State-run oil and gas fields in the United Arab Emirates have been flaring gas virtually daily despite having committed 20 years ago to a policy of zero routine flaring, the Guardian can reveal.
Improvement targets for horticulture and poultry reduced after lobbying from National Farmers’ Union
The UK government has weakened energy efficiency targets for farmers after lobbying from the…
At the bottom of a ravine, near the mountain town of Ulog, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, lie the sparkling turquoise waters of the Ljuta, a tributary of the Neretva. In its upper stretches, the Neretva…
Researcher says data suggests permit conditions breached on up to 70 days, but United Utilities disputes findings
Suspected illegal dumping of raw sewage into Windermere took place on up to 70 days…
Mammoth efforts to grow seaweed are springing up in the Philippines and beyond, and they’re in line for Elon Musk’s ‘largest incentive prize in history’. Meddling with the ocean to grow them, however…
Scientists in eastern China find 24 out of 28 water samples have plastic particles commonly seen in synthetic fibers and packaging
Air, water, soil, food and even blood – microplastics have found…
Former chair of climate change committee says UK’s decision has encouraged other countries to keep exploiting fossil fuels
The UK’s decision to open a new coalmine in Cumbria was a “disaster” that…
Species populations falling, with some decreasing due to loss of habitat and less food availability
More than half the seabird species breeding on British and Irish coasts have declined over the…
Concerns rose when no wind projects were put forward for government’s recent clean energy auction
The government will offer significantly higher subsidies for new offshore windfarms after crisis…
One in three children in Delhi is already asthmatic, with many more at risk of organ damage from breathing noxious air. A crowded waiting room at one children’s hospital tells the story
It is the…
After Hurricanes Katrina and Ida, a city initiative is building solar-driven disaster response hubs to increase its resilience
Like many community-based solutions, the community lighthouse network …
The UK development minister, Andrew Mitchell, is staring down a test tube in a Surrey laboratory. He is looking at a specimen of the fall armyworm, a pest with a voracious appetite that can munch its…
If you’re searching for some hope on the climate crisis before the Cop28 UN meeting in Dubai this month, try this: China may be changing direction on pollution earlier than expected.
The good news is that the government has an offshore wind strategy again, something that was in doubt after the last auction flopped by producing no bids from developers. The maximum price the state…
Credits sourced from carbon project that was centred on biomass power plant in Xinjiang, investigation finds
BP and Spotify bought carbon credits at risk of link to forced Uyghur labour in China…
Report says cutting emissions should still be key priority as it cautions against mass monoculture tree-planting
Forest conservation and restoration could make a major contribution to tackling the…
As a UN summit in Nairobi debates a treaty on plastic pollution, Richard Thompson, the biologist who first identified microplastics 30 years ago, explains why ocean cleanups and biodegradables will…
A coalition of British seafood companies and retailers, including Young’s, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Aldi and Waitrose, has condemned the “collective failure” of the UK, Norway and other states to reach…
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