Does disruptive protest work?
Does disruptive protest actually work? The public doesn’t like it, but academics believe that it is an important part of driving change.
Does disruptive protest work?
How are we tackling the biggest issue the planet has ever faced?
Boop aims to cut beauty waste
Boop aims to cut beauty waste
Boop sells imperfect or excess beauty products at a discount, to reduce the 90 million beauty products thrown away each year in the UK.
Bahamas Unveils World’s First Carbon Negative Home
Bahamas Unveils World’s First Carbon Negative Home
First carbon negative home unveiled in Nassau, Bahamas. Home for the World removes & avoids same amount of CO2 as 5,200 mature trees!
New App Lets Employees Rate Their Company’s Climate Efforts
New App Lets Employees Rate Their Company’s Climate Efforts
Rate your company's climate efforts with Hurd, the free app designed to let workers anonymously take climate action in their job.
Major Study To Quantify Microplastics’ Risks To Human Health
Major Study To Quantify Microplastics’ Risks To Human Health
UK scientists are launching a pioneering new research project to assess the risk of microplastics to human health.
Scilly Amounts Of Waste
Scilly Amounts Of Waste
The Isles of Scilly, off the coast of Cornwall, produces the most waste per capita in the entirety of England.
Contrails: Tackling These Climate Culprits With AI
Contrails: Tackling These Climate Culprits With AI
Advanced AI collaboration has enabled pilots to reduce the number of climate-warming contrails they produce during flights.
NYC Engulfed By Smoke
NYC Engulfed By Smoke
The terrible forest fires burning on the East Coast have made New York the most polluted city on the planet.
Climate Talks Warming Up in Bonn: What to Expect
Climate Talks Warming Up in Bonn: What to Expect
The 2023 Bonn Climate Change Conference is underway, and negotiators from around the world have gathered to discuss how to tackle the climate crisis.
EU to Crack Down on Green Claims
EU to Crack Down on Green Claims
The European Commission has announced a new Directive on Green Claims, which will require businesses to substantiate their environmental claims before they can be made.
Sweet Returns From Nature Protection
Sweet Returns From Nature Protection
Nature protection is becoming attractive financially to entrepreneurs and investors.
How To Reduce Cement Emissions
How To Reduce Cement Emissions
Three technologies could deliver huge reductions in emissions from cement manufacturing by 2030. Cement creates 8% of all emissions.
Is Battery Swapping The Future For EVs In Cities?
Is Battery Swapping The Future For EVs In Cities?
Are very small electric cars with swappable batteries going to be a popular choice for city vehicles in future?
Is The Rebellion Over?
Is The Rebellion Over?
Extinction Rebellion is one of the most prominent and fastest growing organisations in the fight against the climate emergency. It's never been far from the headlines since it was founded in 2018 with its mix of attention-grabbing stunts, direct action and...
Air Con Can Make Your Roof Garden Grow
Air Con Can Make Your Roof Garden Grow
Air expelled from ventilation systems can make corn and spinach grow taller and larger. This is good news for roof gardens and farms.
Massive Decline in Wildlife Over 50 Years
Massive Decline in Wildlife Over 50 Years
A new global study has found that wildlife populations have declined by 69 per cent on average since 1970 and that we now face the prospect of double, interlinked emergencies: the loss of biodiversity and human-induced climate change.The enormous drop in the...
Will US Climate Act Encourage Other Countries?
Will US Climate Act Encourage Other Countries?
Claiming to be the ‘biggest step forward on climate ever,’ President Biden’s mundane-sounding Inflation Reduction Act may provide a shot of adrenaline to global governments to stimulate their own climate change plans.The Act provides an unprecedented $369 billion...
Transparency Becoming Fashionable, Slowly
Transparency Becoming Fashionable, Slowly
The largest companies in the fashion business are getting (a bit) better at disclosing information about their human rights and environmental policies, practices and impacts a new study has found. But they’re still in F-grade territory with an average performance...
Worrying Week In Climate Fight
Worrying Week In Climate Fight
Progress is faltering in the fight against climate change on both sides of the Atlantic, despite the pledges made at the COP26 climate conference less than a year ago.This week, the US Supreme Court - the same body that also overturned the Roe v Wade ruling on...
When Is A Bee A Fish?
When Is A Bee A Fish?
"Why is a raven like a writing desk?" is the thorny riddle posed by The Mad Hatter in Alice In Wonderland. A court in California has, this week, been wrestling with its own baffling conundrum: is a bee actually a fish?The Court of Appeal of California has concluded...
