What is degrowth and can it save the planet?
‘These ideas are incredibly popular’: what is degrowth and can it save the planet? The post-growth movement says GDP is the wrong way to measure progress and we need a…
Is ultra cheap green hydrogen on the horizon?
Is ultra cheap green hydrogen on the horizon? Hydrogen produced by splitting water with renewable energy is too expensive to take off, but a start-up hopes to bring down the…
Why are we obsessed with just five types of fish?
In Britain, we’re creatures of habit when it comes to seafood. The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) reports that 80 percent of all seafood sold in the UK comprises just five…
Facing up to accelerating exploitation of oceans
Termed the “blue acceleration”, the rapid increase in human activity and resource extraction from the world’s oceans in recent decades highlights the growing pressure we’re placing on marine ecosystems. Irish…
Irish leaders need to start being honest about livestock’s long shadow and our unsustainable diets
Irish leaders need to start being honest about livestock’s long shadow and our unsustainable diets Meat and dairy provides only 13% of calories globally but are responsible for nearly 85%…
Impact of food production must inform climate policy
Your editorial on nature-friendly farming (12 August) rightly points out that a reduction in meat and dairy consumption is the most effective way to provide food security while protecting nature…
Biomass power station produced four times emissions of UK coal plant, says report
The Drax power station was responsible for four times more carbon emissions than the UK’s last remaining coal-fired plant last year, despite taking more than £0.5bn in clean-energy subsidies in…
We must help our farmers transition to a sustainable future
This is absolutely critical. This is what Earth and Leaf is all about. Extract below: We must help our farmers transition to a sustainable future. The Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS)…
Oxygen discovery defies knowledge of the deep ocean
We really must mess up again and deep ocean mining might be just that. Extract below: Scientists have discovered “dark oxygen” being produced in the deep ocean, apparently by lumps…
Labour has left farmers facing agriculture budget ‘cliff edge’, says NFU
Extract below: Farmers are facing a “cliff edge” as the Labour government refuses to commit to maintaining the agriculture budget for England, the president of the National Farmers’ Union has…
Most homes will need heat pumps
Heat pumps will need to be installed in the vast majority of Welsh homes to meet climate targets, the Welsh government has said. However, the government’s new heat strategy stops…
The truth about rewilding, by seven of Britain’s most influential farmers, landowners and conservationists
Although the term ‘rewilding’ is contentious, most agree that our countryside could be better managed for wildlife. Yet what should we actually be doing to improve it? ‘The idea that…
Papuans head to Indonesian court to protect forests from palm oil
Indigenous activists from the Indonesian province of West Papua have held traditional ceremonies outside the country’s Supreme Court in Jakarta calling for their traditional land and forests to be protected…
Farmer confidence at lowest in England and Wales since survey began, NFU says
This survey is very important. We need to carry farmers with us as we tackle global warming. The National Farmers Union cites extreme wet weather and post-Brexit phasing-out of EU…
Methane emissions from gas flaring being hidden from satellite monitors
Oil and gas equipment intended to cut methane emissions is preventing scientists from accurately detecting greenhouse gases and pollutants, a satellite image investigation has revealed. Energy companies operating in countries…
Paris leads coalition of EU states to demand actions against UK ban on bottom fishing
According to French government sources, nine EU countries will meet in Brussels at the start of the week to discuss the impact of the UK’s decision to ban bottom fishing…
Low-intensity grazing is locally better for biodiversity but challenging for land users, study shows
A team of researchers led by the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Leipzig University (UL), and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) has investigated the motivation and…
The carbon footprint of major travel methods revealed
Here we reveal the carbon footprint of our major travel methods. The most striking revelation is how very inefficient and polluting it is to travel alone in a big fuel…
Government urged to end subsidies as Drax accused of burning old forest wood
This is quite simply outrageous. Drax is seen as a renewable power supplier and is classed as carbon neutral. This is patently untrue. It is also appalling that our government…
Vegan diet massively cuts environmental damage
Vegan diet massively cuts environmental damage, study shows Detailed analysis finds plant diets lead to 75% less climate-heating emissions, water pollution and land use than meat-rich ones Eating a vegan…