Environment
How did net zero get so politically toxic?
How did net zero get so politically toxic?
The cross-party consensus on net zero has shattered. What does that mean for the climate – and for the next election?
Homeless people needed protecting from hot weather more than ever before in 2025
Homeless people needed protecting from hot weather more than ever before in 2025
Councils across England and Wales provide shelter to rough sleepers when temperatures soar. Local authorities stepped in at least 149 times by mid-July this year compared to 93 times across the entirety of summer in 2024
Labour wants to ban fracking – while Reform wants to ‘drill baby drill’. What does it mean for you?
Labour wants to ban fracking – while Reform wants to ‘drill baby drill’. What does it mean for you?
Labour’s Ed Miliband has vowed to permanently ban fracking, slamming Nigel Farage’s party as a ‘bunch of frackers’
Wildfires are on the rise in Britain. So how do we protect ourselves?
Wildfires are on the rise in Britain. So how do we protect ourselves?
These people re-traced Charles Darwin’s voyage around the world. This is what they learned
These people re-traced Charles Darwin’s voyage around the world. This is what they learned
Sky-high bills and sewage at its worst in over a century: What is the future of British water?
Sky-high bills and sewage at its worst in over a century: What is the future of British water?
How I made friends with a great oak tree named Quercus
How I made friends with a great oak tree named Quercus
‘It would be good to know how long we have left’: This clifftop community is falling into the sea
‘It would be good to know how long we have left’: This clifftop community is falling into the sea
Here’s a dozen fascinating trees you really should visit this year
Here’s a dozen fascinating trees you really should visit this year
Should taxpayers pay for solar panels to be installed on homes?
Should taxpayers pay for solar panels to be installed on homes?
How a Manchester community welcomed the return of the swifts
How a Manchester community welcomed the return of the swifts
Photographer of the year Zed Nelson on documenting the decimation of nature by humans
Photographer of the year Zed Nelson on documenting the decimation of nature by humans
Big Issue Recruit to help jobseekers in South Wales secure green jobs on onshore wind farm
Big Issue Recruit to help jobseekers in South Wales secure green jobs on onshore wind farm
It will take 700 years to replace UK’s ageing water network at current pace: ‘A wholesale betrayal’
It will take 700 years to replace UK’s ageing water network at current pace: ‘A wholesale betrayal’
Model village gets green makeover with tiny heat pumps, solar panels and miniature Ed Miliband
Model village gets green makeover with tiny heat pumps, solar panels and miniature Ed Miliband
Raw sewage pumped into UK waterways for 4.7 million hours in 2024: ‘This will only get worse’
Raw sewage pumped into UK waterways for 4.7 million hours in 2024: ‘This will only get worse’
Fossil fuel industries ‘worried’ after clean energy powered 40% of world’s electricity needs in 2024
Fossil fuel industries ‘worried’ after clean energy powered 40% of world’s electricity needs in 2024
Statue of girl killed by air pollution should be reminder of dangers of toxic air, says mother
Statue of girl killed by air pollution should be reminder of dangers of toxic air, says mother
Communities that build solar panels and wind farms should get cheaper bills, says Labour minister
Communities that build solar panels and wind farms should get cheaper bills, says Labour minister
Labour’s billion pound gamble: Can community energy deliver the affordable power the UK needs?
Labour’s billion pound gamble: Can community energy deliver the affordable power the UK needs?
Thames Water avoids nationalisation after legal challenge to £3bn bailout dismissed by court
Thames Water avoids nationalisation after legal challenge to £3bn bailout dismissed by court
Labour wants to ‘unleash the North Sea’s clean energy future’. What does that mean for oil and gas?
Labour wants to ‘unleash the North Sea’s clean energy future’. What does that mean for oil and gas?
Polar ice is crucial to life as we know it – here’s why
Polar ice is crucial to life as we know it – here’s why
‘A national scandal’: Thames Water secures £3bn bailout after ‘disgraceful’ court ruling
‘A national scandal’: Thames Water secures £3bn bailout after ‘disgraceful’ court ruling
Block Thames Water bailout to save customers hundreds, High Court urged: ‘We’re being stuffed’
