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Environment

Water companies say they don't know how much sewage they're dumping in rivers
Environment

Water companies say they don't know how much sewage they're dumping in rivers

Bin workers in Glasgow to strike when world leaders visit for global climate event COP26
Boris Johnson at the launch of COP26. Image: Andrew Parsons / No10 Downing Street
Employment

Bin workers in Glasgow to strike when world leaders visit for global climate event COP26

Prince William says fixing climate change more important than space tourism
Elon Musk's SpaceX Demo-2 launch in May 2020. Image: Daniel Oberhaus (2020) (CC BY 2.0)
Environment

Prince William says fixing climate change more important than space tourism

Insulate Britain: Who are the protesters and why do they keep blocking roads?
Dozens of Insulate Britain protesters have been arrested.
Insulate Britain

Insulate Britain: Who are the protesters and why do they keep blocking roads?

Virginia McKenna is still fighting for wildlife to be Born Free aged 90
Film

Virginia McKenna is still fighting for wildlife to be Born Free aged 90

The climate emergency is here: We must make our housing policy greener too
Anna Johnston

The climate emergency is here: We must make our housing policy greener too

Reforestation is a battle for nature, not a battle for us
Environment

Reforestation is a battle for nature, not a battle for us

Lockdown lesson: Nature can lead you to a world full of wonder
Seb Whale

Lockdown lesson: Nature can lead you to a world full of wonder

Environment Bill: What is it, what laws will be in it and when to expect it
One campaigner said the Environment Bill is
Environment

Environment Bill: What is it, what laws will be in it and when to expect it

Tackling fast fashion must be our next global battle
Fast Fashion
Lauren Bravo

Tackling fast fashion must be our next global battle

Ethical investing: A how to guide
Money

Ethical investing: A how to guide

Social progress should go hand in hand with saving the planet
Chelsea sons Alec Guinness and some of the locally sourced young ruffians in the 1958 film The Horse’s Mouth.
John Bird

Social progress should go hand in hand with saving the planet

What does nature mean when you're behind bars?
a painting of a murmuration in nature
Guest Columnist

What does nature mean when you're behind bars?

'Dangerous levels' of air pollution near London schools, say parents groups
A billboard in Putney showing a pair of lungs which will change colour depending on air pollution levels near major roads
Environment

'Dangerous levels' of air pollution near London schools, say parents groups

Zara Home among high street retailers breaching UK environment rules
Zara Home store in Northern England
Environment

Zara Home among high street retailers breaching UK environment rules

There are big issues. And then there’s the planet
John Bird

There are big issues. And then there’s the planet

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Skins star Freya Mavor pens letter 'to Earth' and admits 'I feel lost at sea'
Freya Mavor
Environment

Skins star Freya Mavor pens letter 'to Earth' and admits 'I feel lost at sea'

Government has 'moral duty' to fight air pollution in poor areas after Covid
Traffic in London is a major contributor to the city's air pollution
Environment

Government has 'moral duty' to fight air pollution in poor areas after Covid

Social investing: Here’s how you can invest to help build a better world
Through social investing, The Big Issue group will invest only in companies whose core purpose is to build the technologies that will solve the climate emergency and create a cleaner, more sustainable, world. Image credit: GoranH / Pixabay
Money

Social investing: Here’s how you can invest to help build a better world

How nature recovers even after humans have done their worst
Cal Flyn has written a book on 'islands of abandonment' and how nature can bounce back once humans flee. Image credit: Cal Flyn
Books

How nature recovers even after humans have done their worst