Heat pumps for all new homes and plug-in solar in green tech drive

Solar panels that can be plugged in at home could be available to buy in supermarkets in the coming months.

MP raises Heathrow expansion transport concerns

Windsor MP, Jack Rankin says he backs the idea of a western rail link to Heathrow.

UN issues new climate warning as El Niño looms

The Earth’s climate is further out of balance than at any time in recorded history, the UN’s weather agency says.

How an island became ferret free – thanks, in part, to Woody the wonderdog

More than 400 traps were laid across the island in a £4.5m project which featured a specially-trained detection dog called Woody.

Oil firm breaks environmental rules nearly 500 times

Operator Essar has apologised for the breaches committed over four years.

Natural History Museum overtakes British Museum as UK’s top tourist attraction

The venue broke the record for the most visitors to any museum or gallery in a single year.

Nasa’s Moon rocket Artemis rolls back to pad for possible April launch

Nasa is preparing a mission to send astronauts around the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years.

Question over lack of prosecution after fish die

Steve Barclay asks Parliament why no-one has been taken to court after about 900 fish died.

Taxpayers to fund clear-up of huge illegal waste dumps

The government says it will step in to clean up some of the biggest illegal rubbish tips in England.

US states sue Trump over his move to scrap greenhouse gases ruling

The lawsuit seeks to overturn the Trump administration’s reversal last month of the 2009 ruling that underpins all US policies aimed at lowering emissions.