Five million single-use vapes (or e-cigarettes) are being thrown away in the UK every week, a fourfold increase since 2022. This amounts...

The publicity around extending the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) to outer London has raised the issue of how Green ‘taxes’ might impact...

A large number of planning applications for solar farms are likely to come forward in the next few years. Some of these will be via the...

If you are interested in environmental issues, it’s hard to know how to keep up with the mass of information that is available. If you are only going to read one thing this year then you should consider reading the People’s Plan for Nature. This report has been drawn up by a hundred ordinary citizens of the UK. The People’s Plan for Nature is part of the Save Our Wild Isles Project which is a partnership between the WWF, the RSPB and the National Trust. A major TV series narr

The connection between mowing and the beginning of the gardening season is deeply entrenched in the psyche of gardeners but the reasons for re-thinking our mowing habits are quite clear. Many British pollinating insects are in decline. Since the 1930s we have lost 97% of our wild flower meadows largely owing to changing farming practices..Between 1980 and 2013, every square kilometre in the UK lost an average of 11 species of bee and hoverfly. No Mow May has now become a regu

Roughly 8% of homes in the UK have a wood burner and I confess that I am one of them. I like the focal point in the room, the flicker of...

In addition to the COP conferences on climate change there is a parallel set of conferences focused on biodiversity. They don’t usually attract as much publicity as the climate change conferences but they are still incredibly important if we really want to protect the living planet. Globally, wildlife populations are in significant decline, plunging by two-thirds over the past 50 years, because of human overconsumption, population growth and intensive agriculture. ( Living Pl

So here is a summary of the energy strategy problem in 60 seconds! We need to stop using gas, petrol, oil and coal as burning fossil ...

There has been a lot of coverage in the press about onshore wind with the government eventually agreeing a compromise around the planning...

There are two main ways to reduce our global warming emissions from vehicles: reduce the number of journeys we all take and move away...

If you are going to install solar panels you ideally need a predominantly south facing, sloping roof which is unshaded. West and east...

Impact of food on green house gases Assuming the cost is similar, most of us would like to be greener but often it’s unclear what the...

The plastic problem No one really disputes that plastic can be incredibly useful. However, there is increasing awareness of the problems it is causing. In the Blue Planet, David Attenborough said that plastic is “vile” and “horrible” and the amount of plastic floating in the ocean is “horrific”. Every year, about 8 million tons of plastic waste escapes into the oceans. That’s the equivalent of setting five garbage bags full of trash on every foot of coastline around the world

Energy Policy There is significant disagreement on what we should do about energy policy and how we can reduce energy costs. The areas...

The state of our rivers None of our rivers are in good overall health. They all fail chemical standards, and just 14% pass the bar for good ecological health. (Source: Rivers Trust) There are several major problems impacting the pollution of our rivers: Agricultural practices such as poor nutrient management (fertilizers) and poor livestock management particularly the management of manure and slurry Discharges of sewage effluent Run off from roads especially in urban areas