Rewrite of environmental protection act could help meet climate and housing targets, Ken Henry to tell national press club Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Fixing the nation’s broken environment
Growing number of campaigners urge government to ensure green investment is not done ‘on backs of the poor’ What is a wealth tax and would it work in the UK? A growing number of climate groups are campaigning for the introduction of a wealth tax to ensure the transition to a
Ministers call for hosepipe bans as East and West Midlands enter drought, joining Yorkshire and north-west Four areas of England are now in drought as the East and West Midlands have joined Yorkshire and the north-west. Continuing hot and dry weather was a hazard to crop
Large parts of Dartmoor have been denuded of wildlife, harmed by farming and a mess of government schemes that are costly in every way Britain’s uplands are dying. What should be some of the very best places for nature are the absolute worst. Across vast tracts of some of our
The $1.6bn Biden-era plan for a gas-powered blast furnace at a steel mill in Middletown, Ohio, is indefinitely on hold A Biden-era plan to implement a gas-powered blast furnace at a steel mill in Ohio, which would have eliminated tons of greenhouse gases from the local
Lawmakers send letter railing against ‘suffocating’ smoke days after voting for Trump plan likely to boost pollution A group of Republican lawmakers has complained that smoke from Canadian wildfires is ruining summer for Americans, just days after voting for a major bill that
NO 2 and PM2.5 levels down significantly since 2015 but climate crisis may be driving rise in harmful surface ozone The UK’s air pollution has dropped since 2015, scientists have found, but they have warned that dangerous levels are still reached too often. Researchers found
Class action led by two community leaders argued government had legal duty of care to prevent or deal with damage linked to global heating Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Follow our Australia news live blog for latest
Former Durham county council climate lead calls motion to rescind climate emergency declaration ‘reprehensible’ Two councils that have been recognised for their work to cut emissions but are now under the control of Reform UK are expected to scrap climate pledges this week.
With a bottlenose population threatened by fishing gear, boats and pollution, campaigners on South Korea’s Jeju island are lobbying to extend legal status to the vulnerable cetaceans It is a beautiful sunny day on the island of Jeju in South Korea and as the boat cuts through
