29 May 2025

Image description: Brown Wooden Gavel on Brown Wooden Table. Image by Katrin Bolovtsova / Pexels.   A German court has confirmed that major corporations with high emissions can be held liable for the impacts of their climate change contribution on communities.  This came as part of the overall ruling in the case of Peruvian farmer […]

29 May 2025

Photo description: A mixed wildflower meadow, full of purple and yellow flowers. Image by Couleur / Pixabay   Government fails to endorse a proposed Nitrogen Strategy Government ministers have stopped short of endorsing a dedicated Nitrogen Strategy during a House of Lords inquiry into nitrogen pollution. Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner and Water Minister Emma Hardy […]

29 May 2025

Image description: An aerial shot of the alps, covered in snow. Image by Leonhard Niederwimmer / Pixabay   A glacier above the Swiss village of Blatten collapsed, triggering a massive rockslide that buried the Alpine village under ice, mud, and debris. Blatten, home to around 300 people, has been largely destroyed as a result. Villagers […]

29 May 2025

Image description: One of the new signs as part of the history and wildlife trail. Credit: Groundwork Yorkshire.   The latest phase of Hull’s Dynamic Drains initiative has launched along Holderness Drain in East Hull, transforming previously underused land into a linear park, expanding the city’s wildlife and history trail, and improving access to fishing. […]

22 May 2025

Image description: A winding river through a dark landscape, with the sun in the centre of the sky. Image by Pixabay.   A new study finds nearly a third of all antibiotics that people consume, equivalent to 8,500 tonnes, end up in the world’s rivers every year. Previous studies estimating environmental antibiotic pollution at global […]

22 May 2025

Image description: Full view of Westminster, with the Thames visible in the foreground. Image by Adam Dereweck/ Pixabay.    Ministers promised to block Thames bonuses Last week the Thames Water Executives including Sir Adrian Montague, the Chair, and Chris Weston, the Chief Executive, faced scrutiny from MPs at a select committee hearing. During this enquiry […]

22 May 2025

Image description: A drone flying above a wooden table., with the sea is visible in the background. Image by JackieLou DL/ Pixabay   Projects involving satellites, robots, drones and artificial intelligence (AI) have been awarded a share of almost £43m as part of Ofwat’s fifth Water Breakthrough Challenge, which supports technologies enhancing the sustainability of […]

22 May 2025

Image description: A protest march with people holding placards. A man’s t-shirt reads “don’t poison our water”. Image by the Climate Reality Project.   The government says it has overseen a large increase in criminal investigations into water companies for alleged breaches of environmental law. The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra), in […]