Environment

‘We’ll have to get more militant’: The real winners and losers from the farm inheritance tax debate
Farming

‘We’ll have to get more militant’: The real winners and losers from the farm inheritance tax debate

Farmers claim Labour’s farm inheritance tax plans could force the next generation out. What’s the real picture?

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

Why I switched sides to stop UK’s first deep coal mine in more than 30 years from opening
Maggie Mason

Why I switched sides to stop UK’s first deep coal mine in more than 30 years from opening

Weather forecasts are more important than ever. Here’s the science behind them
Weather

Weather forecasts are more important than ever. Here’s the science behind them

UK inflation holds at 2.2% – but it’s still a bleak picture for poorer people and benefit claimants
Cost of living crisis

UK inflation holds at 2.2% – but it’s still a bleak picture for poorer people and benefit claimants

Designer and activist Katharine Hamnett on fast fashion, the planet and photobombing Thatcher
Second hand September

Designer and activist Katharine Hamnett on fast fashion, the planet and photobombing Thatcher

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

No, Extinction Rebellion are not ‘storming’ Windsor Castle. Here’s what we’re doing instead
Marijn van de Geer

No, Extinction Rebellion are not ‘storming’ Windsor Castle. Here’s what we’re doing instead

Amazonian activist Nemonte Nenquimo on a life under threat and people’s ignorance to the rainforest
Nemonte Nenquimo

Amazonian activist Nemonte Nenquimo on a life under threat and people’s ignorance to the rainforest

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

Millions of Brits made ill because their home is too hot, study finds – as UK faces heatwave
Heatwave

Millions of Brits made ill because their home is too hot, study finds – as UK faces heatwave

Jayda G went from environmental toxicology to the Grammys. Now she’s creating ‘science you can dance to’
Environment

Jayda G went from environmental toxicology to the Grammys. Now she’s creating ‘science you can dance to’

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

Here’s what Labour’s landslide victory means for the planet and the ‘anti-green Tory agenda’
Net zero

Here’s what Labour’s landslide victory means for the planet and the ‘anti-green Tory agenda’

Can the story of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol show us a way through the climate crisis?
Theatre

Can the story of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol show us a way through the climate crisis?

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Wealth tax, tuition fees and vow to ‘fix broken Britain’: Key takeaways from the Green Party manifesto
General election 2024

Wealth tax, tuition fees and vow to ‘fix broken Britain’: Key takeaways from the Green Party manifesto

How shuttered airports could be brought back to life to tackle UK’s housing crisis
Housing crisis

How shuttered airports could be brought back to life to tackle UK’s housing crisis

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?

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