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Scientists have found that accidental capture by fisheries (bycatch), climate change and pollution are among the key drivers of decline.

'Deposit return scheme' charging customers a levy for drinks containers paid back when they return them for recycling may not happen until late 2024.

New study first to suggest reproduction levels of animals rather than on body size is crucial when calculating extinction risk.

The spectacle of climate breakdown in South India.

New study calls to end hundreds of high-carbon deals in sports sponsorship.

The Department for Transport (DfT) announced that from Thursday grants of up to £2,500 would be available for electric cars priced under £35,000, down from a maximum of £3,000 for cars under £50,000.

An endangered bird is forgetting its song as the species dies out.

Greener UK coalition says there is still a chance to enhance environmental protections in final 'report card' on Brexit.

Robert Jenrick, communities secretary, to “call in” controversial application for new coal mine on the Cumbrian coast.

Think tank calls for greater local stewardship of the net zero climate transition with community energy, heating, housing and natural assets.

New legislation aims to tackle 'premature obsolescence' in electrical goods and make them more energy efficient.

Policies tackling inequality have to be at the core of a sustainable post-pandemic recovery.

Rishi Sunak's 'super deduction' budget announcement represents a massive tax break for fossil fuel companies - just ahead of the COP26 talks.

Public Accounts Committee in UK says no co-ordinated plan, with clear milestones, to achieve legally binding goal to cut emissions by 100 percent by 2050.

The Food Waste Index Report 2021 looks at food waste that occurs in retail outlets, restaurants and homes.

Tenet, the action blockbuster, is a warning about the threat of climate Armageddon that shows how action blockbusters are part of the problem (spoilers).

Without women’s full participation and freedom from violence, oppression, and discrimination, our efforts to address the climate crises will be an absolute failure.

Nine out of 10 people in all countries - except the USA, where it is three out of four - want governments to do more to protect the environment.

Schumacher College, in partnership Resurgence & Ecologist magazine, is launching a major new essay competition on the topic of 'education as if people and planet matter’.

Young activists have added their voices to the call to stop a controversial new coking coal mine in Cumbria.

Drax abandons plans to build Europe’s biggest gas power plant

Beavers, Europe’s largest rodent, are a keystone species who transform the landscape around them, creating new habitats.

Polystyrene chips damage our beautiful planet, and harm innocent animals. Year 6 students Raya and Kate want them banned.

Freedom of Information requests reveal local authority pensions invest £9.9 billion in fossil fuel companies.