If the purpose of politics is to lay the foundations of a good life for all, the environmental measures in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill reveal a troubling lack of imagination at the heart of government.

Over 100 Green Party councillors have signed a letter in support of Zack Polanski’s leadership bid, in a sign that the party could be heading towards choosing a non-MP as leader. 

Evidence shows that rolling back our climate ambitions would do nothing to win back voters from Reform, but instead risk losing crucial votes to the Liberal Democrats and Greens. Labour must not buckle on net zero. 

Labour MPs are growing increasingly nervous about the government’s approach to net zero following Reform’s sweeping success in the local and mayoral elections.

A Labour MP has raised concern about the feasibility of a key plank of the government's planning reforms.

Three-quarters of farmers are concerned by the lack of consistency in environmental standards and assurance and want to see greater commonality in how sustainability metrics are measured

Britain faces two trilemmas over energy: as it seeks to find a middle ground between security, cost and carbon reduction, it also needs to balance supply, demand and storage. It’s the last of these, Benedict Cooper finds, that might be the biggest challenge of all.

As we – once again – await the unveiling of a host of proposed new towns, Michael Dnes tells the extraordinary cautionary tale of how an industrial wasteland in Kent just 17 minutes by high-speed train from central London remains a spiders’ paradise

The Clean Power Plan is an ambitious scheme to decarbonise the energy sector by 2030. Is it really deliverable? Chaminda Jayanetti reports

As government tries to make Britain a “clean energy superpower”, minister Michael Shanks told Zoe Crowther that extended ‘pounds for pylons’ schemes could be soon coming down the track.

Multiple Labour figures have come out against Chancellor Rachel Reeves after she announced support for a third runway at Heathrow Airport and reducing environmental requirements placed on developers.

An electric, hilarious and roller-coaster portrayal of the first-ever climate change agreement negotiations, Kyoto is a play that grabs you by the lapels and keeps shaking you

The decision on whether to end Drax's energy subsidies is not an easy one, but the government must face up to the tough choices that the Tories dodged.

Although its proposed solutions may fail the plausibility test, the real joy of this book is to be found in the breadth of Baroness Bennett’s reading and experiences

Andrew Gilmour has made a rare attempt to understand the triple nexus of climate change, conflict and migration

With 1.5 million new houses set to be built over this Parliament across the UK, the Horticultural Trades Association calls on the government to maximise flora and gardens in new housing and urban developments

On March 2 2022, delegates to the UN environment assembly adopted an ambitious resolution to develop the text of a new treaty by the end of 2024 to end plastic pollution. With 24 days of formal negotiation between almost 200 countries completed, spread over meetings in Peru, France, Kenya and Canada, the fifth and final negotiation meeting is about to take place in Busan, South Korea. This is crunch time. Agreement must be found or the opportunity to take global action to tackle plastic pollution might be lost.

Chloe Dalton’s story of her extraordinary relationship with a rescued hare is a compelling reflection on the transformative power of the natural world

Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee, Toby Perkins, has said that money will be the biggest challenge for governments in the COP29 climate summit, at a time when there are “huge alternative uses for public money”.

The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) calls on government to harness UK’s environmental horticulture industry for growth

After years of delay, we are pleased to see rapid progress is being made to deliver the UK’s Deposit Return Scheme (DRS), with the new government committed to the scheme going live by October 2027.

With a legally binding global treaty to address plastic pollution on the horizon, what are the potential risks and opportunities for the UK? PoliticsHome sat down with Professor Steve Fletcher, Director of the Revolution Plastics Institute at the University of Portsmouth and UKRI Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) UK Plastic Pollution Agenda Setting Fellow, to learn how world-class research can position the UK as a global leader in the future of plastics.

Chris Luffingham, acting Chief Executive of the League Against Cruel Sports, says the time for change is now, but asks if not now, then when?

Labour MP and new chair of the Climate All-Party Parliamentary Group Luke Murphy has said the Government must avoid the mistakes of past "unjust" energy transitions such as Tory prime minister Margaret Thatcher's closure of the mines in the 1980s.