Environment
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.
Next government must make urgent investment in housing benefit, charity says
Some 73% of people agree increasing the benefit so people do not lose their homes is better than spending on emergency housing, Crisis said.
New toilet coating could save 70 billion litres of water a day
The slippery surface needs only half the water to get the job done.
All parties must take immediate steps to tackle homelessness, says Andy Burnham
In a letter to the main party leaders, the Mayor of Greater Manchester has called for urgent steps to be taken to ‘save lives this winter’.