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How sustainable is your weekly shop? We spoke to the founders of the UK’s biggest zero-waste supermarket, The Clean Kilo in Birmingham, for some top tips.
Italy has become the first country in the world to make lessons on climate change compulsory in schools, in a move announced by the country’s education minister, Lorenzo Fioramonti. The news comes as students around the world continue to strike from school to protest a lack of action on climate change, while leading scientists have declared a “climate emergency”.
But the government said such a programme "could cause unnecessary concern to an already distressed community".
School nurse Nicola Pearson, 45, found herself unable to breathe during a fireworks display. Here's how to stay safe while enjoying Bonfire Night festivities.
Organisers say at least 300,000 people have taken part in the global strikes on the climate emergency. Adults have been urged to join school students this week in their Friday school strikes, a protest begun by Greta Thunberg.
In the UK, 44,895 cases of asthma could be avoided if the country reduced air pollution.
We're 209 days into the year, but we've already crossed the point where humanity has started consuming the world's resources faster that they can be regenerated or replenished. In 2018, the Overshoot day was also 29 July, the earliest it has ever been.
Nearly 60% of the more than 4,500 beaches sampled in 2018 had at least one day of unsafe bacteria levels.
Emails show long-time corporate mercenaries on the march at the US Environmental Protection Agency.
They are protesting in Lewisham about air pollution.