New Hollingworth garden will be accessible to all the senses
A new £60,000 accessible sensory garden is taking shape at Hollingworth Lake Country Park, which promises to deliver a diverse and balanced sensory experience...
Government announces plans to build new gas fired power stations
The Government has announced that it is building new gas power stations to avert what ministers described as the “genuine prospect of blackouts”.
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School marks Manchester Arena Attack with planting of 22 trees
Children from The Willows Primary School in Wythenshawe planted 22 large ‘memorial’ trees as well as created a bee-friendly meadow to mark the anniversary...
Time running out for action on climate change
If governments don’t act decisively by 2035 to fight climate change, humanity could cross a point of no return after which limiting global warming...
Plastic bag charge to double to 10p
The 5p plastic bag charge will be extended to all retailers and increased to 10p to cut their use further, under plans put forward...
Manchester argus flies back to the mosslands after 150 years
A butterfly that has been extinct in Manchester since 1850 will return to the area once more.
The Manchester argus (or large heath) butterfly disappeared...
Almost 600 plants have already gone extinct says study
A New study from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Stockholm University which has looked at the plants that have been wiped from the...
Co-op’s plea to councils over food waste ending up in landfill
The Manchester based Co-op has urged English local authorities to speed up the rollout of food waste collections from homes as figures reveal approximately 1,000...
North West ready to deliver the UK’s first hydrogen project within five years
As climate change protests take place across London last week, attendees to a Westminster briefing heard how HyNet will initially save one million tonnes...
Greater Manchester authorities today made renewed calls on government to commit funding to the...
Following the announcement of a new Environment Bill in yesterday’s Queen’s speech, Greater Manchester authorities today made renewed calls on government to commit funding...