Environment
Child poverty would reach ’60-year-high’ if Conservatives re-elected
Current poverty rates would not fall under Labour’s manifesto, according to the Resolution Foundation.
Women and girls subjected to an epidemic of sexual violence
Around the world, rape and sexual abuse are everyday occurrences - affecting close to a billion women and girls over a lifetime, irrespective of age, background or country.
Election 2019: Boris Johnson top recipient of donations from climate denial backers
By Mat Hope, Editor, Desmog UK
Hundreds of thousands sign up to mass tree planting after government failure on environment targets
Woodland Trust estimates close to a million trees will be going into the ground as a result of its Big Climate Fightback campaign.
Living near busy road can stunt children’s lungs and increase lung cancer risk 10%
“Air pollution makes us, and especially our children, sick from cradle to the grave, but is often invisible. “This impressive research makes this public health crisis – which affects people all across the UK – visible, and shows the urgency with which all political parties must prioritise cleaning up our air.”
Brexit Party candidates’ climate change denial exposed
By Richard Collett-White and Tom Ritchie, Desmog UK
‘Eternal ice’ of Mongolian steppes is melting for first time in memory
Northern Mongolia’s mountainous tundra is home to ‘munkh mus’ - or ‘eternal ice’: patches of ice which remain intact even in the summer.
Anti-fracking protesters forcefully removed during dawn raid on private land
The protesters were camped off Preston New Road near a Cuadrilla's fracking site in Lancashire
Lower income to blame for poor attainment of children brought up by single mothers
The study found lower income and resources had the greatest impact on a child’s development.