Pressure on local authorities to meet targets of keeping waste out of landfill is at risk of backfiring, a report has said

Agriculture Minister Jim Paice updated Parliament today on the progress of payments to farmers under the Single Payment Scheme

The UK Government will support an initiative to build Sustainable Development Goals, which will focus international attention on the need to sustainably manage the world’s natural resources, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman have announced

Environment Minister Richard Benyon today made the following Written Ministerial Statement on Marine Conservation Zones

England and Wales are now better prepared than ever to respond to major flooding, says an independent report published today.

Millions of trees could be lost to disease in the UK in the next few years unless urgent action is taken, Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman warned today

Family-run restaurants and independent shops will be able to save money and access better recycling under a new deal between Government and the waste industry, Environment Minister Lord Henley announced today (June 23rd)

North Lincolnshire council is set to become on the first local authorities in the UK to include small WEEE in its kerbside recycling collections

As the world tries to agree on its next steps towards managing climate change in Durban, the NFU is working with others in the industry to ensure that agriculture’s contribution to tackling the problem is recognised

With developers increasingly recognising the potential for ecology and land use in achieving BREAAM accreditation, one of the UK’s fastest-growing environmental consultancies has boosted its team of specialist ecologists with the recent appointments at its Inverness, Edinburgh, Stanhope and Mold offices