Environmental News

Conrad Energy has launched Match+ to help businesses prove they are directly matching 100% of their consumption with renewable energy.

Households have been warned they could face fines of up to £1,300 for using fireplaces this autumn and winter. 

British farmers warn that extreme weather could cause food shortages and riots in the next decade. 

A new report explores how farmers can increase invertebrate numbers and biodiversity, whilst maintaining the same level of food production.

Autumn is an ideal time to ensure your woodland is in the best health for the colder winter months.

Researchers at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) have been awarded nearly £700,000 for equipment, which will form part of an ultra-modern research facility to measure emissions from beef cattle. 

Farming communities have called for “balanced and evidence-based” discussion following backlash on a bovine TB documentary presented by Sir Brian May. 

Plans for an £8.5 million solar farm to be built in New Forest have been approved despite objections from the residents. 

“Farmland should be farmland,” said the majority of the Newark residents, while others agreed with plans for one of Britain’s biggest solar farms to be built in East Midlands. 

Researchers are asking for farmers’ help with a pioneering study into the numbers and behaviour of ‘farm cats’. 

A Wiltshire farmer was fined over £4,000 after removing water sample bottles from an Environment Agency officer who was investigating a pollution incident at the farm near Warminster.

A Cambridgeshire farmer and CEO of the Nature Friendly Farming Network (NFFN) explained how the environment-friendly practices help him boost yields.