Environment

A community microgrid is helping New Yorkers exchange renewable power

Football isn’t particularly known for its progressive thinking, but Ecotricity’s collaboration with Forest Green Rovers could shift the goalposts. Welcome to the most sustainable football club in [...]

North Sea cod has been certified as sustainable after stocks recover from the brink of near collapse

Around 8m tonnes of plastic end up in the ocean each year. How can we clean up our seas?

France is set to ban the sale of any car that uses petrol or diesel fuel by 2040. The country’s ecology minister called it a “revolution”

With such limited space, how can cities be designed to feature more greenery? China is thinking outside the box: vertically

Tom Bawden, a journalist for the i newspaper, meets the team using octopuses to win over communities in Madagascar by demonstrating cheaply and quickly the power of conservation

The O’Neill sisters did not expect the tornado that hit their town in Massachusetts or that recovering from the disaster would change their lives, writes Doyle Rice for USA Today

MEPs have overwhelmingly rejected an attempt by a UK Conservative MEP to oppose a full ban on neonicotinoid pesticides which have been linked to the decline of bees

A scheme in Birmingham that has given away 4,000 bikes and cycling training has been recognised for its potential in improving air quality

The country, traditionally a strong supporter of coal and nuclear, could switch to natural gas and renewables

Londoners are being encouraged to stem the tide of litter into the capital’s river

The Chinese city of Hangzhou has made cycling a key part of its integrated public transport system, including a free bike hire service

Hawaii is among a number of states making a stand against the president’s decision to pull out of the Paris climate accord, but is the first to pass legislation on the issue

Favourable weather conditions during a spell one day last week helped the UK’s renewable energy sector set a new record for sustainable power production

For 30 years, forest gardens have been planted in cities, gardens and parks in temperate climates around the world. Tomas Remiarz explores how this maturing, self-reproducing system is designed [...]

Poaching in South Africa threatens the lives of thousands of vulnerable animals and tears communities apart. Can the Black Mambas, the world’s first all-female anti-poaching unit, change the [...]

World leaders, cities, businesses and communities have vowed to press ahead with the Paris climate deal after President Trump announces the US’s withdrawal from the landmark agreement

In a shock vote, shareholders of ExxonMobil, the world’s largest oil company, have voted to force the firm to be more open about the impact of climate change on its business

Germany leaders vote for a bill that will shut down the country’s remaining fur farms