Climate, conflict and conservation collide at LandxSea Film Festival

An international environmental film festival that celebrates the connection between land and sea is set to return to the North East of Scotland this September, with a programme spanning rewilding poli...

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90% of British businesses expect to be ‘largely electrified’ by 2035

As climate sceptics look increasingly out of tune with the reality of UK weather, the business world is doubling down on decarbonisation as cost of inactivity continues to climb. Conducted by the We M...

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Can experts from Earth’s second-driest continent solve UK water crisis?

Knowledge exchange between British Water and the Australian Water Association will cover reuse, circularity, and nature-based solutions.  The Memorandum of Action was confirmed at Ozwater’26 early sum...

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Britain urgently needs infrastructure, but skills must come first

Hundreds of thousands of workers are needed to drive hundreds of major transport and energy projects across the country. Making sure they’re industry ready is essential.  Across the UK, a growing numb...

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Endangered Species Act’s ‘harm’ rule: What the change means for wildlife

On its way to becoming law in 1973, the Endangered Species Act passed the U.S. Senate without a single no vote. The rare bipartisan consensus – that species facing extinction deserved federal protecti...

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Andy Burnham must convince people government has clear net zero path

The new Prime Minister is picking up an ineffective decarbonisation legacy, despite significant national progress on emissions.  Conducted in June, weeks before Andy Burnham became leader of the Labou...

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Greening the routes: Transforming transport stops into living ecosystems

A standout at this year’s ADEPT local government awards, Hertfordshire County Council has turned a bus shelter into an accessible community asset with significant biodiversity benefits.  One of the gr...

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Human activity leaves lasting chemical mark on corals

Corals living near areas of intensive human activity accumulate chemicals from pollution and show signs of depleted energy reserves, according to new research that highlights another way coastal devel...

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Inquiry set up to examine the death of Zane Gbangbola

The Government have announced that non-statutory inquiry into the death of seven-year-old Zane Gbangbola is to be established, more than 12 years after he died during flooding at his family home in Su...

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Hidden impact: PFAS, air pollution and data centres

Everybody is talking about AI’s huge drain on resources. Nobody is looking at chemical pollution from the superconductors, microchips and cooling systems needed to power 21st Century technology’s bigg...

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Pitch perfect: synthetic turf sports fields become green energy source

The Netherlands has begun transforming synthetic turf sports pitches into renewable energy powerhouses, whereby a single football field equipped with heat-collection technology can supply green energy...

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Productivity and heatwaves: don’t expect much from staff this week

Output at work begins to plummet when temperatures hit the mid-30s. With Britain’s thermometers rocketing again, what chance is there of meeting your deadline?  It’s mid-morning in South Manchester an...

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Are microplastics turning sewers into methane hotspots?

Microplastics flowing through urban sewer systems may be doing more than polluting waterways, with new research suggesting they could also alter underground microbial ecosystems in ways that increase ...

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West Midlands launches £150m drive to fund nature recovery projects

The West Midlands has launched a £150 million fundraising initiative aimed at attracting private and public investment into projects designed to restore nature, improve biodiversity and expand access ...

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Poles apart: Patagonia and Arctic tidal shifts spark scientific concern

For a moment, forget rainforest wildfires and 40C London summers. Two of the most profound climate change symptoms may be quietly unfolding below the waterline.   There’s a ‘cold blob’ in the North At...

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Heat highways and pumps: Manchester energy needs could set UK precedent

Despite large scale government funding and a concerted marketing effort by industry, most Britons remain sceptical about investing in boiler alternatives. So what about city-scale circular energy syst...

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Can conservation be too effective? Lessons from the real world.

In the rush to protect endangered species there is a risk of potentially disastrous unintended consequences, as I discovered on a recent trip to Cyprus’ Akamas Peninsula. The last decades have seen so...

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AI is worth more than UK farmland and water network (combined)

Companies that have never turned a profit are considered more valuable than the basis of our entire food chain. Britain isn’t broken, the economic system is.  Down 2.37% on Tuesday’s price, shares in ...

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90% of UK businesses ‘already dealing with tangible climate fallout’

UK Plc’s balance sheet is increasingly tipping towards corporate loss as a result of nature and environmental crises.  Produced by Ecologi and BusinessGreen, From Risk To Reward looks at how British b...

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No safe place: Over a billion children facing multiple climate shocks

A new report from UNICEF has revealed the scale of the climate crisis facing the world’s children, with almost all children now exposed to at least one climate-related hazard and 1.1 billion facing th...

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Consultation launched into make-up of new Natural History GCSE

The government has launched a 12-week consultation to help determine the subject content for the new Natural History GCSE. The proposed syllabus will see students study three core areas: UK habitats a...

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Simpler recycling? Military-grade weaponry still not fit for bins

It should go without saying, but grenades, tank shells and bullets do not belong in your domestic metal waste stream.  According to Devon County Council, recycling centres across the authority have be...

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Electric vehicle transition: councils need clear, equitable, national roadmap

What practical realities face local authorities trying to improve and expand EV infrastructure? We take a closer look at street-level challenges.  The transition to electric vehicles is one of the mos...

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Solar parks on rewetted peatlands can boost bird diversity

Building solar parks on previously drained, rewetted peatlands can support a wider range of bird species than continuing intensive grassland farming, new research suggests. The study, published in Eco...

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Octopus’s garden grows wild as record bloom sweeps UK waters

A dramatic surge in common octopus populations off the southwest coast of England has been linked to warming seas and wider environmental changes, according to new research by the Marine Biological As...

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The first 1,000 days: rethinking babies’ plastic exposure

A campaign group is urging the UK Government to investigate babies’ exposure to chemicals found in plastic products, warning that regulation has failed to keep pace with growing scientific evidence ab...

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Heavy breathing: the many faces of lead air pollution

It has been 26 years since the UK Government finally removed leaded petrol from sale. So why are MPs, peers, academics and activists still calling for routine health screenings to check for exposure? ...

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Shrinking snow seasons are amplifying the climate impact of wildfires

The climate-cooling benefits once provided by snow-covered wildfire scars in Canada’s northern forests are rapidly declining as rising temperatures shorten winter snow seasons, according to new resear...

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To keep the UK cool, we must get a grip on the grid

Ageing energy infrastructure stands in the way of the steps needed to ready Britain for a near-future of sweltering summer temperatures.  It’s the year 2050. The UK is sweltering in 40 degree heat and...

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Advertising standards: non-commercial citizen messaging can promote responsible living

A groundbreaking study of climate and environmental messaging in the UK has identified the most effective way of advocating policies and reduced consumption.  With Britain gradually cooling off after ...

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