More than £260 million will be spent creating 9,323 hectares of woodland across England over the next four years under...
Thames Water ban kicks in as huge swathes of south face supply pressure
A hosepipe ban covering the entire Thames Water supply area comes into force today as prolonged dry weather places growing...
Government launches cleantech challenges to turn innovation into industry
The government has launched a programme to accelerate promising clean technologies through commercialisation and remove the policy barriers preventing them...
Agriculture experiment keeps going 170 years after it began!
One of the world’s longest-running scientific experiments has reached its 170th anniversary while continuing to reveal how fertilisers alter soil...
Plants are heating up hampering their ability to capture carbon
Plants could become hotter faster than the surrounding air as the climate warms, increasing pressure on ecosystems and weakening their...
Sustainable space? Rocket rubbish is building up in orbit says UN
Around 140 million pieces of space debris larger than one millimetre are orbiting Earth as a new generation of lunar...
Combining low-carbon technologies could cut household energy bills by more than 80%
Households could reduce their energy bills by more than 80% by combining low-carbon technologies with suitable time-of-use tariffs, according to...
Electrical manufacturers say confidence is at an all time low
Weak demand has pushed confidence among UK electrical manufacturers to its lowest level since 2020 with signs that the heat...
Clean air measures have saved nearly 14,000 lives and £15bn
Local authority action to improve air quality in England has prevented an estimated 13,722 deaths and delivered around £15 billion...
Solar becomes EU’s largest power source for first time in June
Solar power provided a quarter of the European Union’s electricity for the first time in June 2026, according to new...