Air management

England’s nature regulator has published a series of natural capital atlases at the county and city scale to help it better understand the state of nature and assist it in delivering its duties

The government’s top air quality advisers say that a link between long-term exposure to air pollution and outcomes from coronavirus exposure is likely, though it is too early to reach firm conclusions

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency says that pollutant emissions data from Ineos’ Grangemouth petrochemicals complex since 2016 has not passed muster

The chairs of two cross-party House of Commons committees have written to chancellor Rishi Sunak urging him not to assemble coronavirus recovery packages that would lock the UK into high carbon emissions pathways and scupper any chances of the country hitting net zero by 2050

Environment secretary George Eustice has reiterated his commitment to ensure environmental protections, animal welfare and food standards are not eroded as part of any trade deal

Updated daily: Britain's record coal-free run is over after 67 days, 22 hours and 55 minutes, following a coal unit running tests after essential maintenance. This had been the longest run without coal for Britain since 1882

Global CO2 emissions fell by 17% in early April when many countries were locked down due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a study from the University of East Anglia

Accreditation and permit work is steady but some sector-based work is drying up and consultancies are having to devise digital workarounds to undertake compliance checks. Adam Branson talks to consultants about operations under lockdown

Infographic: Click through to see how measures to fight the coronavirus pandemic have reduced traffic on London’s streets, leading to marked reductions in nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels at the capital’s most polluted sites

An expanded district heat scheme deriving warmth from an unlikely source is helping more than a thousand homes cut their energy bills in north London