Environment
Activist delayed 4,000 plane passengers in protest against 40C heat, court heard
Cambridge University student Cressida Gethin scaled a gantry above the M25 near Heathrow as part of a Just Stop Oil protest.
Increase in wood burners offsets cuts in pollution from cars – official data
Government statistics reveal little change in health-harming particulate matter in 2022.
More than half of public say Starmer should keep £28bn green pledge – poll
The Nature 2030 poll suggests 54 per cent of British adults disagree with the move.
‘Bee-friendly’ bus stops being installed in UK city
The new roofs are set to be rolled out across 90 stops across Derby.
Labour’s £28bn green pledge set to be consigned to the dustbin of history
The shadow chancellor said her party has to approach investment in a ‘way where the numbers add up’.
Scottish village sets provisional new UK record January temperature of 19.6C
The Met Office said the figure was recorded in Achfary, Sutherland, on Sunday.
UK will miss 2030 emissions targets without ‘immediate step change’ – analysts
Energy analysts said the country is not on track, citing a list of U-turns, watered down targets and inconsistent messaging.
Prem Sikka calls for wealth tax to offset environmental damage caused by richest 1%
"The richest 1 per cent are responsible for more carbon emissions than poorest 66 per cent combined", he pointed out.
‘Deafening cacophony of broken records’ as 2023 set to be hottest year on record
Searing temperatures, floods, wildfires and crop failure have been wrecking lives across the world with conditions expected to worsen.