The government must make big polluters pay for major tree planting projects and force SSSI landowners and water companies to restore peatlands if the UK is to reach net-zero emissions by 2050,... Read more
In its 14 year history, the nature regulator has brought just 14 successful prosecutions. James Fair asks whether the enforcer is proving to be a soft touch
Downing Street has hinted at major changes in Whitehall once the UK leaves the EU. But with DEFRA already grappling with a huge workload, does a shake-up make sense? Simon Pickstone investigates
A radical new environmental land management scheme has been sketched out in the Agriculture Bill but details surrounding how it would work in practice are thin on the ground. Isabella Kaminski reports
More than 1,600 permitted sites in England have not been inspected for at least three years, according to an analysis of Environment Agency data, while other sites have faced multiple checks in a single year
A planning inspector has asked a council to withdraw its local plan, asserting that its approach to air pollution and its effects on protected habitats is flawed. James Agyepong-Parsons looks at what went wrong
A new waste incineration best available techniques reference document is likely to have major cost implications for the UK’s energy-from-waste sector. Conor McGlone reports
Spurred on by deforestation in the Amazon, campaigners are calling for systematic environmental destruction to be made an international crime. The idea is gaining traction, with Pope Francis recently proposing “sins against ecology” be added to the teachings of the Catholic Church
Over the past 11 years, Hugo Tagholm has transformed the charity he heads from 'rickety organisation' to 'one of the leading and most authentic voices of the ocean'. But his fight to stop water companies polluting the coast is far from over
The UK must act now to reduce emissions from agriculture, land use and peatlands if it is to reach net zero by 2050, according to the government’s climate change advisers. Here are 10 things you need to know about the advisers’ new report, published today
Councils in England have reported just less than half of their local sites are being managed to maintain or enhance their nature conservation value, according to new data released by DEFRA
Prime minister Boris Johnson has said he believes there is 'a way forward' on solving the nitrates crisis currently affecting the south coast of England
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SPECIAL REPORT: 15% of species are formally classified as at risk of extinction in Great Britain. ENDS hears from those on the frontline of efforts to reverse nature's decline
Over half of a residential block's whole-life carbon emissions are associated with its construction and the materials used. How engaged is the development industry in tackling the problem?
Nearly 1,600 sites lost their ‘A’ compliance ratings between 2016 and 2018. Experts talk to ENDS about the consequences of a compliance rating downgrade and how businesses can avoid it
What are the most common reasons for permit non-compliance and how can they be avoided? Adam Branson investigates
There are some regulations that the Environment Agency has stopped enforcing entirely – does this reflect a change in the regulator’s approach to enforcement or a lack of capacity to tackle serious environmental crimes?
The Knapdale trial, which kicked off UK beaver reintroduction after centuries of absence, has shown the biodiversity benefits of these “ecosystem engineers” but also the need for local engagement and a strong management plan, finds Jocelyn Timperley
In 2015, Ellie Colson, director of transport and compliance at Colson Transport, ran into a spot of bother with the Environment Agency (EA). At the time, fires at two wood recycling plants had caused a national disposal issue and the only options open to the skip hire company were to landfill wood or stockpile it until the matter was resolved
A first-of-its-kind farming scheme in the UK could offer a new model for farming subsidy payments for improving nature after leaving the EU
The cement industry has a long journey ahead if it is to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions in line with the Paris Agreement. One carbon capture demonstration project shows a possible way forward
The soils in some areas of peatland in the South Pennines were more acidic than lemon juice. Years of work by a pioneering partnership to improve the condition of the moors is returning degraded blanket bog to an active state
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