Year Environment News Today

Hundreds of professionals will be walking out of work and forming an orderly queue in London today (15 September), to sign a letter demanding that policymakers take “firm and urgent” action to tackle the climate and nature crises.

A poll shows overwhelming support for a National Nature Service in the UK, with benefits including job creation, environmental protection, and addressing social and economic inequalities.

The Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) is “still at an early stage” in mapping its delivery of long-term plans, and will struggle to do so while clearing backlogs using an over-stretched cohort of staff.

Norfolk Wildlife Trust warned that Defras environmental improvement plan must be backed with "committed action" and investment in…

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Peatlands are a type of wetland ecosystem. Protecting these unique ecosystems is crucial to combatting climate change. They act as a huge carbon…

Valdas Lukoševičius, Lietuvos šilumos tiekėjų asociacijos vadovas, pasakoja, kad šiuo metu biokuras su komunalinėmis atliekomis sudaro apie 80 proc. šildymui naudojamų medžiagų, o gamtinės dujos – apie 20 proc. Vis didesnė šildymui naudojamo biokuro dalis lėmė ir iki ankstesnės žiemos kritusias šildymo kainas, tačiau pradėjus augti dujų kainoms brango ir miestų šildymas.

National park custodians are set to consider a bold and wide-ranging programme of projects to increase the number of species which live in the…

Despite strong talk around nature-based solutions, the UK Government is not properly planning to deliver them at scale and in a manner that engages the nations farming communities and wider population, the House of Lords Science and Technology C...

The UK Government has confirmed plans to pay farmers and landowners for restoring biodiversity from 2023, as part of its post-Brexit changes to agricultural policy.