Environment
At least £32.7 million has been spent by public bodies on Fracking
The National Audit Office report comes amid continuing public concern over fracking.
Island off British coast littered with thousands of elastic bands by seabirds mistaking them for worms
The warning was prompted by the National Trust
British insects migrating north at rate of 100 feet a day due to climate change
They are marching, flying and hopping in their droves because of climate change, say scientists.
Century-old lighthouse placed on wheels to move it away from eroding coastline
When the lighthouse was first lit in 1900, it was roughly 650ft from the coast in Jutland. Now it is only about 20ft away.
Man-made meat that tastes like the real deal could help save cows and the planet
Lab-grown meat has been given real texture after scientists grew muscle cells on edible fibres
Man collects over half a million cigarette butts & posts them back to tobacco companies
Jason Alexander packs up boxes of around 1,000 butts and ships them off to companies in the UK with the hashtag 'Have your butts back'.
‘Totally unique’ new species of bird discovered in threatened forests of Borneo
The Spectacled Flowerpecker, first spotted in 2009 by a team including University of Leeds ornithologist Dr David Edwards, has been confirmed as a new species
Commuters clash with Extinction Rebellion on London underground
Extinction Rebellion co-founder Clare Farrell defended the Tube action and said: “The public, I don’t think, realise quite how serious this situation is.”
We are all reluctant hypocrites when it comes to climate change
We are stuck in a fossil-fuel economy and without systemic change, our lifestyles will keep on causing climate and ecological harm.