, Globus Group.
The...
Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found in otters across England and Wales
A group of synthetic substances known as “forever chemicals” because of their environmental persistence have been found in otters across England and Wales.
The study led...
Study shows urban Britain’s potential as a ‘grow your own’ nation
Britain’s towns and cities have the potential to support an urban agricultural revolution that would help meet the dietary needs of a growing population,...
2021 joins top seven warmest years on record
Last year joined the list of the seven warmest years on record, the UN weather agency said on Wednesday, and was also the seventh...
Safe planetary boundary for pollutants, including plastics, exceeded, say researchers
For the first time, an international team of researchers has assessed the impact on the stability of the Earth system of the cocktail of...
Nature doing heavy lifting to slow carbon-dioxide rise
The rate carbon-dioxide is being added to the atmosphere needs to slow by around 20% over the next five-year period if global warming is...
Manchester Council to move ahead with purchase of solar farm
Proposals for Manchester City Council to buy its own solar farm to help cut its carbon emissions are set to move forward.
The Council’s Executive...
‘Chemical cocktail’ of sewage, slurry and plastic polluting English rivers puts public health and...
Poor water quality in English rivers is a result of chronic underinvestment and multiple failures in monitoring, governance and enforcement, the MP's Environmental Audit...
Salford’s solar farm at Little Hulton should be operational by end of year
Salford’s new state-of-the-art solar farm is set to begin construction in the coming months and should be operational by the end of 2022.
Councillors...