England

Government touts £200m green bus funding as it eyes end to fossil fuel bus sales

Automotive

Government touts £200m green bus funding as it eyes end to fossil fuel bus sales

Government eyes end date for sales of new fossil fuel buses by 2032 at the latest, as it touts fresh funding for zero emissions buses across England

clock 27 March 2022 • 3 min read
Business leaders commit to create or safeguard 100,000 acres of UK wetlands

Biodiversity

Business leaders commit to create or safeguard 100,000 acres of UK wetlands

Blue Recovery Leaders Group backs new initiative to help expand and restore the UK's wetlands

clock 09 March 2022 • 2 min read
Just Eat cooks up 'waste less' chip portion in bid to cut takeaway food waste

Waste

Just Eat cooks up 'waste less' chip portion in bid to cut takeaway food waste

  Just Eat to trial smaller portion size as chips named most likely takeaway food to be thrown away

clock 08 March 2022 • 3 min read
Government set to miss tree-planting target, National Audit Office warns

Legislation

Government set to miss tree-planting target, National Audit Office warns

National Audit Office says Defra lay down unrealistic timeline for key element of the UK's net zero strategy

clock 07 March 2022 • 3 min read
'Absolute priority': Ofwat told to step up scrutiny of water firms' environmental efforts

Legislation

'Absolute priority': Ofwat told to step up scrutiny of water firms' environmental efforts

England's water companies must do more to protect environment and ensure resilient supply, government tells Ofwat

clock 02 February 2022 • 3 min read
For peat's sake: Defra eyes ban on peat-based compost sales from 2024

Legislation

For peat's sake: Defra eyes ban on peat-based compost sales from 2024

Labour and green groups describe measures as 'damp squib', arguing it does not go far enough to protect and restore habitat-rich carbon stores

clock 18 December 2021 • 4 min read
Peatland boost: Five restoration projects share £16m in government funding

Biodiversity

Peatland boost: Five restoration projects share £16m in government funding

Funding expected to see thousands of hectares of vital peatland restored across England

clock 30 August 2021 • 2 min read

BusinessGreen

New government fund backs natural solutions for tackling escalating climate risks

Natural Environment Investment Readiness Fund provides up to £100,000 to 27 nature-based climate projects across England

clock 14 July 2021 • 3 min read

Infrastructure

'Extremely disappointing': Water sector failing on pollution goals, Environment Agency warns

None of England's nine water and sewerage firms achieved all environmental expectations between 2015 and 2020, watchdog reveals

clock 13 July 2021 • 5 min read

Supply chain

NHS becomes world's first health system to commit to net zero

Plan includes a string of new targets and commits NHS to reducing emissions under its direct control to net zero by 2040, before bringing its supply chain footprint in line by 2045

clock 01 October 2020 • 4 min read