Emma Howard

Unearthed: England’s national conservation advisor is no longer independent from government - its outgoing chair told MPs last week.

Data from a new European Space Agency satellite reveals the scale and spread of NO2 on a global scale - from cities in Europe to wildfires in Africa.

The UK opposed stricter rules on the emissions of nitrogen oxides and monitoring of mercury.

The fallout from the China ban continues, with multi-million dollar American recycling industry facing crisis.

The government has quietly abandoned efforts to meet a longstanding target to improve England’s most important wildlife sites

CO2 from the world’s biggest emitter had been in decline until last year. Now data reveals a three percent year-on-year increase in the first half of 2018. LAURI MYLLYVIRTA and EMMA HOWARD investigate

The iconic landscape of the Norfolk and Lincolnshire coast is changing rapidly. Data suggests it's not being properly monitored and experts are worried. EMMA HOWARD reports

Data shows that 47 percent of sites of special scientific interest have not been monitored in the last six years, as is required by national guidelines. EMMA HOWARD investigates

Leaked documents show that Natural England, the official wildlife agency, is to increase its income from 'discretionary chargeable advice' to developers and landowners, writes EMMA HOWARD - while also failing to prosecute wildlife crime or challenge damaging developments.

Renewable electricity is already undermining the big energy utilities' business model, writes Emma Howard, breaking their monopoly and bringing down energy bills. But with the unfolding battery revolution, it's going to reach a whole new level as wind and solar powered families and communities become ever more self-sufficient, leaving utilities high and dry.

A new report by accountancy giant EY says the UK's Conservative government has sentenced renewable energy sector to 'death by a thousand cuts', writes Emma Howard, and left investors puzzled at inexplicable policy changes.