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Campaigners are infuriated that a deep coal mine in Cumbria has been permitted, and are fighting back.

Sustainable Food Trust report, An Action Plan for Greener Prisons, recommends horticultural education and cookery classes.

Francis Chabboussou's Healthy Crops is a forgotten classic of organic science, with wide-reaching implications for global agriculture.

A new report highlights the importance of a just transition, as a major cross-party programme to understand the challenges of delivering net zero by 2050 is launched.

The fate of some of Ecuador's last remaining cloud forests and hundreds of livelihoods rests on the outcome of a trailblazing Rights of Nature case concerning two tiny amphibians.

Father and son team up to protect India's 'green ones', long threatened by habitat destruction and the export market.

India is unable to shake off its ties to coal despite its commitment to renewable energy, giving rise to enormous social and environmental costs.

People across the world are building resilience amid uncertainty.

Andreas Malm’s new book draws explosive conclusions for the struggle for climate justice.

Climate breakdown provides a more habitable environment for many types of insects - resulting in pests, crop damage and increased diseases.

Newcastle City Council has rejected Banks Mining’s application to extract 800,000 tonnes of coal from a site at Dewley Hill near Throckley.

Farms supplying supermarkets Tesco, Sainsbury’s and ASDA accused of keeping birds in appalling conditions.

Extinction Rebellion (XR) announces strategy to put pressure on the government in the run-up to next November’s UN climate talks.

Friends of the Earth reacts as Supreme Court rules on policy allowing third runway.

The announcement that UK will end public investments in overseas fossil fuels is welcome, but campaigners cannot take their foot off the gas.

The UK saw one of the biggest drops in greenhouse emissions as a result of measures to slow the coronavirus pandemic at 13 percent, new analysis suggests.

Alok Sharma, Cop26 president, warns promises not enough to put the world on track to limit global warming to 1.5C.

It’s time for the ocean to to lead the way in the fight against climate change.

We need to examine the role humans play in invasive species and how to reduce numbers.

Bank of England forced to deny taking basic climate actions after hoax from laughtervists, the Yes Men.

The government owned and funded CDC Group promises a carbon neutral investment portfolio by 2050.

Young people across the world are tired of empty climate promises - that’s why we created the Mock COP26 treaty.

More than 8,500 separate fires burned during 2018 in California, making them the deadliest and most destructive of any year in the state’s history. 

Smog Day was launched in 2017 as a moment to remember all those dying unnecessarily due to air pollution.