Environment

Kids are struggling with anxiety and panic attacks. Could nature be the answer?
John Rose

Kids are struggling with anxiety and panic attacks. Could nature be the answer?

One in four parents said their kids were struggling with anxiety and panic attacks. John Rose, Wales director and environment lead at The National Lottery Community Fund, writes about why immersing in nature is so good for children’s mental health

How a Manchester community welcomed the return of the swifts
Nature

How a Manchester community welcomed the return of the swifts

The Greater Manchester Swift Street initiative has seen residents transform their streets to prepare for the return of the migratory birds

Tony Blair is talking nonsense on net zero. The reality is the UK isn’t prepared
Bob Ward

Tony Blair is talking nonsense on net zero. The reality is the UK isn’t prepared

Tony Blair has complained the current approach to climate change isn’t working, and that phasing out fossil fuels is doomed. Climate expert Bob Ward argues he’s wrong

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’

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Too many homeless people resort to pulling their own teeth. These dentists are trying to change that
Health

Too many homeless people resort to pulling their own teeth. These dentists are trying to change that

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’

Inside the Big Issue: Earth Day 2025
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Earth Day 2025

Would you buy a record sleeve without the vinyl inside? It’s one way to reduce plastic
Record Store Day

Would you buy a record sleeve without the vinyl inside? It’s one way to reduce plastic

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

Just Stop Oil may be reviled – but their tactics reshaped the climate movement
Sam Nadel

Just Stop Oil may be reviled – but their tactics reshaped the climate movement

Communities that build solar panels and wind farms should get cheaper bills, says Labour minister
Community energy

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?
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

Labour has vowed to cleaning up Windermere – but our fight for a sewage-free lake is not over
Matt Staniek

Labour has vowed to cleaning up Windermere – but our fight for a sewage-free lake is not over

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?

Reform UK’s climate denialism could devastate the very towns and cities they want to represent
David Laister

Reform UK’s climate denialism could devastate the very towns and cities they want to represent

‘Heartbreak’ for millions of Brits as energy bills to rise by more than expected from April
Energy bills

‘Heartbreak’ for millions of Brits as energy bills to rise by more than expected from April

Energy bills being more than £1,700 a year is not normal – we need government intervention
Matt Copeland

Energy bills being more than £1,700 a year is not normal – we need government intervention

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The UK is careering toward a net zero backlash – or ‘greenlash’ – unless Labour acts quickly
Niamh O Regan

The UK is careering toward a net zero backlash – or ‘greenlash’ – unless Labour acts quickly

Block Thames Water bailout to save customers hundreds, High Court urged: ‘We’re being stuffed’
Thames Water

Block Thames Water bailout to save customers hundreds, High Court urged: ‘We’re being stuffed’

The future looks grim under climate change. So why is nobody talking about Just Stop Oil anymore?
Climate activism

The future looks grim under climate change. So why is nobody talking about Just Stop Oil anymore?

Overtourism: How to be a responsible tourist
Sustainable travel

Overtourism: How to be a responsible tourist