The rolling hills south of Salisbury Plain are a bleak scene of vast arable fields and tightly grazed pasture dotted with scores of sheep. In recent decades, Lower Pertwood farm has embraced organic growing, producing oats, barley and other crops,…
The UK is currently experiencing an ongoing cost of living crisis against the backdrop of financial recession. Similarly, our local authorities are facing unprecedented financial challenges and as we progress into an election year, there is a risk that net-zero…
Landmarks across the world have switched off their lights this evening to mark Earth Hour. The Eiffel Tower in Paris, France and the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, have gone dark alongside Buddha statue and the Akshardham Hindu temple in India…
Experts from the University of Birmingham, together with specialists from across different plastics sectors have collaborated on a series of recommendations which calls on Government to take the initiative on finding solutions to the plastics problem. Their recommendations are published…
Landmarks around the world will go dark for one hour on Saturday as part of the environmental grassroots movement, spearheaded by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), every year. Previous years have seen Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower, the…
edie organised a panel at its flagship conference in London to analyse UK climate politics and its future. In August of last year, a group of major investors representing £1.5trn in assets under management called on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak…
Image source, Getty Images New gas boilers will be banned for most households from 2035, as the UK switches to heat pumps to help cut greenhouse gas emissions. But despite the availability of grants of £7,500 in England and Wales,…
Industrial vessels suspected of using a harmful fishing method known as bottom trawling spent more than 33,000 hours in British marine protected areas last year, a new analysis of satellite data shows. Ten of these vessels, primarily from the EU,…
Scotland’s flagship 2030 target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions is now out of reach, the government’s independent advisers have warned. The Climate Change Committee (CCC) said the measures that would be needed to achieve the target by the end of…
Britain’s Cambridge University confirmed on Monday, March 18, that it has adopted a moratorium on new funding from fossil fuel companies after a campaign from students and academics. The decision to halt funding until a review is carried out follows…