Recycling in Cornwall now includes new items collected from your home
The council has made two big changes to its fortnightly collections to include some of our most common…
Rise of the shrubs: what happened when scientists heated a Rocky Mountain wildlife meadow by 2C? | Endangered habitats
Every summer, people descend on the wildflower capital of Colorado to see grasslands flush with corn lilies, aspen…
Chester Zoo working to save last surviving rare species
Fewer than 50 mountain bongos are estimated to survive in the wild Chester Zoo is the UKs top…
A Pemex pipeline repair vessel was anchored for over eight days in the area of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill | International
During the first half of February, Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), Mexico’s state-owned oil company, repaired a pipeline around which…
Iran war sparks renewables boom as Europeans rush to buy solar, heat pumps and EVs
The case for green energy looks stronger than ever, as the war on Iran continues to highlight the…
30,000 trees planted to create Isle of Man temperate rainforest
The planting scheme at Creg y Cowin has since been completed two years early, in what was initially…
Kuwaiti tanker hit by Iranian drone attack in Dubai port | US-Israel war on Iran
Iran attacked and set ablaze a fully loaded crude oil tanker anchored at Dubai port, with the strike…
‘A national scandal’: trawlers scour seabeds of supposedly protected UK waters | Marine life
Almost 40% of England’s seas are designated as marine protected areas. Their purpose, the government says, is “to…
Homeowners rush to buy ‘easy to install’ mini-solar panels to help reduce energy bills
Money-saving plug-in solar panels will be available in UK shops within months but they are already available online…
New bin rules in force in England but not all councils are ready
Ashley, a refuse worker in south-east England, is known to fans on social media as the No1 Binman.…
As that new food caddy lands, here’s how to reduce waste – not just recycle it
If you live in England, you may have recently received a new food waste caddy. Councils are now…
At least 70 people killed and 30 injured in Haiti gang attack | Haiti
At least 70 people have been killed and 30 injured during an attack in Haiti’s breadbasket Artibonite region,…