Efforts to tackle pollution in urban areas have led to rivers being the cleanest they have been in over two decades, with a study from Cardiff...
Summer downpours are set to become more frequent across large parts of the UK because of climate change, with a new study suggesting this could lead...
Although we rely on small farmers for the majority of the world’s food, large corporations are increasingly controlling the most fertile land, according to a new...
The world-renowned Chelsea Flower Show opened for visitors on Tuesday, displaying a number of gardens and exhibits promoting sustainability. The Royal Horticultural Society’s annual central London...
Natural England has launched a new consultation that suggests people should be able to destroy robin, pied wagtail and starling nests and remove any eggs –...
The UN’s sustainable development arm has unveiled six principles for sustainable food production, aimed at ensuring that food produced worldwide is healthy, good for the...
Scientists in the US are preparing to unveil the National Climate Assessment (NCA), which outlines the threats that people in the US are already facing because...
The UK environment secretary has defended controversial plans to allow private sector organisations to invest in the government’s Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera). Earlier this...
The Chinese government has passed the first amendments to its environmental protection laws since their introduction 25 years ago, adding tougher penalties for polluters in the...
The TEG Biogas plant in Dagenham – London’s first commercial-scale plant – has been inaugurated on Wednesday and will turn up to 50,000 tonnes of waste...
As much as 16% of China’s soil is contaminated by dangerous pollutants, according to newly released information from the national environment ministry. The report, based on...
BBC presenter Alys Fowler is urging gardeners to make use of their time off this Easter by making their gardens more bee-friendly, in an effort to...
New data from the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says that greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, forestry and fisheries have nearly doubled over the past...
The National Sheep Association (NSA) and Farmers Guardian newspaper are calling on dog walkers to enjoy the countryside responsibly, after figures showed incidents of dogs attacking livestock...
Almost a quarter of Europe’s bumblebee species are threatened with extinction, including some that are essential to European agriculture, a new study has found. Researchers from...