Environment

This couple tried to turn their street into a power station: ‘We had no idea what we were doing’
Solar power

This couple tried to turn their street into a power station: ‘We had no idea what we were doing’

Filmmakers Hilary Powell and Dan Edelstyn had an ambitious mission to put solar panels on 150 homes on their east London street. They didn’t get there – but what they learned might be more valuable

Thames Water wants permission to pollute Britain’s rivers until 2040. No, seriously
Water

Thames Water wants permission to pollute Britain’s rivers until 2040. No, seriously

Thames Water – Britain’s largest water utility – has asked the industry regulator to exempt it from some pollution requirements

If people don’t trust climate science, how will we ever get them to change their ways?
Climate crisis

If people don’t trust climate science, how will we ever get them to change their ways?

We have to debunk the myths around climate change so that people can see what’s really happening

How did net zero get so politically toxic?
Net Zero

How did net zero get so politically toxic?

Homeless people needed protecting from hot weather more than ever before in 2025
Homelessness

Homeless people needed protecting from hot weather more than ever before in 2025

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Labour wants to ban fracking – while Reform wants to ‘drill baby drill’. What does it mean for you?
fracking

Labour wants to ban fracking – while Reform wants to ‘drill baby drill’. What does it mean for you?

Wildfires are on the rise in Britain. So how do we protect ourselves?
Climate change

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
Darwin200

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?
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
Trees

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
Climate crisis

‘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
Family Days Out

Here’s a dozen fascinating trees you really should visit this year

Should taxpayers pay for solar panels to be installed on homes?
Green energy

Should taxpayers pay for solar panels to be installed on homes?

Photographer of the year Zed Nelson on documenting the decimation of nature by humans
Photography

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

Big Issue Recruit to help jobseekers in South Wales secure green jobs on onshore wind farm

Fit all new homes with solar panels to slash energy bills by hundreds, government told
Environment

Fit all new homes with solar panels to slash energy bills by hundreds, government told

It will take 700 years to replace UK’s ageing water network at current pace: ‘A wholesale betrayal’
Water

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
Net Zero

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’
Sewage pollution

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
Clean energy

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
Air pollution

Statue of girl killed by air pollution should be reminder of dangers of toxic air, says mother

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Labour’s billion pound gamble: Can community energy deliver the affordable power the UK needs?
Community energy

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

Thames Water avoids nationalisation after legal challenge to £3bn bailout dismissed by court

The North Sea has been Britain’s oil powerhouse for 50 years. But what is its future now?
The North Sea

The North Sea has been Britain’s oil powerhouse for 50 years. But what is its future now?

Labour wants to ‘unleash the North Sea’s clean energy future’. What does that mean for oil and gas?
North Sea

Labour wants to ‘unleash the North Sea’s clean energy future’. What does that mean for oil and gas?