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Summer 2025 may rewrite the heat records, Met Office cautions Britain
Provisional figures from the Met Office suggest that summer 2025 could end up being one of the warmest ever recorded in the UK. From the...
Aug 222 min read


Lidl Unveils ‘Live Well’ Label to Steer UK Shoppers Toward Healthier, More Sustainable Choices
Image Credit: Lidl GB Lidl’s UK arm is launching a new “Live Well” logo to help shoppers easily identify healthier options on the...
Aug 212 min read


Hopes Fade as Plastic Treaty Negotiations Collapse Without Agreement
Negotiators have once again walked away from Geneva without a deal on the Global Plastics Treaty. After two weeks of tense discussions,...
Aug 175 min read


Relentless European Heatwave Fuels Spanish Wildfires, Taking Third Life
Spain is in the grip of one of its most dangerous wildfire seasons in recent memory, and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has warned that the...
Aug 163 min read


Citizen Health Secures $30 Million to Pioneer AI Advocates for Patients
Citizen Health, a patient-powered platform aiming to transform care for rare diseases, has secured $ 30 million in Series A funding. The...
Aug 153 min read


New Plastics Treaty Draft Sparks Fury From Green Groups Over Gaping Weaknesses
A fresh draft of the global plastics pollution treaty has been unveiled at INC 5.2. Yet environmental groups say it misses the mark...
Aug 143 min read


Global Plastic Subsidies Could Balloon to $150 Billion by Mid-Century, Study Warns
Governments around the world provided an estimated eighty billion dollars in subsidies last year to companies producing and processing...
Aug 143 min read


Oxford-Based FoodTech Pioneer Modern Baker Closes £2.5 Million Funding Round
Modern Baker, an ambitious UK start-up aiming to change the way people think about ultra-processed foods, has secured £2.5 million in...
Aug 102 min read


Vegan Food Group Brings Just Egg to the UK, Serving a New Kind of Breakfast
Just Egg, the wildly popular plant-based egg alternative from the United States, has officially made its debut in the United Kingdom....
Aug 92 min read


Biotech Firm LenioBio Lands €3.7M to Advance Fast, Scalable Protein Medicine Manufacturing
LenioBio, a biotech company based in Düsseldorf, Germany, has received a €3.7 million grant from the European Health and Digital...
Aug 52 min read


Study Uncovers Widespread Use of Controversial Weedkillers by Local Authorities
Across the United Kingdom, the movement to eliminate pesticides from public spaces is gaining traction. Yet despite growing awareness and...
Jul 303 min read


Retrofitting Homes Could Save NHS England £1.4 Billion, New Report Finds
Improving the energy efficiency of homes in England, while accelerating the transition to electric cooking and heating systems, could...
Jul 303 min read


Fashion’s Carbon Footprint Jumps for the First Time Since 2019, Says Apparel Impact Institute
The fashion industry’s environmental reckoning just got a little more urgent. According to the Apparel Impact Institute’s latest Taking...
Jul 262 min read


Climate protection is a human right, International Court of Justice states
Judges stated that states must act in accordance with the latest climate science, in line with the international goal to limit warming to...
Jul 243 min read


Foodtech Startups Serving up Returns for Patient Investors
The current global food system accounts for one-third of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions. And yet, not enough change has been made to improve the way we produce, consume, and dispose of food. From agricultural practices and supply chain processes to consumer products and food waste management, nearly every level of the food system presents an opportunity for innovation that can drive sustainability.
Jul 226 min read


Legal Action Targets UK’s Climate Strategy, Alleging Breach of Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights is being asked to consider a challenge to the UK’s climate adaptation efforts. Friends of the Earth...
Jul 133 min read


UN Warns of Soaring Economic Losses and Human Suffering as Droughts Intensify Globally
Over the past two years, the world has experienced some of the most severe droughts ever recorded, events that scientists attribute to...
Jul 53 min read


Nearly Half of Gen Z Open to Trying Lab-Grown Meat, New Study Finds
A new study by Ipsos has revealed that nearly half of Gen Z Brits, those aged 16 to 29, are open to eating cultivated meat. At 47%, their...
Jul 32 min read


Scientists Reprogram Bacteria to Transform Plastic Trash into Powerful Painkillers
Image Credit: University of Edinburgh Turning trash into Tylenol might sound like something out of a sci-fi novel, but scientists at the...
Jun 281 min read


Nestlé Initiative Helps Cocoa Farmers Achieve 18% Higher Yields Amid Tough Harvest Conditions
Image Credit: Nestlé Nestlé’s Income Accelerator Programme is making a clear difference for cocoa-farming families in Côte d’Ivoire,...
Jun 262 min read
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