Exclusive: Report finds Natural England has created no new SSSIs, which protect areas from development, since 2023

Exclusive: Report finds Natural England has created no new SSSIs, which protect areas from development, since 2023

Researchers found moths and hover flies are more negatively affected by urbanisation than bees

An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished

Natural capital approaches to mitigating the impacts of construction projects, in which environmental harms and mitigations are calculated and then traded, have become dominant features of contemporar...

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‘Can’t you ping elsewhere?’ The question, daubed on the twelve-foot green fences encircling much of Brockwell Park...

Exclusive: Chancellor urged to increase funding as study suggests government has overestimated its housebuilding figures for England

Thanks to ‘placemaking’, thriving communities are hollowing out, to be replaced by luxury apartments and expensive restaurants, says author Anna Minton

Councils will get powers to impose ‘delayed home penalty’ under latest government proposals

Even it now admits that brick by brick, these proposals will wreck habitats. This could be Starmer’s most damaging mistake yet, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Conservation campaign group Wild Justice has written to the government calling on it to correct a statement made in Parliament […]

Scientists fear early emerging insects may fall out of sync with pathogens, predators or availability of food

Whitehall analysis provides no data or research to support the government argument that environmental legislation holds up building

Letter: Ben Kite says a large number of experts and organisations are concerned about the bill’s environmental impact, in response to a letter by the nature minister

Campaigner Hannah Bourne-Taylor fears goal of requiring all new homes to include a hollow brick to help endangered cavity-nesting birds may be dropped

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Campaigners warn against removing group as statutory consultee as part of plan to speed up building new homes

The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Letter: The government’s proposals lack the safeguards necessary to preserve key ecosystems, including chalk streams and woodlands, warns Prof EJ Milner-Gulland

From unauthorised species releases to small groups buying up land, ‘guerrilla rewilding’ is going mainstream. But experts worry that these rogue efforts could do more harm than good

Heads of 32 charities warn proposals could push species towards extinction and lead to irreversible habitat loss The heads of 32 UK nature organisations have written to the government warning that the planning bill “throws environmental protection to the wind”. The planning and infrastructure bill, which is at committee stage in parliament, aims to streamline regulations for developers so they can speed up their projects. Continue reading...