Looking for a sliver of good news? White-tailed eagles released in Exmoor to boost southern England population and help their spread into the south west www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/nationa...

Conservationists call for 'truly wild' areas across the country to show how nature-rich our landscapes could be. A story of shifting baselines and how some rewilding sites are reversing the trend - to the amazement of even wildlife experts www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

Call for more ‘truly wild’ areas to show how nature-rich UK could be

Some rewilding sites are amazing experts and the public with how much wildlife they support, backers of projects say.

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State of the UK Climate report warns 20th century climate has 'now gone', as extremes such as high temperatures become the norm. Report led by @metoffice.gov.uk published as heatwave records tumble all around www.aol.com/articles/uk-...

UK’s 20th century climate ‘now gone’ amid warning extreme temperatures are new normal - AOL

The Met Office’s UK climate report revealed 2025 was the UK’s warmest year on record

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Around 2,700 died in the record-breaking heatwaves in May and June, as climate change makes heatwaves more deadly, experts estimate www.standard.co.uk/news/environ...

Deadly climate impact: 2,700 heat-linked deaths in recent heatwaves, experts say

Researchers estimate hundreds more people died in May and June’s record hot spells than would have done without climate change.

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Government commits to the @thecccuk.bsky.social recommendations for an 87% cut in UK emissions by 2040, pinning its colours to the clean energy/electrification mast once more for CB7 in the face of fracturing political consensus on climate www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

Government commits to 87% cut in UK’s climate emissions by 2040

The target is in line with official advice but comes as political consensus over climate action is increasingly fractured.

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In your latest update in how climate change is upending, well, everything: roses blooming 'weeks early' this year, @nationaltrust.org.uk says www.standard.co.uk/news/environ...

Roses bloom ‘weeks early’ as climate change upends flowering patterns

The National Trust said rose displays at properties in the south of England are blooming earlier than ever before.

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Worsening climate extremes - heat, flood and drought - putting British way of life at risk, @thecccuk.bsky.social warns www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

Worsening climate extremes putting British way of life at risk – advisers

The Climate Change Committee set out targets for Government to invest in air conditioning, flood defences and water efficiency to protect Britons.

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The bitter taste of climate change: Campaigners warn rising temps and extreme weather could deliver a harsher, more unpredictable flavour to Britain's beloved cup of tea www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Warning climate change could threaten Britain’s beloved cup of tea

Disruptions to harvests caused by the changing climate are likely to cause price spikes

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New laws needed for animals such as bison and elk to make it easier to introduce them to landscapes to help restore nature, @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social urge - they want to see a new 'wild kept' category for mostly free-roaming large herbivores www.lbc.co.uk/article/new-...

New laws needed to help bring in bison and elk to boost nature, experts say | LBC

Laws for animals such as bison and elk must be changed so they can be more easily introduced to landscapes to help restore nature, conservationists have urged.

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Work begins to clear "disgraceful" mountain of illegal waste dumped near Kidlington in Oxfordshire - with up to 30 lorry loads a day of commercial and household rubbish being removed in the £7.3m operation. www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/nationa...

Work begins to clear ‘disgraceful’ mountain of illegal waste near River Cherwell

The illegal waste dump has prompted a public outcry and a criminal investigation which has led to four arrests.

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ICYM: UK's oak trees facing multiple threats in 'slow-burn ecological disaster' www.scotsman.com/news/environ...

UK’s oak trees facing multiple threats in ‘slow burn ecological disaster’

The emblematic trees are facing a litany of pressures

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Once more for those at the back - fully renewable future for UK will save on bills, while idea costs will be significantly reduced by maximising oil and gas drilling in North Sea is "sheer fantasy", analysts warn. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Experts issue verdict on whether North Sea drilling will reduce UK energy bills

The analysis comes amid soaring energy prices as a result of the US-Israeli war on Iran which has closed the Strait of Hormuz – a key shipping route for oil and gas supplies

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England is running out of time to rescue nature-rich ancient woodlands buried under 20th century monoculture tree plantations, Woodland Trust warns, with government falling short of targets to restore the key habitat www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

Time running out to rescue ‘forgotten forests’ under plantations, charity warns

Woodland Trust is calling on the Government to meet its targets to restore planted ancient woodlands before it is too late.

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Mud dredged from Lymington Harbour used to restore eroding saltmarsh that protects the harbour, in innovative scheme backers say could be replicated elsewhere www.itv.com/news/2026-02...

The lynx effect: just the smell of the predators is enough to change the behaviour of deer and reduce their browsing on young trees, study finds www.msn.com/en-gb/foodan...

Analysis shows two-thirds of electricity bill rises hitting British consumers in recent years was due to wholesale gas prices @ukerc.bsky.social www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Wholesale gas costs blamed for rises in household energy bills

Energy prices have eased since the height of the energy crisis in 2022-23 but pressure is still on the Government to tackle high bills

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20-year ecological review of flagship rewilding project @kneppwilding.bsky.social shows explosion of wildlife, with bird, butterfly and dragonfly numbers soaring in past two decades www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

Bird, butterfly and dragonfly numbers soar at flagship rewilding project

A 20-year ecological review at Knepp Estate in West Sussex shows the restoration of natural processes has paid dividends for wildlife.

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New GB wind power record set earlier this month... could the first zero carbon power period come soon? www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...

British wind power hits new record as operator eyes zero carbon grid milestone

Wind turbines generated a new high of 22,711 megawatts on November 11, providing enough power for 22 million homes.

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UK's failure to back EU plan for sustainable mackerel fishing in NE Atlantic to protect collapsing stock condemned as "pitiful". Government said it backs sustainable management through "correct procedures" www.heraldscotland.com/news/nationa...

UK’s failure to back sustainable mackerel fishing condemned as ‘pitiful’

The EU had proposed setting quotas in line with scientific advice, which had called for a 77 cut on current fishing levels.

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Government urged to reverse "political choice" to allow overfishing as @oceanauk.bsky.social report shows many UK fish stocks are in a perilous state. www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

Call to end overfishing to save British fish supper as key stocks face collapse

Half of UK’s top commercial fish stocks are either overfished to critically low levels or being overexploited, a report from Oceana UK warns.

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Heating engineers are being urged to take advantage of a heat pump 'giveaway' to install in their own homes, to help them get more familiar with the clean tech www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Engineers urged to sign up to heat pump ‘giveaway’ for their homes

Experts said heat pumps were more efficient than gas boilers

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So the Tories have pledged to scrap the Climate Change Act - prompting a widespread backlash from environmental groups, scientists, business and (most) other political parties nation.cymru/news/tories-...

Tories vow to scrap UK’s landmark climate legislation

The Conservatives have announced plans to replace the UK’s world-leading climate legislation with a strategy for “cheap and reliable” energy. Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has pledged to scrap the Climate...

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This is interesting from @bristoluni.bsky.social - A 'sneaky' reshuffle of canteen menu options can help diners choose healthier, greener meals sneahttps://www.msn.com/en-gb/foodanddrink/other/reshuffling-canteen-menu-can-help-diners-choose-greener-healthier-meals-study/ar-AA1KiMih

More bird of prey good news: England's reintroduced white tailed eagles have hit a new breeding high, with three chicks fledging from two wild nests - including the first bird born in Dorset for 240 years www.standard.co.uk/news/environ...

Record breeding year for England’s white-tailed eagles as three chicks fledge

Reintroduced birds successfully reared chicks in wild nests in Dorset and Sussex, conservationists said.

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England is now facing 'nationally significant' water shortfalls, officials warn, despite rain in July, with reservoirs and rivers low, pressure on crops and wildlife, wildfires on the increase and another heatwave building www.itv.com/news/2025-08...

Lynx could thrive if released in Northumberland - and the return of the elusive cat is backed by majority of people in the area where they would roam, research finds @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @northwildlife.bsky.social @lifescape.bsky.social www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

Bringing lynx back to Northumberland backed by 72% of locals, consultation finds

Northumberland is the only area of England and Wales with enough woodland to support the cat species.

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Could white storks return to London? Conservationists are surveying Londoners as part of a project to examine the feasibility of the 'talismanic' species' return to the capital www.itv.com/news/london/...

Record number of heat pumps, solar panels and batteries installed in first half of 2025, figures show www.itv.com/news/2025-08...

Need a little good news? Pair of UK's rarest breeding bird, the Montagu's harrier, have successfully reared four chicks to fledging in a secret farmland location, @rspb.bsky.social says www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

Conservationists ‘overjoyed’ at successful breeding by rare Montagu’s harriers

A pair of the ‘red listed’ birds of prey reared four chicks to fledging at a secret location, in the first successful breeding in the UK since 2019.

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