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Revealed: Six water firms sued for £1.5bn by bill payers over sewage pollution
2024-06-12 by in inews.co.ukThe six water companies involved are Thames Water, Severn Trent, Northumbrian Water, United Utilities, Anglian Water and Yorkshire Water
Global warming happening at fastest speed in history
2024-06-05 by in inews.co.ukWorldwide study finds that the planet is warming at the fastest rates since records began - bringing the planet to the brink of runaway climate change
40,000 hours of sewage spills hit government's new 'wild swimming' sites in 2023
2024-05-25 by in inews.co.ukLocals are concerned the designated water bathing status could lead to them 'swimming through shit'
Crisis in UK farming due to Brexit and flooding 'risks new rise in inflation'
2024-05-06 by in inews.co.ukNFU warns of significant drop in food production by British farmers this year due to post-Brexit policies and extreme weather events 
Mass salmon deaths are a warning: no one should be eating this fish
2024-03-10 by in inews.co.ukMortalities of this scale tell us something is profoundly wrong with the way we raise these animals for our consumption
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
France wants Britain to pay its 'fair share' of nuclear power costs
2024-02-14 by in inews.co.ukNuclear reactor costs set to increase as French energy firm asks UK to pay more
Tagged under: France | Nuclear Power
How green is the Government's nuclear energy strategy?
2023-12-28 by in inews.co.ukSmall 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
World’s CO2 emissions will hit new record in 2023 despite net zero plans
2023-10-15 by in inews.co.ukScientists are dismayed by the figures as CO₂ emissions need to fall rapidly and sharply to avoid runaway climate change
Tories hope a royal grilling at Balmoral will stop Sunak's 'f**king disastrous' green U-turn
2023-08-26 by in inews.co.ukIt 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
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
Carbon capture isn't just a disaster for the environment, it's entirely unworkable
2023-07-31 by in inews.co.ukThe Acorn project announced by Rishi Sunak is a dangerous flight of fantasy
Tagged under: Rishi Sunak | Carbon Capture and Storage
Shell to put profits above clean energy as oil boss signals the speed to green will slow
2023-06-11 by in inews.co.ukShell 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
Recycling plastic is doing more harm than we realise
2023-05-28 by in inews.co.ukRecent studies on plastic recycling challenge the assumption that recycling is better than nothing
Billions spent on unproven carbon capture could instead save households £9,000 each
2023-05-01 by in inews.co.ukAnalysis 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
Water bosses handed 'environmental bonuses' in £14.5m pay packets despite 300,000 sewage spills
2023-04-08 by in inews.co.ukWhile 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
Thérèse Coffey gives water companies 27 years to keep polluting rivers and beaches with sewage
2023-01-31 by in inews.co.ukTagged under: Rivers
Britain uses Brexit freedoms to continue use of bee-killing pesticide banned in the EU
2023-01-24 by in inews.co.ukSewage was dumped every four minutes during Therese Coffey's three years as water minister
2022-12-30 by in inews.co.ukClimate change could cause worst UK wildfires in years warn fire chiefs
2022-05-01 (or before) in inews.co.ukUK 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
Consumers paid for Cameron cutting 'green crap' to lower bills, yet some Tories haven't learned
2022-02-11 (or before) in inews.co.ukLess, not more fossil fuels is the answer to today’s energy crisis - it's time we learned from history
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
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.ukThe Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill offers our best hope of reaching net zero by 2050
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