Enviroment

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?

Labour’s Ed Miliband has vowed to permanently ban fracking, slamming Nigel Farage’s party as a ‘bunch of frackers’

Blaming bats and newts for the housing problem is straight from the Trump playbook
Paul de Zylva

Blaming bats and newts for the housing problem is straight from the Trump playbook

Labour pledged to restore trust in politics and protect nature for future generations. It must live up to that promise

From solarpunk to the metaverse: The way we think about the future needs to change
Science

From solarpunk to the metaverse: The way we think about the future needs to change

Dystopian futures are compelling. Just like negative news headlines, they are more likely to be clicked on

How the Shipping Forecast inspired poetry and wonder for over 100 years
Weather

How the Shipping Forecast inspired poetry and wonder for over 100 years

Energy price cap fall is a ‘massive relief’ – but bills still remain punishingly high
Energy bills

Energy price cap fall is a ‘massive relief’ – but bills still remain punishingly high

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These scientists felt powerless over the climate crisis – so they decided to do something about it
Climate activism

These scientists felt powerless over the climate crisis – so they decided to do something about it

Most households paying £750 a year more for energy bills than before cost of living crisis
Energy bills

Most households paying £750 a year more for energy bills than before cost of living crisis

Rachel Reeves sets Labour on collision course with environmentalists over ‘bats and newts’
Nature

Rachel Reeves sets Labour on collision course with environmentalists over ‘bats and newts’

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Environment and climate
Changemakers 2025

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Environment and climate

Letters: We should embrace the decline in population in the most polluting countries
Letters

Letters: We should embrace the decline in population in the most polluting countries

Cruise ships pump out 10 times the CO2 per passenger as flying. Can they turn the tide?
Sustainable travel

Cruise ships pump out 10 times the CO2 per passenger as flying. Can they turn the tide?

‘We have to work with nature’: What UK’s only wild bison herd can teach us about the nature crisis
Rewilding

‘We have to work with nature’: What UK’s only wild bison herd can teach us about the nature crisis

Rewilding pioneer Derek Gow: ‘We’ve left very little room for nature to exist at all’
Rewilding

Rewilding pioneer Derek Gow: ‘We’ve left very little room for nature to exist at all’

Yes, there have been victories against sewage pollution – but 2025 is a fight to keep Labour honest
Dani Jordan

Yes, there have been victories against sewage pollution – but 2025 is a fight to keep Labour honest

There’s reasons to be hopeful about tackling climate change in 2025 – honestly
Bob Ward

There’s reasons to be hopeful about tackling climate change in 2025 – honestly

Save Windermere activist Matt Staniek: ‘In the world of campaigning, hope is essential’
My Big Year

Save Windermere activist Matt Staniek: ‘In the world of campaigning, hope is essential’

The climate crisis is on our doorstep. How can we keep eco-anxiety in check?
Rosie Downes

The climate crisis is on our doorstep. How can we keep eco-anxiety in check?

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

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?

I have worn second hand clothes my whole life. I don’t know why anyone would shop new
Second hand September

I have worn second hand clothes my whole life. I don’t know why anyone would shop new

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

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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

‘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

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

Hedgerows are amazing. Here’s why we must plant more of them
Envrionment

Hedgerows are amazing. Here’s why we must plant more of them