Carbon offsets: what buying a tonne of forgiveness actually gets you
Investigations into the voluntary carbon market found many offsets represented avoided emissions that were never real, and the market is…
Priya Anand
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Why Britain keeps building houses on flood plains
Around a tenth of new English homes are built in flood-risk zones because housing targets, land economics and planning rules all point the…
Sarah Mitchell
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Rewilding versus farming: the land-use argument splitting the countryside
Britain must grow food, store carbon and recover nature on the same finite land, and the rewilding argument is really about which acres…
Amelia Hart
Electric cars without a driveway: the on-street charging problem
A third of UK households have no off-street parking, and closing the gap between home-charging economics and public-charging reality is the…
Liam Chen
Why water companies lose a fifth of supply before it reaches a tap
Leakage persists because finding buried leaks is genuinely hard and fixing the last ones costs more than the water saves, a threshold the…
Amelia Hart
Peat bogs: the unglamorous carbon store Britain spent centuries draining
UK peatlands hold more carbon than the forests of Britain and France combined, yet most are degraded and leaking it, which makes rewetting…
Amelia Hart
Why so much carefully sorted recycling never gets recycled
Contamination, mixed materials and weak end markets mean a share of household recycling is rejected or downgraded, and the fixes sit mostly…
Amelia Hart
Heat pumps in older homes: separating experience from folklore
Field trials show heat pumps working in most UK housing, including older stock, but success depends on system design and radiator sizing…
Amelia Hart
UK water report sets out 88 recommendations to rebuild trust
The Independent Water Commission's report, chaired by Sir Jon Cunliffe, sets out 88 recommendations covering regulation, governance…
Elena Marsh
Climate change-driven heat, weather extremes impact specialty crop farmers
The heat dome that settled over much of the United States affected some specialty farmers who produce crops fruits and vegetables. Annie…
Elena Marsh
Extreme Weather in the UK in 2026: Why Summer Heatwaves and Winter Floods Are the New Normal
The UK experienced its hottest June on record in 2026. Scientists explain why extreme weather is becoming more frequent — and what it means…
Elena Marsh
UK Net Zero in 2026: How Much Progress Has Actually Been Made?
The UK was the first major economy to legislate net zero by 2050. Six years into the decade of the 2020s, how much of the required change…
Elena Marsh
Climate Change Is Already Reshaping the UK — Here's the Evidence
From record-breaking temperatures to shifting rainfall patterns and coastal erosion accelerating along vulnerable shorelines, the effects…
Emily Chen
The UK Recycling Guide in 2026: What Actually Gets Recycled
With recycling rules varying wildly between councils and new materials entering the waste stream every year, many Britons are still getting…
Emily Chen
The Circular Economy: What It Is and Why It Matters
The linear "take-make-dispose" economy is unsustainable. Here is what a circular economy is, what it would require and how far we currently…
Elena Marsh
How to Travel More Sustainably — Without Giving Up Flying Entirely
Aviation is responsible for around 2.5% of global CO2 emissions. Here is a realistic look at what travellers can do to reduce their impact.
Elena Marsh
Fast Fashion and the Environment: The Full Cost of Cheap Clothes
The fashion industry is one of the world's most polluting sectors. Here is what the environmental evidence shows and what can actually be…
Elena Marsh
How to Reduce Food Waste in the UK: 20 Practical Strategies
The UK throws away nearly 10 million tonnes of food every year. Here are 20 practical, evidence-backed strategies to cut your household…
Sarah Henderson
Plastic Pollution: The Problem and the Most Promising Solutions
Plastic pollution affects every ecosystem on earth. Here is the scale of the problem and the approaches that have the strongest evidence…
Elena Marsh
Rewilding Britain: The Ambitious Projects Transforming UK Landscapes
From the reintroduction of beavers in Devon to vast moorland restoration in the Scottish Highlands, rewilding projects are reshaping the…
Marcus Obi
What Causes Wildfires and How They Can Be Prevented
Canada's 2023 wildfire season burned around 18 million hectares, more than five times its ten-year average, while the UK's own wildfire…
Elena Marsh
The Technologies Fighting Ocean Plastic: What's Actually Working
From autonomous ocean-cleaning vessels to enzyme-based plastic degradation, a new generation of technologies is targeting the estimated 170…
Marcus Obi
Climate Migration: How Environmental Change Is Driving Displacement
The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre recorded 32.6 million new disaster-related displacements in 2022 alone. The World Bank projects…
Elena Marsh
How to Travel Sustainably Without Giving Up Flying
The UK's Sustainable Aviation Fuel mandate, requiring a 2% SAF blend from January 2025, is one of the first binding steps toward…
Priya Anand
Climate Targets Without Action Are Just Lies
The UK has legally binding net zero targets for 2050 and has missed almost every interim milestone. Targets without enforcement, funding…
Naomi Clarke
The Sixth Mass Extinction: One Million Species at Risk of Disappearing
Scientists warn we are in the early stages of Earth's sixth mass extinction, with species disappearing at 100-1,000 times the natural rate…
Liam Chen
UK Air Pollution: 36,000 Deaths a Year and the Fight for Clean Air
Air pollution kills an estimated 36,000 people in the UK every year, more than alcohol or road accidents. London breaches legal limits for…
Liam Chen
The Plastic Pollution Crisis: 400 Million Tonnes a Year and Rising
Global plastic production has doubled since 2000 to over 400 million tonnes annually, and less than 10% is recycled. Plastic waste is…
Liam Chen
Climate Tipping Points: What They Are, Why They Matter, and How Close We Are
Climate tipping points are thresholds beyond which Earth systems undergo rapid, irreversible change. Scientists have identified at least 16…
Liam Chen
What Is the Ozone Layer?
The ozone layer is a band of gas high in the atmosphere that absorbs most of the Sun's harmful ultraviolet radiation. Here is what it is…
Dr. Nadia Okoro
What Is Light Pollution?
Light pollution is excessive or misdirected artificial light at night. Here is what causes it, why it harms the night sky, wildlife and…
Elena Marsh
Understanding the Air Quality Index
An air quality index turns complex pollution measurements into a single, easy number. Here is what the main pollutants are, how the UK…
Elena Marsh
What Is Greenwashing? How to Spot It
Greenwashing is when a company makes a product or itself appear more environmentally friendly than it really is. Here is how to recognise…
Elena Marsh