Exclusive: Those with ‘interest in keeping world hooked on fossil fuels’ should not oversee climate talks, say report authorsAzerbaijan, the host of the Cop29 global climate summit, will see a large expansion of fossil gas production in the next decade, a new report has revealed. The authors said that the crucial negotiations should not be overseen...

National Audit Office questions value for money as predicted bill for decommissioning increases by £21bnThe cost of cleaning up Sellafield is expected to spiral to £136bn and Europe’s biggest nuclear waste dump cannot show how it offers taxpayers value for money, the public spending watchdog has said.Projects to fix buildings containing hazardous and...

Comprehensive review suggests that adding more parks, trees and greenery could improve public health Green spaces in cities play a vital role in reducing illness and deaths caused by climate breakdown, according to the most comprehensive study of its kind.The findings of the review suggest that adding more parks, trees and greenery to urban areas could...

Defra body, created to overhaul system amid public fury, may force firms to be run for public good rather than shareholder returnsNew water regulator must create environmental enforcer that is feared | Nils PratleyWater companies in England could be banned from making a profit under plans for a complete overhaul of the system.The idea is one of the...

Report also finds at least 1,344 individual birds of prey were persecuted in the UK between 2009 and 2023More hen harriers were killed in 2023 than in any other year on record, a report has found.The RSPB’s Birdcrime report also found that at least 1,344 individual birds of prey were persecuted in the UK between 2009 and 2023, and that 75% of people...

We needed the gas supply cut off so we could install a heat pump to help the environmentAt our Quaker meeting house we have tried to help the planet by swapping our gas boiler for an air source heat pump. We asked our supplier, Crown Gas & Power, to end our supply, and were surprised to be told that we had to keep paying the 99p a day standing charge...