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Green shoots of recovery can help break the cycle of poverty
David Cameron
John Bird

Green shoots of recovery can help break the cycle of poverty

Four reasons SUVs are less safe and worse for the environment than a regular car
Black SUV parked by a grass verge.
Green transport

Four reasons SUVs are less safe and worse for the environment than a regular car

How to keep cooking and hot water costs down if the energy crisis has increased your bill
Gas hob
Cost of living crisis

How to keep cooking and hot water costs down if the energy crisis has increased your bill

Why you should count your plastic waste to help fight pollution
Pile of plastic items
Plastic pollution

Why you should count your plastic waste to help fight pollution

Anti-LTN candidates fail to make inroads in local elections
LTNs
Local elections

Anti-LTN candidates fail to make inroads in local elections

Climate activist hijacks smoothie brand Innocent’s Trafalgar Square PR stunt
innocent greenwashing
Greenwashing

Climate activist hijacks smoothie brand Innocent’s Trafalgar Square PR stunt

Why people are protesting against the British Museum
Climate activism

Why people are protesting against the British Museum

The guerrilla gardeners claiming back space for nature
Ellen Miles, a guerrilla gardener planting in her neighbourhood.
Earth Day 2022

The guerrilla gardeners claiming back space for nature

Thousands set to join protests demanding end to sewage pollution by 2030
Protest

Thousands set to join protests demanding end to sewage pollution by 2030

Here are 5 climate podcasts that will change how you view the planet
Get into Earth Day with these climate podcasts
Earth Day 2022

Here are 5 climate podcasts that will change how you view the planet

Four easy ways you can boost biodiversity - with or without a garden
Wildflowers in a field
Earth Day 2022

Four easy ways you can boost biodiversity - with or without a garden

Extinction Rebellion activists glue themselves to the reception of Shell's London HQ
Extinction Rebellion
Extinction rebellion

Extinction Rebellion activists glue themselves to the reception of Shell's London HQ

Climate activists have deflated SUV tyres in rich London neighbourhoods
Climate activism

Climate activists have deflated SUV tyres in rich London neighbourhoods

Extinction Rebellion vows to 'get serious' with 'most roadblocks ever'
Extinction Rebellion
Extinction Rebellion

Extinction Rebellion vows to 'get serious' with 'most roadblocks ever'

Shell paid no tax on its UK oil and gas production last year - despite making a £14.7bn profit
Petrol station pumps.
Energy crisis

Shell paid no tax on its UK oil and gas production last year - despite making a £14.7bn profit

5 ways scientists say lifestyles must change to save the planet
A busy road with traffic
Climate crisis

5 ways scientists say lifestyles must change to save the planet

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Oil blockades planned to last 'as long as possible', says Extinction Rebellion
Just Stop Oil, Extinction Rebellion
Activism

Oil blockades planned to last 'as long as possible', says Extinction Rebellion

Sewage dumped into rivers almost 400,000 times in 2021
River in Durham.
River pollution

Sewage dumped into rivers almost 400,000 times in 2021

Over 100 Insulate Britain protesters have been charged with criminal offences
Insulate Britain
Insulate Britain

Over 100 Insulate Britain protesters have been charged with criminal offences

Premier League goalpost protester: 'I felt like the most hated man on the planet'
just stop oil
Activism

Premier League goalpost protester: 'I felt like the most hated man on the planet'