Environment

Image credit: Cadent Gas distribution network Cadent says it has taken a major step towards removing one of the biggest obstacles facing developers of biomethane – the high cost of reinforcing the gas network – by introducing the UK’s first cost-sharing model for entry connections capacity. The group, the UK’s largest gas distribution network, has […]

A 2025 photograph of the site (image credit: Thames21). Four further arrests have been made in late January in connection with a large illegal waste dump occurring in Kidlington, Oxfordshire last Summer, which was widely reported in November. In a joint raid early on Tuesday 20 January, officers from both the Environment Agency and the

Citizen scientists at Thames21’s training session at Hackney Marshes (image credit: Thames21). Environmental charity Thames21 has launched a new online dashboard that – for the first time – brings together key datasets on river health gathered by citizen scientists across London and the Thames Basin. The ‘Citizen Science Dashboard’ currently holds more than 6,000 water

Ryan Pearson is head of business development at Metasphere, a Grundfos company. By Ryan Pearson of water technology firm Metasphere. The Independent Water Commission’s (IWC) Final Report, delivered in July 2025, is being called the water sector’s 21st century “Great Stink” moment. For a multi-billion-pound industry defined by challenges including sewage spills, failing infrastructure, and

The Department for Transport (DfT) has awarded £181,000 through the UK Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) Clearing House to four UK innovators: Avioxx, Clean Planet Technologies, Green Lizard Technologies, and Zero Petroleum. The funding will accelerate the testing, certification, and commercialisation of next-generation sustainable aviation fuels, a key part of the UK’s strategy to decarbonise aviation.

Biochar1 has long been valued for improving soil health. A new review explores the fact that it is also rapidly evolving into a powerful multifunctional material with the potential to tackle some of the world’s most urgent environmental challenges, from water pollution and nutrient loss to carbon emissions and clean energy production. The review brings

A data centre in Slough Projected growth in data centres will produce enough waste heat to warm millions of homes in the UK by 2035 – if the infrastructure is in place to take advantage of it, according to new research. The analysis comes from EnergiRaven, a UK company with expertise in waste heat, and

A report, produced by UKAI, the country’s only trade association for AI businesses, argues that Britain has a clear opportunity to lead the next phase of global artificial intelligence by becoming the world’s foremost hub for Green AI. This includes ensuring that AI that is efficient, affordable, deployable at scale, and aligned with long-term economic

A new report from energy market analysis provider Montel EnAppSys, Curtailed Renewables in GB and Ireland, has revealed that over 12 Terawatt hours (TWh) of clean electricity was turned off across Great Britain and Ireland in 2025 due to grid constraints. This could have met the combined electricity demand of every domestic household in London

Lauren Porter is working with samples from building sites in Munich and Ausgburg (image credit: Astrid Eckert / TUM). In urban areas, soil is often moved in opposite directions: on the one hand, excavated material is removed from construction sites and often ends up in landfills. As such, soil accounts for a quarter of waste