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Environment

Photographer of the year Zed Nelson on documenting the decimation of nature by humans
Photography

Photographer of the year Zed Nelson on documenting the decimation of nature by humans

Startling images by Nelson show we've become ever more detached from nature
Big Issue Recruit to help jobseekers in South Wales secure green jobs on onshore wind farm
The site in the Welsh valleys where Twyn Hywel energy park is set to begin construction early next year
Big Issue Recruit

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
a man fitting solar panels to a house
Housing

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'
Water

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
Net Zero

Model village gets green makeover with tiny heat pumps, solar panels and miniature Ed Miliband

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Raw sewage pumped into UK waterways for 4.7 million hours in 2024: 'This will only get worse'
Sewage pollution

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
Clean energy

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
Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah stands with a statue of her daughter, Ella
Air pollution

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
Energy minister Michael Shanks
Community energy

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?
A person on a bile rides down a street
Community energy

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

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

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?
North Sea

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
Climate change

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
Thames Water

'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'
Thames Water

Block Thames Water bailout to save customers hundreds, High Court urged: 'We're being stuffed'

Overtourism: How to be a responsible tourist
Sustainable travel

Overtourism: How to be a responsible tourist

Why Rachel Reeves' reservoir plans are 'far from a solution to UK's water challenges'
Chancellor Rachel Reeves
Water

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
Environment

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
sewage
Sewage crisis

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?
Climate crisis

'Dystopian': Rachel Reeves backs third Heathrow runway. What will it mean for the planet?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Growth and jobs or a net zero nightmare? Why there's so much opposition to Heathrow's third runway
Heathrow Airport

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
Two young children wearing beavers uniforms emerge from a hedge
Rewilding

These 11 pioneering rewilding projects are helping bring nature back in Britain

The 1.5C global warming target is a 'delusion', warns climate scientist who fled Los Angeles
Global heating

The 1.5C global warming target is a 'delusion', warns climate scientist who fled Los Angeles

Cruise ships pump out 10 times the CO2 per passenger as flying. Can they turn the tide?
Sustainable travel

Cruise ships pump out 10 times the CO2 per passenger as flying. Can they turn the tide?

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