25 Sep 2025

Image description: Housing construction in progress. Photo by Ernie Journeys on Unsplash   The UK government has announced new measures aimed at improving water efficiency in new homes, a move expected to reduce household bills and support the construction of new housing developments. According to a statement from the Department for Environment, Food & Rural […]

25 Sep 2025

Image description: cars stuck in traffic.Photo by Nabeel Syed on Unsplash   After six years, Brighton’s Wild Park rainscape, formed of a vegetated swale linked to four planted basins, is almost completed. The Aquifer Project, formed in 2016 to protect the chalk aquifer, secured £1.79m funding from National Highways to build the rainscape with the […]

18 Sep 2025

 Image description: Aerial view of a green combine harvester harvesting a field. Image by Scott Goodwill on Unsplash   An investigation carried out by the Guardian and Watershed Investigations revealed more than 750,000 tonnes of liquid from landfills are mixed with sewage at water treatment works and spread on farmland across England each year. Production […]

18 Sep 2025

Image description: ancient Clapper bridge over the river Avon in Dartmoor national park. Image by  Ben Wrigley on Unsplash   River campaigners launch new report identifying key threats Campaign for National Parks and the Rivers Trust have released their ‘Rivers at Risk‘ report, outlining the threats rivers in National Parks face and demanding urgent action […]

18 Sep 2025

Image description: Aerial shot of the Amazon river. Severe drought hit the Amazon basin, peaking from July to September. Photo by Ivars Utināns on Unsplash   Two thirds of the world’s river basins experienced abnormal conditions last year as the climate crisis drove extremes of drought and flood, sometimes both in the same region. In […]

18 Sep 2025

Image description: an image of a caddisfly, which look similar to moths and have hairy wings, against a white background. Image by Natural Resources Wales. A species of caddisfly, thought to have been extinct in Britain since 2016, has been found during a species survey at Cors Goch, Anglesey. How the species was discovered Natur […]

18 Sep 2025

 Image description: Close up shot of dry cracked earth, indicating drought conditions. Photo by Photoholgic on Unsplash   Following a National Drought Group (NDG) meeting this week, the group issued a warning that despite recent rainfall, the current drought is far from over and is causing significant environmental impacts. August’s rainfall was just 42% of […]

18 Sep 2025

Image description: A woman wild swimming in the Lake District. Image by Jaz Blakeston-Petch on Unsplash   A group of Labour MPs have said wild swimming and wild camping should be a right for all people to enjoy in the English countryside. In a report from the all-party parliamentary group for outdoor recreation and access […]