Researchers find pollution in inside spaces – mainly fossil gas – had greatest effect on those with the diseaseA study has revealed how air pollution inside and outside our homes is affecting people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).Breathing problems, wheezing and coughing up phlegm are part of everyday life for many people with COPD....

Community energy group hopes for local electricity trading as part of its ‘better system’ of supply and ownershipIn the shadow of the Didcot power station in Oxfordshire, a small group of people sat around a kitchen table and thought “let’s replace it” with green community energy.That was in 2011. Now, in 2024, that little group has become the Low Carbon...

Spider eyes, butterfly wing scales, truffle spores and slime mould come under the spotlight in the 50th anniversary of the Nikon Small World photomicrography competition. The award celebrates photography through the light microscope, capturing the breathtaking beauty of a world hidden from the naked eyeA year in focus: Walkley award photographic finalists...

The government is auctioning off plots of pristine Indigenous reserves for fossil fuel projects, with campaigners warning of a ‘silent genocide’Above the canopy of the tallest trees that vie for sunlight in the depths of the Peruvian Amazon, gas flares shoot into the sky. Below, Julio Cusurichi, 53, can see the thick, dark grease that clings to the...

Supermarket will buy almost two-thirds of the energy generated by the new £450m Cleve Hill solar park in KentTesco has struck a deal to buy enough solar power to run 144 of its large supermarkets, buying almost two-thirds of the entire electricity output from the Cleve Hill solar park in Kent.The £450m solar park is being built on farmland near Faversham...

Levy rising by €100 for each return flight after the first in a year could cut emissions by 21%, report saysA “jet-setter” tax on Europe’s frequent flyers could slow global heating and raise €64bn (£54bn) a year at no extra cost to most people, a report has found.Carbon pollution pumped out of planes could fall by 21% if people were made to pay more...