The government’s spending on preparing for the effects of global warming has almost halved since the current environment secretary Owen Paterson took office, newly released figures...
The Environment Agency is facing a furious backlash over its responses in flood-hit areas of the UK, as communities in England and Scotland have been warned...
Former environment minister Lord Rooker has said that planting more trees in the UK could prevent floods, as their roots would help trap excess water. He...
The government has been forced to make an embarrassing climb-down over its claims that it is spending more on flood defences than ever before. On Thursday,...
The government must show political leadership to push forward ‘back-to-nature’ flood defence schemes that could protect flood-threatened properties at a fraction of the cost of conventional...
The Met Office has said that it is not entirely sure that recent extreme weather in the UK can be attributed to climate change. It added...
MPs have demanded to know how budget cuts to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) are going to affect its ability to do...
Experts have warned that the UK must prepare for more flooding and gale-force winds in the coming years, as climate change continues to make extreme weather...
Cities are often criticised for being crowded, dirty places, over consuming and under providing. People are crammed in, and there they are left to build their...
There will be seemingly no let-up in the bad weather conditions in the early part of the new year, with forecasters warning of heavy downpours across...
Some power companies “let their customers down” while dealing with Christmas power failures, the environment secretary Owen Paterson has said. Meanwhile, forecasters have warned that more...
Customers affected by the storm that ravaged the UK over the festive period are to receive payments as a “gesture of good will”. Power companies were...
Strong winds and heavy rain have returned to the UK, causing flooding and travel disruption for the second time in a week. The Met Office has...
Strong winds and heavy rain continue to batter the UK, causing severe disruption to Christmas travel plans across the country. Three people have died in the...
Three million properties in England are at risk of flash flooding, according to flood maps published by the Environment Agency on Thursday. An extra 2.4m are...