Environment
All female crew of 300 women will take part in round the world sail to raise awareness of plastic pollution
They are due to set sail from Plymouth tomorrow
China, the largest greenhouse gas source, is on track to meet its ultra-low emissions goals for 2020
Polluting chemicals from thermal power plants dropped dramatically between 2014 and 2017.
Two weeks of Extinction Rebellion protests calling for action on climate action now target government
Extinction Rebellion protesters are vowing to shut down Westminster as they demand urgent action on the climate and environmental crises.
National Theatre ends Shell partnership as it addresses environmental impact
The theatre said Shell’s membership will come to an end in 2020.
Less affluent areas of England have seen an ‘unprecedented’ rise in infant mortality over the last four years
Researchers found that from 2014 to 2017 there were 572 excess infant deaths than what would have been previously expected based on trends
Arrests after climate protesters spray almost 400 gallons of fake blood across Treasury steps
Extinction Rebellion demonstrators parked a fire engine outside the building, bearing a banner reading ‘Stop funding climate death’.
Welfare state alive in Scotland but waning elsewhere in UK
Philip Alston previously produced a report which was damning of austerity policies and their continued impact across the UK.
Iconic cuckoo ‘vanishing from England due to climate change’
Its song traditionally heralds the start of summer, but the cuckoo is being worst hit among English breeding birds by warmer weather - along with the Little Owl and the Reed Warbler
Homeless crisis – Surge in drug poisonings behind biggest rise in deaths on record
Two in five of the deaths were related to drug poisoning.