New report reveals declines in UK’s woodland birds

The distribution and numbers of birds in the UK are changing dramatically, with many species experiencing worrying declines according to a new report. The RSPB's...

There is no inevitability about Greater Manchester going into Tier 4 says Andy Burnham

The Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has emphisised that there is no inevitability about the region being placed into Tier 4. At the weekly...

Vanload of Amazon plastic packaging dumped in our oceans every 70 minutes report finds

Up to 22.44 million pounds of Amazon’s plastic packaging waste entered and polluted the world’s freshwater and marine ecosystems in 2019, the equivalent of...

COVID lockdown causes record drop in CO2 emissions for 2020

The global COVID-19 lockdowns caused fossil carbon dioxide emissions to decline by an estimated 2.4 billion tonnes in 2020 - a record drop according...

Major UN report backed by Manchester Met analysis calls for green coronavirus recovery to...

Transport emission scientists from Manchester Metropolitan University have contributed to a major new United Nations (UN) climate action report that calls for a green...

Building back better – Raising the UK’s climate ambitions for 2035 will put Net...

The 2020s must be the decisive decade of progress and action on climate change. That is the message from a landmark report out today by...

Co-op launches own brand hot drinks label with a free drink for NHS workers...

Co-op has launched an ethically sourced, hot drinks brand, Ever Ground, to further strengthen its food to go offering. It is available in three stores in...

Wealthiest Brits have a carbon footprint 11 times that of someone in the poorest...

The wealthiest 1 per cent of people in the UK each produce 11 times the amount of carbon emissions of someone in the poorest...

Greater Manchester’s economic recovery depends on its response to the environment

Greater Manchester’s economic recovery from Covid-19 depends on how it responds to the need to cut its impact on the environment, a forum of...

The Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo and Nestlé named top plastic polluters for the third year...

The Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo and Nestlé are ranked as the world’s top plastic polluters for the 3rd consecutive year according to Break Free From...