It’s only a few years on from the release of ChatGPT but the race to plug artificial intelligence into everything has sparked a surge in datacentres, with escalating environmental costs. Globally, datacentre power demand is growing four times faster than all other sectors, according to the International Energy Agency, and is on track to exceed…
A 45-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday 11 March on suspicion of operating an illegal waste site in the south of the city. It follows a joint operation involving the Environment Agency, Joint Unit for Waste Crime (JUWC) and Merseyside Police that took place on Monday 2 February at the suspected illegal site, where another…
In his article on nature protections (How can we really protect Britain’s environment?, 8 March), Sam Dumitriu of Britain Remade celebrates habitat recovery and calls for more focus on such efforts and less on legal protections for nature. But legal protections are the only thing protecting the habitats we have left. Over the past 100 years, the…
North East Lincolnshire Council is asking residents and communities to pledge to pick one bag of litter – or more – for Keep Britain Tidy’s 11th Great British Spring Clean North East Lincolnshire Councilhas today backed a bid to pick litter from North East Lincolnshirestreets and public spaces during Britain’s favourite environmental charity’s clean-up campaign….
South West Water (SWW) has pleaded guilty to a catalogue of pollution-related charges spanning six years across Devon and Cornwall. The prosecution, brought by the Environment Agency, concluded at Plymouth Magistrates Court on Thursday this week. Sentencing is expected on 4 June 2026. Of the charges, 17 are for illegal discharge activities including sewage discharges and one is for failing to take reasonable…
The £1 million project has been announced to protect Minehead, Somerset from coastal flooding. The Environment Agency has announced plans to extend coastal flood defences at Minehead seafront this spring, bringing greater protection to the town’s 355 properties and businesses. The project, worth just under £1 million, will extend existing rock armour to the east of the…
The government has issued new guidelines in the form of strategic policy statements to two environmental regulators in a bid to reset regulation and fast-track homes, transport and clean energy. The Environment Agency is one of the regulators that has been given new directions by the government (picture: Alamy) Sharelines Government backs environmental regulators with…
“What you’ve got there from the sun on your face is a massive boost of serotonin!” says Alison Greenwood, founder of Dose of Nature, the charity successfully prescribing time outside as a treatment for mental health. Greenwood is striding round Pensford Field, a tiny patch of wildness tucked behind houses in south-west London. The bright…
The UK Government has unveiled measures intended to accelerate housebuilding and infrastructure projects by changing how two of the country’s main environmental regulators operate. New strategic policy statements (SPS) will give Natural England and the Environment Agency clearer direction to prioritise outcomes rather than procedures, ministers say, allowing regulators to make swifter decisions while remaining…
As soon as the barrier broke, a flood of poison brought death to the river. Gushing through the fragile wall built to hold back mining waste in Zambia’s copper belt in February 2025, more than 50m cubic litres of acid and heavy metals poured into the Chambishi stream – a tributary of the Kafue River,…
