Frequent air travel benefits a small section of the world's population at a huge environmental cost

A frequent flyer tax could be the aviation industry’s only solution

Tenants Elize Lutz and Harrie Dekkers in front of their new home.

A 3D printed home shaped like a boulder has just got its first tenants

It could only be a matter of time until your Apple Watches are powered efficiently by sweat

Is sweat the new form of renewable energy we’ve all been waiting for?

Star gazing and dark sky reserves

Europe's dark sky reserves shine bright as light pollution reduces

Community garden next to the platform at Brondesbury Park Overground train station in north west London.

London's commuters are growing food in railway station garden

Central Apennines

What's the difference between rewilding and reforesting?

Bird's eye view of the European Commission's Pollinator Park

This VR experience imagines a future without vital pollinators

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Hanging rhinos upside down is ‘vital’ for their conservation

Europe's dark sky reserves shine bright as light pollution reduces

Why Shein might be the biggest rip-off since fast fashion was born

Scotland could become the world’s first ‘rewilding nation’

Dirty secrets of renewable energy revealed as ‘Bright Green Lies’

Green News

Wind turbines near Halle, central Germany.

German top court orders government to set post-2030 climate goals

António Guterres

The world is 'on the verge of the abyss’, says UN

Cannabis farm

Is cannabis farming destroying the planet?

As part of his ambitious climate strategy, Biden is hosting a global summit featuring 40 world leaders.

What to expect from Biden's Earth Day climate summit this week

Climate

Should European governments ban cigarettes to save the climate?

Cigarettes are killing the planet - should we ban them?

Climate change causing glaciers to melt is changing the earth's axis

Are melting glaciers causing the Earth to move under our feet?

Film director Julia Barnes investigates solar panels

Dirty secrets of renewable energy revealed as ‘Bright Green Lies’

Nature

Italy's Apennine mountains are home to a range of endangered species

What to expect from the rewilding of Italy’s largest mountain range

Seagrass is being planted in Plymouth

Enormous underwater meadows planted in the UK to fight climate change

Lifting a bike out of the water

Meet the wild swimmers fighting a war against waste in British waters

Morning sun over Loch Tay, Killin, United Kingdom

Scotland could become the world’s first ‘rewilding nation’

Living

Children and pets increase yearly carbon emissions by up to 58 tonnes

What’s worse for the climate crisis: Your child or your pet?

Meeting in Santiago, Chile

Do citizen ‘juries’ have the answers to climate change?

Muslim family eating dinner

Five ways to have an eco-friendly Ramadan

Eco-Innovation

Is this the world's first biodegradable and compostable plastic?

Is this the world's first biodegradable and compostable plastic?

Coal heavy regions in Europe could have a sustainable transition

Clean energy jobs will revive coal communities in Europe, says report

This solar farm will cover up to 9,000 car parking spots.

Disneyland Paris is building a solar farm as big as 24 football fields

Oxygen has been found on Mars

Oxygen has been created on Mars for the first time in space history

Opinion

Conspiracy theories

What do veganism and conspiracy theories have in common?

Sir Charles Walker, conservative MP in the UK

Milk March: The unspoken symbolism of one UK MP's milk protest

Comedian Ally Bruener

Why it's hard to live sustainably as a disabled person