Environment

The shock findings of a new study raise questions whether 'biodegradable' materials can be relied on as a realistic solution to the plastic pollution problem

Residents suffer rashes amid plague of toxic caterpillars

The BBC wildlife presenter was targeted as a petition circulates for him to be sacked

Extinction Rebellion protesters targeted the financial industry today in a bid to unveil the “truth” about their roles in funding the climate and ecological crisis. At least seven people glued themselves to the front entrance to the London Stock Exchange this morning and five others halted a DLR train at Canary Wharf brandishing banners saying "Business as Usual = Death". The response comes after London mayor Sadiq Khan urged activists to "let London return to business as usual" after a...

A Greenpeace petition calling on the government to declare a Climate Emergency has almost reached its goal of 250,000 signatures. The appeal comes as Extinction Rebellion protests continue in London, with activists targeting the financial industry in a bid to reveal the “truth” about their roles in funding the climate and ecological crisis. Despite promises coming from Sadiq Khan and Michael Gove, Richard Barnard of Christian Climate Action said: “Empty rhetoric and sympathetic platitudes make it clear that despite a...

Climate change has caused twice as many ocean-dwelling species as land-dwelling species to disappear from their habitats, according to the study

Dan Harris has started Bee Saviour Behaviour to give people mini 'bank cards' which have a sugar solution embedded for tired bees

Sir David Attenborough has issued his harshest warning yet on the threat posed to life on Earth by climate change. As Extinction Rebellion protests hit 80 cities in 33 countries around the planet to highlight a “climate emergency” the veteran nature broadcaster warned we "irreversible damage to the natural world and the collapse of our societies". Extinction Rebellion Blackfriars (c) Lucy Cartwright Highlighting the catastrophic extinctions facing the planet unless drastic action is taken, Attenborough says: “in the 20 years...

Cathy Eastburn, 51, Mark Ovland, 35 and Luke Watson, 29, appeared in Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court