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May 21, 20211 min read

Papilio is a wind-powered street lamp that reduces light pollution

Berlin design student Tobias Trübenbacher has developed a lamp post with an integrated wind turbine that produces its own renewable...

May 21, 20211 min read

New research shows forests equivalent to the size of France have regrown in the last 20 years

Nearly 59 million hectares of forests – an area larger than mainland France– has regrown since 2000, according to new analysis from...

May 21, 20211 min read

European Court of Justice court upholds ban on Bayer pesticides linked to harming bees

The European Union’s top court on Thursday upheld the EU’s partial ban on three insecticides linked to harming bees, preventing their use...

May 21, 20211 min read

20 firms produce 55% of world’s plastic waste, report shows

Twenty companies are responsible for producing more than half of all the single-use plastic waste in the world, fuelling the climate...

May 21, 20212 min read

10p plastic bag charge introduced in England from Friday 21st May

The single-use carrier bag charge has today (21 May) increased from 5p to 10p and been extended to all businesses in England. The charge...

Apr 30, 20211 min read

Co-op to remove plastic ‘bags for life’ as they become the new single-use carrier bag

The Co-op is to remove plastic “bags for life” from sale in all of its 2,600 stores, warning that the low-cost, reusable bag has become...

Apr 29, 20210 min read

A Hungarian company is making solar-powered tiles that people can walk on safely

Apr 29, 20211 min read

Wasps are as important to ecosystems and human health as bees, scientists say

Wasps could be just as valuable as bees for their contribution to ecosystems, according to research. The study in Biological Reviews was...

Apr 29, 20211 min read

Marine Grains - a new superfood with great nutritional value

Growing up in southern Spain, Ángel León paid little attention to the meadows of seagrass that fringed the turquoise waters near his...

Apr 29, 20212 min read

World’s Most Powerful Tidal Turbine O2 Launches

Orbital Marine Power Ltd (Orbital), Scottish-based developers of the world’s leading floating tidal turbine technology, successfully...

Apr 22, 20210 min read

Boyan shares some Perspective on The Ocean Cleanup Mission

Apr 22, 20210 min read

'Exceptional' gray whale sighting in bay of Naples

Apr 22, 20210 min read

Floating Robots to help monitor ocean health

Apr 22, 20211 min read

U.S. commits to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50%-52% from 2005 levels by 2030

The Biden administration on Thursday pledged to slash U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 50%-52% from 2005 levels by 2030, a new target it...

Apr 22, 20212 min read

Met Office and Microsoft to build world’s most powerful weather and climate forecasting in UK

The Met Office has signed a multimillion-pound agreement with Microsoft for the provision of a world-leading supercomputing capability...

Apr 15, 20211 min read

Morrisons removes all plastic bags for life from UK stores

Supermarket retailer Morrisons is removing all plastic versions of its "bags for life" from stores nationwide, in favour of paper and...

Apr 15, 20211 min read

Aldi launch trial of packaging-free products

Aldi has launched a trial selling its first packaging-free products to help customers shop more sustainably. The trial is available at...

Apr 15, 20211 min read

France approves ban on short domestic flights

French lawmakers voted late on Saturday to abolish domestic flights on routes than can be covered by train in under two-and-a-half hours,...

Apr 15, 20211 min read

Bees thrive in pesticide free New York City

Bustling New York City may not seem a bee-friendly place, but its high-rise rooftops and tiny gardens are buzzing with honeymakers...

Apr 15, 20211 min read

Estonian capital closes road to allow breeding frogs and toads safe passage

A busy road in the Estonian capital Tallinn has been closed for April nights to keep thousands of frogs and toads travelling to their...

Apr 8, 20211 min read

National Trust’s target to plant 20 million new trees by 2030

Farmers have already started planting young saplings as part of the National Trust’s commitment to establishing 20 million new trees by...

Apr 8, 20211 min read

Sun and wind generated 60% of all electricity in the UK on Monday

Great Britain’s electricity system recorded its greenest ever day over the Easter bank holiday as sunshine and windy weather led to a...

Apr 8, 20215 min read

Surfers against Sewage launch 'The Million Mile Clean'

The Million Mile Clean. Created in response to the pandemic, the Million Mile Clean connects your beach, street, river and mountain...

Apr 8, 20211 min read

60% of world's largest plastic packaging companies have no environmental policies

An analysis of 83 of the world's biggest publicly traded plastic packaging firms has found that almost two-thirds report no policies on...

Apr 8, 20212 min read

Co-op switches to selling only peat-free compost

Co-op is to enable gardeners to play their part in pruning greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as it commits to selling only peat-free bagged...

Apr 1, 20211 min read

All retailers, will be legally required to charge customers from 1st April for plastic carrier bags

The average person in England now buys just four bags a year from the main supermarkets, compared with 140 in 2014, figures show....

Apr 1, 20210 min read

Rolls-Royce have begun testing their new all-electric plane

Apr 1, 20211 min read

2020 was a good year for UK butterflies but third of species still in decline

Last year was the third good summer in a row for butterflies and the 10th best since records began, but one-third of Britain’s species...

Apr 1, 20211 min read

Kyoto's earliest cherry blossom in 1,200 years point to climate change

The famous pink cherry blossoms of Kyoto reached full bloom this year on March 26, the earliest date in the 12 centuries since records...

Apr 1, 20211 min read

Madrid firm pioneers bladeless wind turbines

A Madrid-based green energy company is pioneering the use of bladeless windfarms to harness wind energy. Created by startup Vortex...

Mar 25, 20211 min read

Sharks are ‘critical’ in helping damaged ecosystems recover, finds study

Sharks are critical in helping ecosystems recover from extreme climatic events, according to a new study. The conclusions came after...

Mar 25, 20211 min read

How a 10-year-old from Wales scored a big win in the war on plastic waste

Skye Neville’s campaign against throwaway toys spurs Waitrose into action Some campaigns take years, even decades to achieve change. Not...

Mar 25, 20211 min read

Malaysia to return U.S. plastic waste shipment under new U.N. rules

Malaysia will return a container of plastic trash en route from the United States as it violates new U.N. rules governing hazardous...

Mar 25, 20211 min read

UK greenhouse gas emissions dropped 9% in 2020 amid pandemic lockdown

Britain’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions fell by 8.9% in 2020, largely driven by a slump in economic activity due to measures to limit...

Mar 25, 20210 min read

Dolphins seen in Venice canals during lockdown

Mar 18, 20211 min read

Construction of Europe’s largest vertical farm is underway

The first phase of construction on the new Nordic Harvest vertical farm has been completed after just 6 months of work. Once finished,...

Mar 18, 20211 min read

Philadelphia dims its lights to prevent migrating birds crashing into skyscrapers

The US city of Philadelphia is dimming its lights to try and prevent migrating birds from slamming into skyscrapers and crashing onto...

Mar 18, 20211 min read

Ocado removes 640,000 plastic nets in packaging redesign

The online grocery retailer has linked up with design agency JKR to create the new range, which also features updated artwork. The own...

Mar 18, 20210 min read

On average, a car is occupied by only 1.2 people and driven just 35km per day, enter the Microlino

Mar 18, 20210 min read

Drones capture whales feeding off Spanish coast

Mar 11, 20212 min read

Wildflowers, bees and plant species thrive in Cambridgeshire after changes to roadside verges

Changes to the way roadside verges are maintained in Cambridgeshire will see a boost to the county’s wildlife habitats and plant species....

Mar 11, 20210 min read

What is green hydrogen?

Mar 11, 20212 min read

Climate change is making summers longer and they may last nearly half of the year by 2100

Summers in the Northern Hemisphere may last nearly half of the year by 2100, according to a new study published in the journal...

Mar 11, 20212 min read

Volvo Cars to be fully electric by 2030

Volvo Cars is committed to becoming a leader in the fast-growing premium electric car market and plans to become a fully electric car...

Mar 11, 20211 min read

Single-use plastic bags banned in Mallorca from March 20

The ban on single-use plastics will be enforced from Saturday, March 20 and plastic plates and straws and razors will gradually disappear...

Mar 4, 20210 min read

Londoners reshape their lives to reduce waste as a zero-waste movement picks up pace

Mar 4, 20210 min read

This zero waste packaging is made from bamboo

Mar 4, 20211 min read

Indonesia reduced the rate of deforestation by 75% in 2020

Indonesia, with the world’s third biggest rainforest area, reduced the rate of deforestation by 75% last year by controlling forest fires...

Mar 4, 20211 min read

Aldi to ban plastic egg packaging + remove 24 million pieces of plastic

Aldi has committed to remove plastic packaging from its entire egg range. The supermarket is switching from plastic packaging to pulp...

Mar 4, 20211 min read

Burger King UK targets 0% single use plastic by 2025

Burger King® UK has set out its road map on sustainability, food quality and ethics in a new charter launched today entitled: Burger King...

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