Communities in the middle of new national forest to show how housebuilding can be delivered alongside nature A new set of forest towns will be built in the area between Oxford and Cambridge, nestled in the middle of a new national forest. After facing anger from nature groups over the deregulation in the upcoming planning … Read more
Exclusive: Experts say impact on people of colour and those who do not drive is ‘grave environmental injustice’ Air pollution in England and Wales has fallen, but the poorest neighbourhoods are still exposed to the most extreme levels of toxins, new analysis has found. Experts have called this a “grave environmental injustice” as the inequality … Read more
Decision is bitter blow to Brazil ahead of fund’s launch at Cop30 – and an embarrassment to Prince William The UK will not contribute to a flagship fund for the world’s remaining tropical forests, in a bitter blow to the Brazilian hosts on the eve of the Cop30 climate summit. Keir Starmer flew to Belém, … Read more
Report says proven technology could benefit thousands in poor quality housing and help UK meet carbon reduction targets Flooded disused coalmines could be a significant source of energy and provide cheap heat to thousands of homes, a new report argues. Mine water geothermal heat (MWGH) systems use the water in flooded coalmines, which is warmed … Read more
Winds of Melissa’s strength are now five times more frequent due to the climate crisis, research says Every aspect of Hurricane Melissa, the most powerful storm ever to hit Jamaica, was worsened by the climate crisis, a team of scientists has found. Melissa caused widespread devastation when it crunched into Jamaica as a category 5 … Read more
Scheme aims to raise $125bn to invest in bonds, with returns used to reward tropical countries for conservation As a battle-scarred veteran of the war against nature, Garo Batmanian has spent 45 years trying to defend the Amazon rainforest. For most of that time, the resistance he leads has been outfunded and outgunned by those … Read more
The U.K. prime minister is heading to the COP30 climate summit in Brazil to show climate still matters Britain, even in the age of Trump. But back at home, Starmer blows hot and cold on all things green. LONDON — Keir Starmer loves to play the climate leader. But only when his political advisers (and … Read more
Pulling out of the Paris climate agreement was not enough, an ex-aide to the U.S. president says on the eve of a summit in Brazil: “You have to potentially destroy it.” President Donald Trump is no longer content to stand aloof from the global alliance trying to combat climate change. His new goal is to … Read more
Local councils are giving the green light to large-scale pig and poultry farms with patchy or non-existent climate data Plans for intensive livestock “megafarms” are omitting crucial climate impacts, it can be revealed. Campaigners last year celebrated a “beginning of the end” to polluting factory farming, after the landmark Finch supreme court ruling on a … Read more
Eucalyptus production is dominated by large multinationals that convert farmland and forest into monoculture plantations Razor-straight rows of eucalyptus clones flank the Baixa Verde settlement in north-eastern Brazil. The genetically identical trees are in marked contrast to the patches of wild Atlantic forest – one of the most biologically diverse ecosystems on Earth – that … Read more