Campaigners are calling for real-time pollution alerts at Windermere after a seven-year-old boy nearly died from an E. coli infection contracted while kayaking on the lake. Rex Earley began to feel unwell on a late August afternoon last year after returning with his family from a 45-minute kayaking trip on the lake. He went to…
Finding out who owns land in England is to become much simpler because a paywall will be lifted from large parts of the Land Registry, the government is to announce. A small number of landowners control the majority of land but finding out who owns what is difficult to piece together, even for government departments,…
The Greek name for this southernmost tip of the Peloponnese is linked to a Byzantine fort at Cape Tigani (called Megali Maina), but it may well also draw on the region’s desolate, mountainous rocky country that persists throughout the entire peninsula. The fierce Maniot people were well described by Patrick Leigh Fermor in his book…
Chilean Environment Ministry suspends 43 measures touching on issues such as pollution, emissions and national parks. Published On 17 Mar 202617 Mar 2026 The new Chilean government has announced the suspension of 43 rules to safeguard the environment, as part of a pivot towards more conservative policies under newly inaugurated President Jose Antonio Kast. The…
Italy, France and seven other European Union countries have warned the European Commission that a damaged Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier adrift in the Mediterranean poses a serious environmental threat, Reuters reported Monday. Russia said that Ukrainian naval drones struck the LNG tanker Arctic Metagaz on March 3 near Malta’s territorial waters. “The precarious…
The campaigner behind the landmark Finch judgment on how greenhouse gas emissions are accounted for in the environmental impact assessment (EIA) regime has questioned the evidence base around the government’s plans to replace EIAs. Source link
A haunting whale song discovered on decades-old audio equipment could open up a new understanding of how the huge animals communicate, according to researchers who say it is the oldest such recording known. The song is that of a humpback whale, a marine giant beloved by whale watchers for its docile nature and spectacular leaps…
Warwickshire County Council has endorsed an update from its cross-party member group reviewing environmental, waste and economic issues affecting the county. At a meeting of Full Council on Tuesday 17 March 2026, councillors considered a report from the Climate Emergency Cross-Party Working Group, and agreed that its recommendations across three focus areas – natural capital…
The world’s worst mega-leaks of the potent greenhouse gas methane in 2025 have been revealed by an analysis of satellite data. The super-polluting plumes from oil and gas facilities have a colossal heating impact on the climate but often result from poor maintenance and can be simple to fix. The assessment found dozens of mega-leaks,…
Bentley is to cut 275 jobs in the UK as the carmaker faces a “challenging global market environment”. The luxury brand, owned by Germany’s Volkswagen, is preparing to launch its first all-electric model but acknowledged it had some work to do to persuade consumers to switch away from internal combustion engine vehicles. The company said…
