Plastic microbeads expected to be banned by end of 2017
Microbeads used in bathroom products are expected to be banned by the government by the end of next year. The
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Whitehall set to miss electric vehicle targets
A group of MPs have said they have ‘no confidence’ in the government reaching targets around electric vehicles and called
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Norway’s push to promote electric vehicles
Norway has the highest battery-electric vehicle market share of any country worldwide. A new study has investigated the factors that
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Wood fuel plan to cut plane CO2 branded as ‘pipe dream’
Plans to cut airline CO2 using greener jet fuels made from waste wood have been dismissed as a ‘pipe dream’
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Charity sets out strategy to make post-Brexit farming more sustainable
Campaigners have produced a five-step plan designed to create a more sustainable farming system in light of Brexit. Pesticide Action
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MPs call for international ban on plastic microbeads
Plastic microbeads found in products like shower gel and toothpaste should be banned as part of a wider effort to
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The National Forest: 25 years on
It overcame the doubters to make its mark on the landscape, creating new jobs and reconnecting communities with woodlands in
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Three ways Nick Hurd can fight climate change
Following last month’s news that the new prime minister, Theresa May, decided to abolish the Department for Energy and Climate
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Is the UK about to leave the renewables fast lane?
Experts have warned that recent changes to government energy policies could take Britain out of the renewables ‘fast lane’, despite
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How does living with aircraft noise affect wellbeing?
A study of UK airports has found that living under flight paths has a negative impact on people’s overall wellbeing
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Plastic bag use plummets in England
Plastic bag use has plummeted in England since the introduction of a 5p charge last year, the government says. In
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Cuts to heritage planning services ‘harmful’
A decade’s worth of cuts to local authority heritage and planning services ‘harms’ the historic environment, campaigners say. The Historic
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Q&A: Nino Judge on his goal to create an ethical, carbon-neutral airline
A new airline called POP is aiming to launch its first flight this autumn – from London Stansted to Amritsar in north western India.
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London boroughs secure funding to tackle toxic air hotspots
Eight of London’s most polluted boroughs are to share £11m funding to implement new measures to improve air quality. Five
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Rogue waste operator costs council £20,000 in clean up
A Dorset-based man has been given a suspended prison sentence and a £20,000 fine for illegally storing and processing waste
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Whitehall axe put carbon capture and storage back a decade, claim MPs
A government decision to scrap a £1bn programme to develop technology to capture and store carbon (CCS) could delay its
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Correlation between fracking and asthma attacks, study finds
Asthma sufferers who live near natural gas wells operated by the fracking industry are more at risk of attacks than
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Stop sidestepping the issue – we must adapt to climate change now
Climate change is real and the UK Climate Change Risk Assessment 2017 evidence report provides the solid evidence needed to refute
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Abolition of DECC ‘raises urgent questions’
The chair of the energy and climate change select committee has said he is ‘astonished’ at prime minister Theresa May’s
Read moreClimate change solutions stifled by silo policymaking, report finds
‘Silo thinking’ among public sector bodies has been blamed by international experts as one of the key obstacles to tackling
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