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Does oil-rich Saudi Arabia really want to mend its ways and go green?

12 July 2023

The desert kingdom’s much-hyped, zero-carbon linear city has been dismissed as greenwashing, but there is some truth to the claim the country wants to be more sustainable, finds Graham Lawton


The head of Bala Lake, Llyn Tegid, in North Wales, on a fine spring evening.

Why you should never ever mention rewilding to a Welsh hill farmer

28 June 2023

In the push to give nature and the climate a chance to thrive amid growing agricultural pressures, words like rewilding have become de rigueur among researchers. Just don’t tell the farmers, says Graham Lawton


Inside the Tideway 'super sewer' near Fulham, London

Inside the huge London super sewer designed to fight river pollution

2 June 2023

A monstrous concrete pipe with a capacity of 1.6 million cubic metres is being built under London to reduce the frequency of sewage discharges into the Thames


Cheese Store at The Ethical Dairy

Why I can once again eat cheese with a clear conscience

31 May 2023

I thought there was no way around cheese being an environmental and ethical disaster, but a new approach to dairy farming has proved me wrong, says Graham Lawton


A car at the Charles Trent scrapyard

Can a new way to recycle cars create a circular motor industry?

14 May 2023

What looks like a production line in a UK scrapyard is actually taking cars apart rather than building them – part of efforts to create a more sustainable car industry


2H56E72 Activists from Friends of the Earth during a demonstration calling for an end to all new oil and gas projects in the North Sea, starting with the proposed Cambo oil field, outside the UK Government's Cop26 hub during the Cop26 summit in Glasgow. Picture date: Sunday November 7, 2021.

How a campaign to keep fossil fuels underground is gaining traction

3 May 2023

A radical new proposal wants the world to sign up to a deal to halt development of new oil, gas and coal fields. It is already backed by thousands of scientists and more than 70 city governments, says Graham Lawton


2GAXKAF aerial view of a beautiful Vjosa river, near Earcove, Nemercka mountains, Gjirokastra district, albania

Europe's first Wild River National Park is great, except for one thing

5 April 2023

The new status of Albania's river Vjosa is a major conservation milestone. But plans to open an airport on the river's delta next year soured the celebrations, says Graham Lawton


Ecologists are infecting trees with fungi to make them age prematurely

14 March 2023

Many species depend on the cavities inside veteran trees, but such spaces are in short supply. Researchers are exploring ways to make young trees old before their time


TOPSHOT - An aerial photo taken on February 14, 2023 shows flooding caused by Cyclone Gabrielle in Awatoto, near the city of Napier. - New Zealand declared a national state of emergency on February 14 as Cyclone Gabrielle swept away roads, inundated homes and left more than 100,000 people without power. - New Zealand OUT (Photo by AFP) / New Zealand OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)

Do back-to-back disasters show first climate tipping point is upon us?

8 March 2023

Compound and cascading catastrophes, like two hurricanes striking within days, are becoming more common. Does this mean we have crossed the first climate tipping point, an irreversible shift in Earth’s natural systems, asks Graham Lawton


The river Fal

How can you tell if a river in the UK is healthy?

21 February 2023

Pollution isn’t always easy to spot, but public data and some visual clues can give an idea of whether rivers are in a good ecological state, and help you take part in our Save Britain's Rivers campaign


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