Journalists, campaigners, researchers and activists gathered in Glasgow to discuss how communities could better benefit from Scotland’s renewables boom. “We’re here because we want to tell better, richer stories about our communities; not ignoring the difficulties and challenges, but leaning into those complexities.” These were the words of Rhiannon J Davies, founder of the Scottish…
Litter Free Ilkley are one of nine groups involved in the new Thomas Black Local Litter Awards The new Thomas Black Local Litter Awards aim to recognise volunteers, groups and businesses improving our local environment and celebrate efforts in litter clearing, conservation and community engagement. Nine Litter-Free groups covering Ilkley, Silsden, Addingham, Keighley, Denton, Burley-in-Wharfedale,…
Environment, Food & Rural Affairs select committee session on reform of the water sector, with evidence from David Hinton, Chris Train, Caroline Sheridan, Chris Walters, Dr Mike Kell & Dr Marcus Rink. Source link
New reports frame building retrofit and optimisation as key if the UK’s built environment is to meet ambitious climate goals Source link
Ben Webster’s crowdfunding campaign page on 13 April 2026. A former environment editor of The Times has launched a legal claim against the Government for withholding documents that he claims should be publicly accessible. Ben Webster has alleged that the Government is not carrying out its duty to proactively publish environmental information as stipulated by…
Equity analysts expect the pricing environment to be the biggest topic of discussion during Q1 results season for U.S.-listed property casualty insurance industry companies, with some preferring brokers to carriers. Source link
This is understandably not an uplifting picture for South African farmers to see. It shows that white maize spot prices in the country are down 39% from a year ago, trading around R3,118 per tonne. Among other things, South Africa had a large maize harvest in the 2024-25 production season, but exports were slow in…
As part of its refurbishment project at Teddington Lock , the EA “successfully” dewatered the lock last month, enabling the it to inspect the structure and plan the necessary refurbishment works. As part of the dewatering activity, the EA worked with ecologists FiveRivers, which carried out electro-fishing to safely remove any fish from the works…
Plants are growing higher up mountains across the Himalayan region, new research shows. The study – led by the University of Exeter – examined the alpine “vegetation line” (the upper limit of continuous plants) in six regions across the Himalaya, from Ladakh, India in the far west of the mountain range, to the extreme east…
Politico deputy editor-in-chief Joe Schatz interviews American Petroleum Institute president Mike Sommers at the Politico Pub in CeraWeek in March 2026. Picture: CatchLight Group for Politico The impact of a major restructure of Politico’s energy and environment reporting teams was “immediately apparent” after the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran, bosses have said. In…
