Environment

Farming is the country’s least diverse industry. Meet the man on a mission to change it
Farming

Farming is the country’s least diverse industry. Meet the man on a mission to change it

Inheritance tax could help farming become more diverse, says Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones

Keir Starmer’s COP 29 climate goals ‘encouraging’ – but ‘serious action’ needed now, experts say 
COP29

Keir Starmer’s COP 29 climate goals ‘encouraging’ – but ‘serious action’ needed now, experts say 

Keir Starmer has pledged that the UK will cut carbon emissions by 81% by 2035, compared to 1990 levels. But the prime minister’s COP29 words must be followed up with action, urge campaigners

Where has all the fog gone?
Nature

Where has all the fog gone?

A 2009 study found that in Europe there had been a 50% drop in fog, mist and haze since the 1970s

‘We’re not diesel monsters’: Meet the London cabbies going electric to help fight climate change
Climate change

‘We’re not diesel monsters’: Meet the London cabbies going electric to help fight climate change

Water companies’ £158m fine over sewage pollution prompts fresh calls for nationalisation
Sewage pollution

Water companies’ £158m fine over sewage pollution prompts fresh calls for nationalisation

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Sewage pollution levels in this river are 100 times safe ‘limits’. The fight is now on to clean it up
Sewage pollution

Sewage pollution levels in this river are 100 times safe ‘limits’. The fight is now on to clean it up

Lessons from the Middle East – ‘the epicentre of climate discourse’ – for a warming planet
Climate change

Lessons from the Middle East – ‘the epicentre of climate discourse’ – for a warming planet

A ‘truly catastrophic’ flood could be just around the corner, experts warn. We need to adapt – fast
Floods

A ‘truly catastrophic’ flood could be just around the corner, experts warn. We need to adapt – fast

Could banning cars turn London’s Oxford Street from ‘hell’ into paradise?
London

Could banning cars turn London’s Oxford Street from ‘hell’ into paradise?

UK won’t reach net zero without carbon capture – so why do we keep ‘screwing it up’?
Net zero

UK won’t reach net zero without carbon capture – so why do we keep ‘screwing it up’?

This mum used to watch her son ‘struggle for breath’. After a year of Ulez, things are much better
ULEZ

This mum used to watch her son ‘struggle for breath’. After a year of Ulez, things are much better

Outcry after water companies say they can’t fix the sewage crisis without hiking bills: ‘Insulting’
Water bills

Outcry after water companies say they can’t fix the sewage crisis without hiking bills: ‘Insulting’

Windermere was flooded with 8,787 hours of raw sewage last year. One man is fighting back
Sewage pollution

Windermere was flooded with 8,787 hours of raw sewage last year. One man is fighting back

Behind the secret birth of London’s first baby beavers in 400 years – and what it means
Rewilding

Behind the secret birth of London’s first baby beavers in 400 years – and what it means

Adventurer Aldo Kane on how climate change has ravaged the natural world – and who’s to blame
Climate change

Adventurer Aldo Kane on how climate change has ravaged the natural world – and who’s to blame

Could London follow Paris’ Olympic efforts and make River Thames clean enough to swim?
Rivers

Could London follow Paris’ Olympic efforts and make River Thames clean enough to swim?

Fossil fuel giant BP accused of ‘profiting off misery’ after announcing staggering earnings
Fossil fuels

Fossil fuel giant BP accused of ‘profiting off misery’ after announcing staggering earnings

What is the National Wealth Fund? Inside Labour’s less sexy, technocratic replacement for the £28bn
Politics

What is the National Wealth Fund? Inside Labour’s less sexy, technocratic replacement for the £28bn

‘It’s a scandal’: Outcry from Brits to nationalise water companies as bills set to rise – again
Water

‘It’s a scandal’: Outcry from Brits to nationalise water companies as bills set to rise – again

Labour’s plan for the climate and nature: The good, the bad and the glaringly absent
General election 2024

Labour’s plan for the climate and nature: The good, the bad and the glaringly absent

Water companies paid shareholders £377 for every hour they pumped sewage into seas, study finds
Pollution

Water companies paid shareholders £377 for every hour they pumped sewage into seas, study finds

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What is Labour’s Great British Energy plan – and will it really bring down bills and ease cost of living?
Great British Energy

What is Labour’s Great British Energy plan – and will it really bring down bills and ease cost of living?

MP Liam Fox on the 21st century battle for water and why we must be careful about strawberries
Environment

MP Liam Fox on the 21st century battle for water and why we must be careful about strawberries

UK’s top 0.1% earners emit 22 times more transport greenhouse gases than low income households
Climate change

UK’s top 0.1% earners emit 22 times more transport greenhouse gases than low income households

‘Nature is slowly healing’: How rewilding is bringing Britain’s extinct species back from the dead
Conservation

‘Nature is slowly healing’: How rewilding is bringing Britain’s extinct species back from the dead