Coastline, woodland or abundant footpaths are the deciding factors for countryside visitors when choosing where to go, rather than a site’s importance to conservation, according to new...
Today, the largest nature organisations in Britain have launched their collective vision for a post-Brexit farming, environment and rural policy. WWF-UK, National Trust, The Wildlife Trusts and...
The UK government has given the nod to a HS3 rail link, which would connect cities in the north of England, despite the controversy that has...
Environment secretary Liz Truss is facing criticism after commenting that solar farms are a “blight” on the UK countryside as well as having a negative impact...
The conservation charity National Trust has entered a new partnership with tech giant Panasonic UK that it hopes will enable the charity to operate in a...
MP Brandon Lewis announced government funding to incentivise building on derelict, disused sites in the UK on Tuesday. The fund is part of a bid to...
A campaign group has started an initiative that aims to map the extent of unused sites and buildings around the UK. Members of the public are...
The outgoing head of the Environment Agency has called for the government to allow fracking firms to operate in national parks, claiming that the impacts of...
I still have in my head the notion that sustainability means green, green means countryside, and countryside means something nostalgic – a remote unreality for most...
Cities – those grey, urban, concrete structures – could be the green centres of the modern world. Rolling hills and lush fields may be actually green,...
The government has confirmed it is currently examining how the poisonous gases carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxide flow through complex badger setts – with a view...
The government is set to launch a review of the solar industry’s subsidies, which may favour industrial rooftop installations over large-scale solar farms. The sector is...
MPs have voted against a proposal to scrap the controversial HS2 rail project, with construction now expected to begin in 2017 after a group of Tory...
Thursday’s Google Doodle marks the 63rd anniversary of the Peak District being awarded national park status. The drawing depicts the park’s iconic views and famous gritstone...
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...