More swimming inland, too few places. Reservoirs are suitable; Owen explains why, and how he and others are campaigning for responsible access to them

As a result of sewage pollution, 331 people have seen a doctor with chest infections and gastroenteritis and some were hospitalised

Campaigners release official data showing the most serious pollution incidents in England are double the target.

It comes after the water supplier increased its charges by an average of 47% from April.

The Oxford-Cambridge tradition of throwing winning coxes into the water was given the go-ahead despite concerns of contamination

Local activists in Massachusetts have taken on the private jet lobby—and they might just win.

Around 59% of all national forests in the U.S. would be open for logging, including some in eastern Washington.

Indonesia plans to clear forests about the size of Belgium to produce sugarcane-derived bioethanol, rice and other food crops, potentially displacing Indigenous groups who rely on the land to survive.

The Newbury farm is home to 12,000 chickens, but the new plans would see an increase to 32,000.

In episode one of a two-part series, biodiversity reporter Phoebe Weston tells Madeleine Finlay about the problem of chemical pollution in our waterways, and how it could be contributing to what the W...

The studies looked at samples from Langstone and Chichester Harbours in spring and autumn 2022.

Choosing KKR as the preferred bidder for the UK’s biggest water company may not fill Thames Water’s workers with joy

Yorkshire Water revealed to be in the top five offending companies for sewage discharges

Effluent spills in England and Wales rise to record 3.6mn hours last year

Daniel Mumby, from the Local Democracy Reporting Service, finds out why a chemical is blocking the building of new homes.

Labour has called the figure ‘disgraceful’

The former Olympic champion says work must be done to stop pollution in the

Peat is our Amazon rainforest: it stores carbon. Putting wind farms on protected peatland would release carbon and worsen the climate crisis

Chris Weston and Alastair Cochran targeted by group who accuse them of causing a public nuisance

“Tax our wealth” – that’s the message from millionaires across the UK whose campaign is hitting the road ahead of the government’s spring statement

YouTube video by Ilkley Clean River Group

Norfolk’s factory farms break environmental rules twice a week – yet prosecutions are rare. Will looser regulations worsen pollution?

Thames Water’s profit-hungry owners have let the water network rot while they’ve racked up alarming debts. And who do they want to pick up the tab? Customers – through ever-rising water bills. The com...

Norfolk’s factory farms break environmental rules twice a week – yet prosecutions are rare. Will looser regulations worsen pollution?

NOAA, the nation’s leading climate science agency, may lose dozens of offices, including one that is key to the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii.

European Movement International seeks creating a European Movement Canada

London-listed energy firm dubbed ‘Britain’s biggest polluter’ also in talks to prolong the life of its controversial wood-burning power station

Inquiry set up by academics and campaigners to rival ‘too limited’ government-established commission