Test Valley Borough Council distributes food waste caddies
This is part of the borough’s new food waste recycling service, scheduled for launch in the autumn. Test…
Counting down to zero: the final warning from a climate diplomat | COP 21: Paris climate change conference 2015
On 15 March 2022, I was on a video call with a dear friend when I experienced a…
Droughts don’t just dry up water — they drain livelihoods and weaken local economies
Unlike hurricanes and floods, which arrive suddenly and tend to dominate headlines with dramatic images of wrecked homes…
Council still mixing separated recycling into the same lorries
Separated recycling being mixed together into the back of a bin lorry. Ted Peskett, local democracy reporter A…
Vanden to close Whittlesey plastics recycling plant
The facility, which processes post-industrial plastics including PET, PP and HDPE, is expected to cease operations by late…
Anyone with blackbirds asked to ‘immediately’ help as ‘days left’
The Usutu virus has been spreading through Blackbirds in southern England and a key survey needs people to…
20 years after Hurricane Katrina
When Hurricane Katrina tore into the Gulf Coast of the United States on 29 August 2005, it was…
Deep-sea submersible films thousands of bizarre red animals 1,500m deep off coast of Argentina
Earlier this month, researchers from the Schmidt Ocean Institute returned from a deep-sea expedition to the bottom of…
Small Chinese County Reverses Desertification with Arduous Tree-Planting Method Across 240,000 Acres
Photo by Quan Jing on Unsplash A rural village has led the transformation of a barren ravine into…
How to poop outdoors in a way that won’t harm the environment and other hikers
If you’re one of the 63 million Americans who went hiking last year, chances are you’ve found yourself…
Murray Watt backs ‘no-go’ zones where development is banned – but not for Tasmania’s Robbins Island | Environment
Australia’s environment minister, Murray Watt, has backed the creation of “no-go zones” where development will be banned in…
‘Very small’ live snake found in Christchurch traveller’s suitcase
A “very small live snake” was found at the home of a Christchurch traveller who had just returned…