About 7% of England’s land – an area roughly two-and-a-half times the size of Cornwall – will need to be given over to nature, forests and renewable energy, to meet the UK’s environmental targets, new data shows. But there will still be enough land to grow the food needed, and to house a growing population,…
The JRA 2026 National Seminar ‘Young Reporters for the Environment’ took place in Agueda between February 27th and March 1st, 2026. During three days, around 120 students and teachers gathered from across the country to promote environmental journalism and sustainability. “Make a better world” “Make a better world” is one of the key conclusions emerging…
The European Union – once the undisputed champion of emissions reduction – is now betting on a more transactional approach to climate finance, direct outreach to big emitters abroad, and a changing of the guard to make a comeback on the global scene. A disastrous COP30 summit last year saw things get so bad for…
Who crawled along Snail’s Bottom? Who found beauty on Bonnyleigh Hill? Who measured Little Acre Farm? This small patch of Somerset – like everywhere else in Britain – is a storied landscape, every feature named and memorialised by mostly forgotten individuals. Our job over the next two hours is to take one such name, one…
Kent County Council’s (KCC) Shake It Out recycling campaign is continuing to gain momentum, with residents across the county taking on the simple but important action that makes a big difference: shaking recyclable items out of plastic bags and placing them loose into the recycling bin. Source link
The organisation has written to Shropshire Council to lodge a formal objection to plans from Taylor Wimey and Persimmon Homes. The firms want to build up to 430 homes on land at Weir Hill, which is off Preston Street to the east of Shrewsbury. The companies have already built more than 600 homes at Weir…
The beach, the sea and of course the ice creams. Everyone loves the Cleethorpes coastline, but how much do you really know? Helping protect our natural heritage and teaching people about it is the Dynamic Understanding of the Natural Environment (DUNE) project, funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Looking at key areas of our…
• The EU spent €67 bn on oil imports for cars last year• Accelerating the roll-out of EVs would cut oil imports by €45bn over the next decade Petrol car drivers can expect to be hit far harder by price rises related to the Iran conflict than electric vehicle drivers, new analysis finds. With oil prices…
Smoke rises after a strike on fuel tanks at an oil refinery in Tehran, amid the conflict between the US, Israel and Iran, on March 8, 2026. MAJID ASGARIPOUR/VIA REUTERS Since the attack on Iran by Israel and the US on February 28, more than 300 incidents with environmental risks have been recorded by the…
Cigarette butts are the most common form of litter worldwide. Trillions are discarded every year in cities, parks, beaches, along railway tracks and roadside environments. Despite their small size, these … Source link
