Catherine Early

Analysis of satellite imagery by Greenpeace has revealed the human activity linked to vast majority of catastrophic Siberian forest fires.

Proposals for the new Office for Environmental Protection may undermine right to access information under the Environmental Information Regulations after Brexit.

A legal support organisation ends work with Extinction Rebellion (XR) following 'serious concerns' about the safety of protesters.

Around 12 million hectares of tree cover was lost in 2018, including 3.6 million hectares of primary rainforest.

A Labour motion calling for the UK Parliament to be the first in the world to declare an environment and climate emergency was unanimously passed.

Greenpeace’s Unearthed has revealed a “systematic destruction of information” by the government’s recently-resigned fracking commissioner.

Tests of rivers and canals in ten European countries, including the UK, revealed more than 100 pesticides, a quarter of which are banned in the EU.

Environmental lawyers in Poland have launched a court challenge against decisions allowing 40 protected European bison to be culled.

Climate change campaigners are gearing up for action on an international day of protest on 15 April by encouraging activists to hold talks in their homes.

More than 250 projects from 68 different countries applied for the 2019 Lush Spring Prize.

Insect conservation campaigners are 'appalled' at the government’s decision to approve a new port on a key invertebrate habitat in Essex.

Clothing companies must take responsibility for the waste they create, a cross-party parliamentary committee has said.

The UK government has endorsed plans by oil giant Shell to leave some decommissioned North Sea oil infrastructure in place.

Activists who locked themselves to a plane to prevent deportations given community orders and suspended sentences.

Failure to implement and enforce environmental laws is one of the greatest challenges to mitigating climate change.

Manufacturers will be obliged to make appliances more easily repairable and longer-lasting following a decision by European environment ministries.

A dog food based on insects instead of meat is being launched in over 150 pet stores and online - aiming to reduce the carbon pawprint of man’s best friend.

The agriculture bill must be amended to strengthen its environmental aims, farmers and campaigners from the Nature Friendly Farming Network (NFFN) said this week.

Producers will pay the full cost of disposal and recycling of packaging, recycling collections will be made consistent and a deposit return scheme for drinks containers will be introduced.

A major new report sets out how the world can meet growing demands for food, while avoiding deforestation, stabilising the climate and reducing poverty.

The High Court has quashed a government decision to turn down a new open cast coal mine in north east England.

Campaigners call for the company behind popular brands such as Oreo and Cadbury to drop suppliers of dirty palm oil.

Campaigner GD Agarwal was living on water mixed with lemon and honey for months in protest at the government’s failure to clean holy river.

Environmental groups cautiously welcome action on plastic waste - which does not go far enough.