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Environment

Could increasing taxes on airlines pay for the UK’s green transition? 
Climate crisis

Could increasing taxes on airlines pay for the UK’s green transition? 

Sewage pollution: How much should water companies be fined for pumping sewage? Have your say
sewage
Sewage

Sewage pollution: How much should water companies be fined for pumping sewage? Have your say

Sewage spills: Customers could receive hundreds of millions in compensation as water companies face new lawsuit
Sewage spills

Sewage spills: Customers could receive hundreds of millions in compensation as water companies face new lawsuit

Rishi Sunak is betting on carbon capture. Can it actually solve the climate crisis?
carbon capture
Environment

Rishi Sunak is betting on carbon capture. Can it actually solve the climate crisis?

‘The grubby tentacles are everywhere’: This UK sewage discharge map shows where waste is being pumped into nature reserves
Red dots across a map of England and Wales show the breadth of sewage spills in protected areas
Pollution

‘The grubby tentacles are everywhere’: This UK sewage discharge map shows where waste is being pumped into nature reserves

How one woman helped redefine eco-conscious living in the modern age
Environment

How one woman helped redefine eco-conscious living in the modern age

All the evidence against the UK’s plans to expand oil and gas drilling
Fossil fuels

All the evidence against the UK’s plans to expand oil and gas drilling

How European street paper vendors are coping in the heatwave
A street paper vendor in Belgrade makes a sale
climate crisis

How European street paper vendors are coping in the heatwave

How to talk about climate justice and help create a more equal world
Children playing on the playground at green-blue open space in Jakarta on 13 July 2023.
Climate justice

How to talk about climate justice and help create a more equal world

My Extinction: How I learned to start worrying and love activism
Josh Appignanesi meets a furry activist
Opinion

My Extinction: How I learned to start worrying and love activism

Citroën Ami: the tiny electric vehicle driving change with The Big Issue
Advertorial

Citroën Ami: the tiny electric vehicle driving change with The Big Issue

Here’s why British LGBT Awards has dropped ties with fossil fuel giants Shell and BP 
pride flags being waved at a Pride celebration
Environment

Here’s why British LGBT Awards has dropped ties with fossil fuel giants Shell and BP 

‘Sun and heat are not always good news’: How the role of British weather presenters is changing with the climate
Climate change

‘Sun and heat are not always good news’: How the role of British weather presenters is changing with the climate

Solar power: How much money can you really save with renewable energy?
Solar panels

Solar power: How much money can you really save with renewable energy?

Plastic recycling is failing – here’s how the world must respond
Plastic recycling has a much higher cost than you realise.

Plastic recycling is failing – here’s how the world must respond

Senior Tory Damian Green says swimming in sewage ain’t what it used to be, to the absolute horror of viewers
Damian Green Peston sewage
Water pollution

Senior Tory Damian Green says swimming in sewage ain’t what it used to be, to the absolute horror of viewers

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Disabled people are being left out of the climate conversation
two wheelchair users on a subway platform in Taiwan
Environment

Disabled people are being left out of the climate conversation

Climate anxiety: What is it and how can you cope?
Climate Change

Climate anxiety: What is it and how can you cope?

Who should pay for climate change? The oil and gas companies, according to most Brits
A BP sign with it's yellow and green spiky circles fills the screen against a clear blue skyfills
Climate change

Who should pay for climate change? The oil and gas companies, according to most Brits

The climate crisis is making it harder for councils to protect rough sleepers from extreme weather
The climate crisis is making extreme weather more frequent and making it harder to protect rough sleepers
Rough sleeping

The climate crisis is making it harder for councils to protect rough sleepers from extreme weather

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