Ministers must ramp up their efforts if they are to hit a major target to curb climate change by 2050, a government watchdog has warned.

Jeremy Hunt has come under fire after he threw his weight behind calls for the ban on fox hunting to be lifted.

With 3.5million grey squirrels in the UK against just 140,000 red squirrels, it follows that where there are live grey squirrels, there will be dead reds, says Trudy Harrison MP. 

Former Defra minister, George Eustice MP writes on his Westminster Hall debate on the religious slaughter of farm animals: "Non-stun slaughter is only supposed to be allowed on the basis of religious need but this requirement is not enforceable in practice."

Jeremy Hunt has pledged to hand the farming and fishing industries a £6bn cash boost to help them cope with a no-deal Brexit if he becomes Prime Minister.

Blue Cross is delighted that a new bill to make punishments for animal abuse much stronger will be taken to parliament today.

Britain’s worst animal abusers face spending up to five years in prison after Michael Gove announced plans for tougher sentences.

The task of dealing with our obsolete nuclear submarines has been ignored for over 50 years. A clear timetable and funding for a full dismantling and recycling programme is needed, says Luke Pollard

Nick Brown, Head of Sustainability at Coca-Cola European Partners GB, talks about the business’ latest packaging initiatives, two years since the company launched its sustainable packaging strategy.

A senior Tory MP has been condemned after footage emerged of him grabbing a female Greenpeace protester by the neck at a plush event in the City.

Becky Thwaites, Head of Public Affairs at Blue Cross, said: “We know how heartbreaking it is when a beloved family pet goes missing and the owner is at a loss with not knowing what has happened to them, or if they are safe.

Former Cabinet minister and peer John Gummer has been cleared by sleaze watchdogs over claims he failed to properly declare and register relevant financial interests.

The government must publish a plan to meet domestic energy efficiency targets in order to achieve net zero carbon by 2050, writes Sarah Newton

The chief executive of Capita Jon Lewis says that if the UK is to meet the new legally binding target of net zero emissions by 2050 "big businesses must play their part".

An eminent American professor of large animal medicine has warned the UK not to dilute its high animal welfare standards for future trade deals with the US.

Ministers will be legally bound to end the UK's contribution to climate change by 2050 under a new target to be introduced by Theresa May.

Lib Dem spokesperson for Environment and Climate Change Wera Hobhouse MP writes to mark World Ocean’s Day that "the urgency of dealing with our addiction to plastics is more important than ever".

Andrea Leadsom has vowed to declare a climate emergency and use Britain’s foreign aid budget to cut carbon emissions around the world if she becomes Prime Minister.

We need to act now or we will look back, as we do with the carnage wrought by asbestos, and think why we didn't act on air pollution, says Matthew Holder, Head of Campaigns at the British Safety Council. 

We should not entertain any trade deal with the US unless they announce that they will re-enter the Paris agreement, says Ed Miliband

Michael's Gove's ministerial deputy has backed rival candidate Jeremy Hunt to be the next Tory leader.

Donald Trump has heaped praise on Boris Johnson, saying the Tory leadership hopeful would make an "excellent" Prime Minister.

Coca-Cola European Partners' Sustainable Packaging Manager marks the first anniversary the UK Plastics Pact, which involves the whole plastics value chain and is crucial to working with others in industry to create change in the system. 

Farmers and landowners are being offered the chance to be part of the vast new Northern Forest with heavily subsidized tree-planting incentives.