MPs on the cross-party House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) are calling on the Government to ban damaging activities such as bottom trawling in certain protected areas of England’s waters, in a report published today.

Forty projects which will use natural processes such as planting trees and creating wetlands to reduce the risk of flooding are set to benefit from a £25 million government programme.

The latest Met Office ‘State of the UK Climate’ report is warning that 2022 was a record-breaking year for weather and is a sign of the UK’s changing climate.

Natural England and the Environment Agency have announced today they are beginning legal action against a landowner for damage to a protected area of the River Lugg in Herefordshire which has caused suspected significant and long-term ecological harm.

Severn Trent has reached a milestone in its project to plant 72 Tiny Forests across the West Midlands, in celebration of Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, with 10,000 trees planted in just three weeks.

Three years ago, London’s largest urban wetland nature reserve opened to the public for the first time, thanks to a £4.5 million grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

The Green Alliance is calling for the UK's new post-Brexit farm subsidy scheme to be better aligned with water companies' environmental spending.

The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee has launched a new inquiry on the future of the seas – examining how they can be protected from climate change, acidification, overfishing and pollution, and how the Government can create a sustainable blue economy.

A major report looking at the future of the sea has set out the opportunities available for the UK to capitalise on its existing strengths in research, technology and the diversity of ocean industries.

EU-funded research is shedding more light on the depths of the North Atlantic maritime region – a better understanding of deep-sea habitats will inform the sustainable management of this vital resource