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'Illegal vapes are already flooding the market': What impact will disposable vapes ban really have?
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Disposable vapes

'Illegal vapes are already flooding the market': What impact will disposable vapes ban really have?

How nuclear bunkers could save the internet: 'An appropriate metaphor for the climate crisis'
a coastline and the sea
Climate change

How nuclear bunkers could save the internet: 'An appropriate metaphor for the climate crisis'

Insulating Britain's draughty homes would save billions on bills – but UK government is failing
Insulate homes to slash energy bills and tackle climate change
Climate Change

Insulating Britain's draughty homes would save billions on bills – but UK government is failing

Everything you need to know about 2024's already-controversial COP29 in Azerbaijan
Rishi Sunak speaks to King Charles at COP28. This year's COP29 will be held in Azerbaijan
Climate crisis

Everything you need to know about 2024's already-controversial COP29 in Azerbaijan

All the pesky, woke scientists and experts against Rishi Sunak's catastrophic oil and gas bill
Rosebank
Climate crisis

All the pesky, woke scientists and experts against Rishi Sunak's catastrophic oil and gas bill

Sewage has made Britain a laughing stock. We need to pull our fingers out and rescue our rivers
sewage
James Wallace

Sewage has made Britain a laughing stock. We need to pull our fingers out and rescue our rivers

'Death certificate': Why COP28 climate summit is hanging by a thread over fossil fuel deadlock
Climate change

'Death certificate': Why COP28 climate summit is hanging by a thread over fossil fuel deadlock

Electrifying Change: How Citroën and Big Issue are Revolutionising Sustainable Delivery
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Electrifying Change: How Citroën and Big Issue are Revolutionising Sustainable Delivery

'I was fined £100 for dropping crisps': How a private firm is making millions from littering fines
Tiny models of bin men cleaning up a giant cigarette butt
Environment

'I was fined £100 for dropping crisps': How a private firm is making millions from littering fines

'Silent war on bus users': Bus routes outside London cut by up to 80% since 2008
Transport

'Silent war on bus users': Bus routes outside London cut by up to 80% since 2008

COP28: What is it, why is it important and why is an oil boss in charge?
climate crisis

COP28: What is it, why is it important and why is an oil boss in charge?

'Wake up and smell the s**t': Sewage dumped into UK waterways over 1,000 times a day, report says
Water pollution

'Wake up and smell the s**t': Sewage dumped into UK waterways over 1,000 times a day, report says

How lucrative North Sea oil became the front line of battle for the climate
Oil rigs in the sunset
Climate crisis

How lucrative North Sea oil became the front line of battle for the climate

How a grassroots women's network is fighting climate change – one dodgy investment at a time
Climate crisis

How a grassroots women's network is fighting climate change – one dodgy investment at a time

This tiny Greek island now has zero waste – leading the way for the rest of the world
View from the mountain of Livadia, Tilos island
Envrionment

This tiny Greek island now has zero waste – leading the way for the rest of the world

Thames Water forced to pay back millions to customers over pollution – but campaigners say it doesn't go far enough
Environment

Thames Water forced to pay back millions to customers over pollution – but campaigners say it doesn't go far enough

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Beavers are back in London’s waterways after 400 years away
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Beavers are back in London’s waterways after 400 years away

Neighbours band together to tackle energy bills and show how climate action starts at home
The people of Balsall Heath in Birmingham have come together to battle energy bill and the climate crisis
Climate crisis

Neighbours band together to tackle energy bills and show how climate action starts at home

These Right to Roam activists are fighting landlords to open up UK's green spaces to all
Right to roam protest
the future of travel

These Right to Roam activists are fighting landlords to open up UK's green spaces to all

Yes, tourism and sustainability can go hand in hand. Here's how
A woman sits at the roots of a huge tree
The future of travel

Yes, tourism and sustainability can go hand in hand. Here's how