Stop data centres draining our precious resources

Add my name Data centres are springing up all over the UK – using massive amounts of electricity and, in many cases, huge amounts of water. The UK is already facing water shortages, high energy demand...

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The National Conversation

I just took part in The National Conversation to share my views on what it's really like living in our area right now. It's a major UK-wide project by researchers at Oxford University, and it only tak...

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Greenland vs Trump

A Trump-linked oil company just sent heavy equipment to drill in Greenland. Join to help locals stop it!

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Save Arena Essex- Tell Google to search elsewhere!

  Wedged between the Mar Dyke Valley and Lakeside Retail Park, the former Arena Essex Raceway is not your usual wildlife haven. Where once stock cars and speedway bikes lined up to cross the fini...

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We drained Britain dry. Now we are watching it burn | The Wildlife Trusts

Britain faces summers of extreme heat, drought and wildfires. The solution to help us adapt is more nature - not less.

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Which wild plants are coping with heat and drought?

Help identify which wild plants are thriving in your area or garden without watering during hot, dry weather. Check your garden and wild areas near you this month August 2026 and report how wild plant...

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Weatherwatch: Paving over front gardens is leading to hotter nights

Changing paved areas to grass and planting trees can reduce urban heat island effect by as much as 1C, study shows

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Which wild plants are coping with heat and drought?

Help identify which wild plants are thriving in your area or garden without watering during hot, dry weather. Check your garden and wild areas near you this month August 2026 and report how wild plant...

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These heatwaves are grimly exposing the UK’s lack of resilience

The UK was wracked by record rainfall and flooding earlier in the year, hard to remember now in the midst of successive deadly heatwaves and mounting threats to food production due to drought.   We…

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Which wild plants are coping with heat and drought?

Help identify which wild plants are thriving in your area or garden without watering during hot, dry weather. Check your garden and wild areas near you this month August 2026 and report how wild plant...

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Three neighbourhood tales tell a story about how we’re responding to the climate challenge

I spend so much of my time at work thinking about the national challenge we have on the environment, but last weekend I didn’t need to read another climate report. While much of Europe has sp…

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Stand against North Sea oil and gas drilling: Add your name

I just signed ClientEarth's open letter asking the government to stop new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea. Together, we can take a stand to protect the planet. Will you join me?

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Besieged by lobbyists, will UK ministers protect our ecosystems? No, they’ll chicken out | George Monbiot

Industrial poultry farming is killing our rivers. But rather than stop it, the government has been facilitating it. Will Andy Burnham end this ecocide, asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Angela Eagle has been given a great mission, here’s how she can deliver it

Dame Angela Eagle has been appointed the tenth environment secretary in a decade at a pivotal moment for the environment. She’s no stranger to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs…

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Make 2026 the year polluters clean up their act

Sign the petition Last year, the government promised to crack down on water pollution. But without public pressure, its plans could once again let big polluters off the hook. We should all be able to ...

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Join us in saying 'NO' to Heathrow's reckless expansion plans

The public consultation is NOW LIVE. Stand up for our health, our economy, and our climate. It's quick and easy to have your say.

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Natural history GCSE to teach teenagers to plant wildflower-friendly gardens

Long-awaited course to examine human effects on natural world and explore everyday ways to aid biodiversity

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The circular economy is central to Britain’s energy and resource security

This post is by Jenny Grant, head of organics and natural capital at the Renewable Energy Association (REA). It is part of a series of blogs exploring why different businesses and sectors have been…

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Break the UK free from fossil fuel chaos

Take action Global oil and gas markets are volatile − driven by war, conflict and the interests of power-hungry leaders. Here in the UK, we’re still addicted to fossil fuels, leaving households expose...

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20 Reasons Why Forests Are Important

In case you're missing the forest for the trees, here are a few reminders of why woodlands are important and altogether wonderful.

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Impeach Trump NOW

Last week, while Washington D.C. was asleep, Donald Trump pushed the button. He didn't ask Congress, he didn't show proof of a threat, and he didn't care about the consequences. He just selfishly star

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Boycott the World Cup

German officials say they might boycott the FIFA World Cup in a last ditch effort to stop Trump invading Greenland. A boycott would hit Trump where it hurts - reputation and money - and send a clear s

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No Blood for Oil: Demand a Fossil-Free Future!

2026 should be the year we transition away from oil, coal and gas – not launch conflicts to drill for them. Clinging to fossil fuels locks us into a cycle of violence, volatility, and authoritarianism...

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What are the prospects for environmental politics in 2026?

The government is deeply unpopular but this is a time of anti-politics. We have had seven prime ministers since the iphone was invented; we had seven in the 42 years before that. Keir Starmer is th…

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Sign the petition to end peat sales!

No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.

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Sign the petition to end peat sales!

No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.

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