A ban on 3 bee-harming neonicotinoid pesticides for all outdoor crops took effect in 2018. But the UK government has given emergency authorisation to farmers to use one of the pesticides. Read the latest.
Insects, including bees, make up as many as three-quarters of animal species on Earth. But how much do we really know about our amazing mini-beasts? Test your knowledge.
The UK’s Climate Change Act became the world’s first law to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Now the government is in danger of undoing all the good work.
A massive 70% of 18-24-year olds are more worried about climate change than they were a year ago, according to a national YouGov poll commissioned by climate campaign group Friends of the Earth.
At the Climate Ambition Summit today Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the UK will ‘end direct support’ in overseas oil and gas projects but has left a loophole for some projects.
Our rivers and seas are full of sewage but instead of cleaning them up, the UK government want to unravel the rules that protect the environment. If we want safeguard people and nature, we need to keep these legal protections in place. Find out what’s at risk.
