15 Jan 2026
Image description: A red squirrel clinging on to a tree trunk. Image by Pearse O’Halloran on Unsplash A report from the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) has concluded the government is not on track to meet its targets to save wildlife in England and is failing on almost all environmental measures. The OEP found […]
15 Jan 2026
Image description: Hands wearing blue plastic gloves dipping a pipette into a body of water. Volunteers working with environmental charity Earthwatch Europe have detected metal contamination at potentially harmful levels across every waterway site tested in Corby, decades after the toxic waste scandal that caused birth defects when the town’s steelworks were dismantled in […]
15 Jan 2026
Photo description: A hand wearing a wristwatch holding a glass under running water. Image by Swanky Fella / Unsplash Kent County Council has declared a major incident after approximately 30,000 homes across Kent and Sussex lost water supply, with some residents enduring five days without running water. The crisis has forced schools and libraries […]
15 Jan 2026
Image description: Aerial view of a water treatment facility. Image by Ian on Unsplash New polling by We Own It has found that a majority (54%) of Thames Water customers want water regulator Ofwat to reject a controversial deal proposed by Thames Water’s creditors. More than two thirds of customers want the company to […]
13 Jan 2026
Photo by Jack B The UK Government remains largely off track to meet its environmental ambitions and legal obligations, with progress slowing compared to the previous year, according to the Office for Environmental Protection’s latest annual progress report published on 16 January. The OEP concludes that whilst there have been some areas of improvement, very substantial […]
13 Jan 2026
Photo by Stephen Tafra The Trump administration has halted construction on five major East Coast offshore wind projects totalling $25 billion in investment and 6 gigawatts of capacity, citing classified national security concerns related to potential impacts on military radar systems. However, a federal judge on 13 January cleared one project to resume, dealing […]
13 Jan 2026
Photo by Randy Laybourne The world’s oceans absorbed colossal amounts of heat in 2025, setting yet another record and fuelling more extreme weather, according to research published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences. The additional 23 zettajoules absorbed represents approximately 37 years of global primary energy consumption, equivalent to more than 200 times the total […]
13 Jan 2026
Photo by Chris Mitchell A pollution incident involving millions of plastic bio-beads washing ashore on Sussex beaches has been upgraded to the most serious Category 1 classification by the Environment Agency. The move means Southern Water could face the most severe set of sanctions following investigation into the incident. The micro-beads were accidentally released […]
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