Source: inews.co.uk

Articles from this source (22)

Revealed: Six water firms sued for £1.5bn by bill payers over sewage pollution

  2024-06-12 by in inews.co.uk

The six water companies involved are Thames Water, Severn Trent, Northumbrian Water, United Utilities, Anglian Water and Yorkshire Water

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Global warming happening at fastest speed in history

  2024-06-05 by in inews.co.uk

Worldwide study finds that the planet is warming at the fastest rates since records began - bringing the planet to the brink of runaway climate change

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40,000 hours of sewage spills hit government's new 'wild swimming' sites in 2023

  2024-05-25 by in inews.co.uk

Locals are concerned the designated water bathing status could lead to them 'swimming through shit'

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Crisis in UK farming due to Brexit and flooding 'risks new rise in inflation'

  2024-05-06 by in inews.co.uk

NFU warns of significant drop in food production by British farmers this year due to post-Brexit policies and extreme weather events 

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Mass salmon deaths are a warning: no one should be eating this fish

  2024-03-10 by in inews.co.uk

Mortalities of this scale tell us something is profoundly wrong with the way we raise these animals for our consumption

  Tagged under: Fish | Salmon

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On the wrong track: 1,000 trains cancelled a day as Britain's railways crumble

  2024-03-07 by in inews.co.uk

'Rail passengers are expected to pay more for less,' passengers say as the figures show performance keeps declining

  Tagged under: UK | Public Transport | Trains

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France wants Britain to pay its 'fair share' of nuclear power costs

  2024-02-14 by in inews.co.uk

Nuclear reactor costs set to increase as French energy firm asks UK to pay more 

  Tagged under: France | Nuclear Power

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How green is the Government's nuclear energy strategy?

  2023-12-28 by in inews.co.uk

Small moodular reactors have been touted as a solution to reaching net-zero - but how safe are they and will they do the job?

  Tagged under: Nuclear Power | Net Zero

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World’s CO2 emissions will hit new record in 2023 despite net zero plans

  2023-10-15 by in inews.co.uk

Scientists are dismayed by the figures as CO₂ emissions need to fall rapidly and sharply to avoid runaway climate change

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Tories hope a royal grilling at Balmoral will stop Sunak's 'f**king disastrous' green U-turn

  2023-08-26 by in inews.co.uk

It is a tradition for the monarch to host the PM at the royal estate in Aberdeenshire. But the experience could be a test for Mr Sunak

  Tagged under: Rishi Sunak

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I swam everyday to process my grief. Now Cornwall's beaches can be blighted by sewage

  2023-08-21 by in inews.co.uk

'The cold water helped to calm and soothe me, on both good and bad days'

  Tagged under: Fish | Climate Anxiety and Grief

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Carbon capture isn't just a disaster for the environment, it's entirely unworkable

  2023-07-31 by in inews.co.uk

The Acorn project announced by Rishi Sunak is a dangerous flight of fantasy

  Tagged under: Rishi Sunak | Carbon Capture and Storage

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Shell to put profits above clean energy as oil boss signals the speed to green will slow

  2023-06-11 by in inews.co.uk

Shell set to reward shareholders with more of its record oil and gas profits rather than invest in renewables as it rows back on pledge to cut oil output

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Shell

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Recycling plastic is doing more harm than we realise

  2023-05-28 by in inews.co.uk

Recent studies on plastic recycling challenge the assumption that recycling is better than nothing

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Billions spent on unproven carbon capture could instead save households £9,000 each

  2023-05-01 by in inews.co.uk

Analysis has found that putting CCS money towards home insulation would save around 30 per cent more carbon emissions

  Tagged under: Insulation | Carbon Capture and Storage

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Water bosses handed 'environmental bonuses' in £14.5m pay packets despite 300,000 sewage spills

  2023-04-08 by in inews.co.uk

While much of their pay is not linked to environmental performance at all, water bosses still managed to pick up generous incentives for ecological standards despite relying on discharges to keep their networks functioning

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Thérèse Coffey gives water companies 27 years to keep polluting rivers and beaches with sewage

  2023-01-31 by in inews.co.uk

  Tagged under: Rivers

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Britain uses Brexit freedoms to continue use of bee-killing pesticide banned in the EU

  2023-01-24 by in inews.co.uk

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Sewage was dumped every four minutes during Therese Coffey's three years as water minister

  2022-12-30 by in inews.co.uk

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Climate change could cause worst UK wildfires in years warn fire chiefs

  2022-05-01 (or before) in inews.co.uk

UK could face wildfires on the scale of those in southern Spain, within the decade. Madeleine Cuff reveals how the brigade is preparing to deal with a more hazardous environment

  Tagged under: Wildfires | Climate Change

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Consumers paid for Cameron cutting 'green crap' to lower bills, yet some Tories haven't learned

  2022-02-11 (or before) in inews.co.uk

Less, not more fossil fuels is the answer to today’s energy crisis - it's time we learned from history

  Tagged under: Fossil Fuels

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If we’re serious about slashing carbon emissions, our cars and gas boilers are just the start

  2021-06-04 (or before) in inews.co.uk

The Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill offers our best hope of reaching net zero by 2050

  Tagged under: Net Zero | Cars

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