Commenting on a new report from the Committee on Climate Change, Labour MPs Rachel Reeves and Mary Creagh says addressing the 'climate emergency' will deliver new jobs, sustainable and globally innovative industries, to reinvigorate our industrial towns and cities. 

Jeremy Corbyn will today call on MPs to do their "historic duty" and make the UK Parliament the first in the world to declare a climate emergency.

The British Plastics Federation (BPF), which represents the whole supply chain of the UK plastics industry, has published a position paper supporting the aims of the Norway proposal on plastic waste exports.

Labour will this week force a Commons vote on declaring a national climate emergency.

Liam Fox has been branded a “dinosaur” in his attitude to climate change after he called on the public to help tackle it regardless of if they believe scientists’ explanations of its causes.

The climate change protesters who have brought parts of London to a standstill in a bid to highlight the plight of the planet should go and "lecture" China instead, Boris Johnson has suggested.

Sajid Javid has urged the Metropolitan Police to use the ‘full force of the law’ against climate change protesters who are blocking traffic and holding up public transport.

Plaid Cymru's Shadow Minister for Environment and Rural Affairs Llyr Gruffydd AM says that the schoolchildren protesting over climate change have given politicians a mandate to act and says that "individuals, governments, politicians, political parties and public organisations worldwide" must all come together to solve this emergency.

IKEA UK today announces that IKEA Greenwich has achieved an ‘Outstanding’ BREEAM UK New Construction certification, a sustainability rating and accolade held by just 320 buildings around the world. 

Capita’s Chief Executive writes following the launch of London’s Ultra-Low Emission Zone, which his company was commissioned to design, implement and operate. He says if the scheme is rolled out across the country, it would be seen as the third great post-War move to tackle poisonous air across the UK after the smoking ban and the Clean Air Act.

Few disagree with the aspirations of the UK government’s Resources and Waste Strategy and the government is clearly considering a range of options. But Chairman of the British Plastics Federation Recycling Group Roger Baynham asks whether all the possible consequences have been considered.

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has responded following government moves to address shortages of products containing procaine hydrochloride, a local anaesthetic used widely in veterinary medicine, particularly farm animal medicine.

As National Pet Month begins, the British Veterinary Association (BVA) is reminding pet owners not to replace a trip to the vets with non-clinical information they find online.

Conservative MP for Mid Worcestershire, Nigel Huddleston, writes in advance of his Westminster Hall debate on Puppy smuggling.

Environmental campaigners have staged a naked protest in the House of Commons.

Government plans to press ahead with fracking could see Britain miss its international climate commitments twenty times over, Jeremy Corbyn will warn today.

The Woodland Trust – the UK’s largest woodland conservation charity - has plucked out a top ten of the weird and wacky wildlife that many people will never have heard of that live in our UK woodland.

The Labour MP for Bristol West, Thangam Debbonaire, writes following her parliamentary debate this week on 'the effect of transition towns on use of fossil fuels'.

Insects provide an inordinate number of services to humans, and if we’re to be responsible custodians of our earth for future generations we can’t afford to be slow to protect them, writes Alex Sobel MP.

Food and clothing imported by wealthy Western countries are making it harder for many poor and marginalised communities to get a daily clean water supply, a new report from WaterAid warns.

To mark Keep Britain Tidy’s annual ‘Great British Spring Clean’, employees at Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) will offer their support in a series of clean-up events happening across the UK. 

King’s College London and British Safety Council launch Canairy, the world’s first mobile app for outdoor workers to measure their exposure to air pollution in London.

Calor Gas writes ahead of a one day conference to discuss rural strategy and policy. Speakers include Rebecca Pow MP, David Drew MP and Baroness Bakewell.

Dods Monitoring consultant Alex Tiley explores what the introduction of PRT poultry could mean for the UK.