Chris Packham begins legal case to halt HS2 amid coronavirus crisis

Chris Packham is seeking an urgent injunction to immediately halt HS2’s destruction of ancient woodlands as…

Brazil scales back environmental enforcement amid coronavirus outbreak

Brazil will reduce efforts to fight environmental crimes during the coronavirus outbreak, despite concerns that reduced…

Trump administration allows companies to break pollution laws during coronavirus pandemic

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has suspended its enforcement of environmental laws during the ongoing…

Canada mourns Takaya – the lone sea wolf whose spirit captured the world

When Doug Paton burst from his trailer on a warm spring afternoon, he expected to confront…

Wildlife charity plans to buy UK land to give it back to nature

A new national wildlife charity called Heal Rewilding is planning to buy ecologically depleted land across…

Coronavirus UK lockdown causes big drop in air pollution

The nationwide shutdown caused by the coronavirus outbreak has led to big drops in air pollution…

Rightwing thinktanks use fear of Covid-19 to fight bans on plastic bags

The fight to ban plastic bags, many of which end up polluting oceans and rivers, has…

National Trust aims to lift lockdown spirits with #BlossomWatch

A British conservation charity is urging people confined indoors or only allowed to roam outside briefly…

‘Put Earth first’: can a greener, fairer fashion industry emerge from crisis?

The shutting down of society as we know it is giving a lot of time for…

Scientists find bug that feasts on toxic plastic

A bacterium that feeds on toxic plastic has been discovered by scientists. The bug not only…