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Environment
Should taxpayers pay for solar panels to be installed on homes?
Should taxpayers pay for solar panels to be installed on homes?
Emergent Energy’s Reg Platt changed the law to allow people living in flats to install solar panels on the roof of their homes. He tells Big Issue that anyone looking to drive the clean energy revolution must look beyond the government
How a Manchester community welcomed the return of the swifts
How a Manchester community welcomed the return of the swifts
Photographer of the year Zed Nelson on documenting the decimation of nature by humans
Photographer of the year Zed Nelson on documenting the decimation of nature by humans
Big Issue Recruit to help jobseekers in South Wales secure green jobs on onshore wind farm
Big Issue Recruit to help jobseekers in South Wales secure green jobs on onshore wind farm
Fit all new homes with solar panels to slash energy bills by hundreds, government told
Fit all new homes with solar panels to slash energy bills by hundreds, government told
It will take 700 years to replace UK's ageing water network at current pace: 'A wholesale betrayal'
It will take 700 years to replace UK's ageing water network at current pace: 'A wholesale betrayal'
Model village gets green makeover with tiny heat pumps, solar panels and miniature Ed Miliband
Model village gets green makeover with tiny heat pumps, solar panels and miniature Ed Miliband
Raw sewage pumped into UK waterways for 4.7 million hours in 2024: 'This will only get worse'
Raw sewage pumped into UK waterways for 4.7 million hours in 2024: 'This will only get worse'
Fossil fuel industries 'worried' after clean energy powered 40% of world's electricity needs in 2024
Fossil fuel industries 'worried' after clean energy powered 40% of world's electricity needs in 2024
Statue of girl killed by air pollution should be reminder of dangers of toxic air, says mother
Statue of girl killed by air pollution should be reminder of dangers of toxic air, says mother
Communities that build solar panels and wind farms should get cheaper bills, says Labour minister
Communities that build solar panels and wind farms should get cheaper bills, says Labour minister
Labour's billion pound gamble: Can community energy deliver the affordable power the UK needs?
Labour's billion pound gamble: Can community energy deliver the affordable power the UK needs?
Thames Water avoids nationalisation after legal challenge to £3bn bailout dismissed by court
Thames Water avoids nationalisation after legal challenge to £3bn bailout dismissed by court
The North Sea has been Britain's oil powerhouse for 50 years. But what is its future now?
The North Sea has been Britain's oil powerhouse for 50 years. But what is its future now?
Labour wants to 'unleash the North Sea's clean energy future'. What does that mean for oil and gas?
Labour wants to 'unleash the North Sea's clean energy future'. What does that mean for oil and gas?
Polar ice is crucial to life as we know it – here's why
Polar ice is crucial to life as we know it – here's why
'A national scandal': Thames Water secures £3bn bailout after 'disgraceful' court ruling
'A national scandal': Thames Water secures £3bn bailout after 'disgraceful' court ruling
Block Thames Water bailout to save customers hundreds, High Court urged: 'We're being stuffed'
Block Thames Water bailout to save customers hundreds, High Court urged: 'We're being stuffed'
Why Rachel Reeves' reservoir plans are 'far from a solution to UK's water challenges'
Why Rachel Reeves' reservoir plans are 'far from a solution to UK's water challenges'
Rosebank oilfield approval ruled unlawful – here's why it's an 'incredible victory' for the planet
Rosebank oilfield approval ruled unlawful – here's why it's an 'incredible victory' for the planet
The sewage crisis is your fault: How water firms use same deceptive tactics as Big Oil and Big Tobacco
The sewage crisis is your fault: How water firms use same deceptive tactics as Big Oil and Big Tobacco
'Dystopian': Rachel Reeves backs third Heathrow runway. What will it mean for the planet?
'Dystopian': Rachel Reeves backs third Heathrow runway. What will it mean for the planet?
Growth and jobs or a net zero nightmare? Why there's so much opposition to Heathrow's third runway
Growth and jobs or a net zero nightmare? Why there's so much opposition to Heathrow's third runway
These 11 pioneering rewilding projects are helping bring nature back in Britain
