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How we recover from the economic shock caused from the tragedy of Covid-19 will be pivotal in the fight against climate change.

Top tips for campaigners looking to influence the Environment, the Agriculture and Fisheries bills.

The environment, agriculture and fisheries bills enable inaction, rather than mandating progress.

Global rescue plan to stop extinction is 'hopelessly weak and inadequate'.

Academics call on world policy makers to rethink their wildfire policies for the good of the environment and human life.

Prime Minister launches the UK Year of Climate Action at Science Museum, joined by Sir David Attenborough.

By working together across parties and borders, we can bring together cutting edge ideas and expertise to deliver a truly Green New Deal.

The shape of COP26 negotiations is already caught in the crosshairs of conflicting agendas.

Confusion reigns as UN Environment publishes, then retracts, an article criticising the use of carbon credits to make up for polluting activities.

How can environment campaigners make the most of ambitious policy announcements in Scotland?

UK aid money is being used to strategically support unsustainable fossil fuel industries.

New report details options for increasing demand for post-consumer recycled waste.

Michael Gove's agriculture bill ignores the problems local farmers face in producing healthy and sustainable food, argues NATALIE BENNETT

Campaigners have welcomed chancellor Philip Hammond’s call for ideas on financial carrots and sticks to drastically cut single-use plastics in his spring statement. However, they stressed the need for more rapid action, reports CATHERINE EARLY

As the Green Party unveils ambitious policies to tackle climate change a new poll from the think tank Bright Blue has revealed that young voters care deeply about the environment. This could have a profound effect on British politics, reports JOE WARE.

A new Carbon Connect report argues that the private sector can save cash, carbon and safeguard the UK’s future fuel security by adopting energy efficiency measures to reduce UK energy demand

Hers was a landmark victory against the Government. Campaigner Georgina Downs on the importance of setting a policy precedent on pesticides

Environmental groups and local authorities are dismayed by Government plans to drop a key local policy to promote renewable energy, following pressure from developers.

International aviation is the UK’s fastest-growing source of carbon emissions, and yet the government isn't even accounting for them. Peter Lockley explains why we urgently need to call a halt to airport expansion

The attention that the three main parties are now giving to the environment is welcome, but no party is yet offering leadership of the kind needed.

Undeterred by a series of terrifying accidents, the Bush administration is pushing ahead with its potentially apocalyptic biological weapons programme.