Environment

Simona Bianchi and Mauro Overend from Delft University of Technology explain why multi-disciplinary approaches are key to creating safer, eco-friendly, and resilient buildings that protect urban communities and ensure long-term sustainability.  The built environment is ill-prepared for more frequent and increasingly intense climate-related extremes, resulting in severe economic losses and public health risks. Recent scientific…

A ‘feast or famine’ environment caused by delays to major armed forces reforms are leading to job losses and shut downs. Defence and aerospace firms are struggling to handle the current economic climate amid delays to the Defence Investment Plan (DIP). The framework aims to set out the financing for major developments in the Royal…

Date published: 24 March 2026 The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) welcomed visitors to Loughry Campus for a Food Courses Open Day. The event explored courses available to support careers in the Food Industry and staff and students shared their experiences of study and life at CAFRE. On arrival, guests visited displays…

Residents in the St Georges and Priorslee parts of Telford have been calling for action over a vile, eggy smell from the Granville landfill site at Redhill since March 2024. The complaints and issues appeared to have reduced in recent months but March has seen a resurgence with significant complaints earlier in the month, and…

As a major gathering of climate leaders and change-makers gets underway at the landmark, new data shows how powerful nature-based attractions can be.  Since opening in 2001, the Eden Project has delivered £6.8 billion to the economy of South West income, with a £5.7 billion net gain for Cornwall during that time. This is partly…

Tuesday 24 March 2026 8:40 am  |  Updated:  Tuesday 24 March 2026 9:40 am Fevertree is a dispute with government over a tax on its glass bottles Fevertree has launched a legal challenge against the Environment Agency over its application of a sustainability packaging tax, which is charged on glass bottles. The premium drink mixer brand…

The signs look like simple QR codes to be scanned with a mobile phone. But behind them is an artificial intelligence (AI) ready to share its knowledge with visitors about bathing water quality and any live issues. The Hello Lamp Post technology, funded by the Environment Agency, is also keen to learn and will ask…

It’s been a rough winter. Profound personal loss, multiple global crises, surgery to remove a chunk of my thigh affected by melanoma and a perimenopausal body and brain that simply don’t bounce back like they used to have left me feeling not broken exactly, but fragile. Much as I did in the Covid lockdowns, I’ve been…

A new study offers fresh insight into how people judge the environmental impact of the foods they eat, and the results suggest many are getting it wrong. These misunderstandings point to a clear need for simple environmental impact labels to help guide better choices. Researchers from the University of Nottingham’s School of Psychology asked 168…

Buyers of new homes are likely to be shackled to high gas prices for years to come, as the government has delayed bringing into force new regulations on low-carbon housing. Most newly built homes will come equipped with solar panels and heat pumps from March 2028, according to updated regulations for England called the “future…