Environment
Mauritius scrambles to counter oil spill from grounded ship
"We are in a situation of environmental crisis", the Minister of the Environment said.
‘Environmental crisis’ – Mauritius declares emergency as fuel spills from ship
The Japanese-owned MV Wakashio was carrying nearly 4,000 tons of fuel when it ran aground two weeks ago, and cracks have appeared in its hull.
Video – Firm supplying Tesco, Sainsbury’s & Waitrose accused of animal abuse
The video footage showed animals at a site providing the St Helen's Farm dairy company with goats milk being punched, kicked and hit with poles.
Brexit food standards: ‘This is not even Marie Antoinette saying let them eat cake… it is let them eat crap’
Boris Johnson is facing a parliamentary battle with the Lords over the protection of UK food and environmental standards post-Brexit
BP fined £7,000 over crude oil discharge in North Sea
About 95 tonnes of oil was released into the sea 75 miles west of Shetland on October 2 2016.
More than 90,000 microplastics flow down River Thames every second
Scientists removed 874 pieces of plastic from the bodies of 135 crabs along the Thames.
More than 240 buildings still at least part-covered in Grenfell-style cladding
Earlier this month, a senior Government official said it was “unacceptable” that buildings were still covered in the material.
20 double decker busloads worth of litter left in London’s Royal Parks
Park managers have described it as a “never-before-seen level of littering.”
Prince William stresses urgent need for end to illegal wildlife trade
The Duke of Cambridge joined a United for Wildlife Taskforce meeting – his first ever webinar.