Young people living with higher levels of air pollution are significantly more likely to have psychotic experiences, according to the first study of the issue.Researchers analysed the experiences of more than 2,000...

Lidl is trialling the removal of 9p plastic bags from 54 of its shops in Wales.The brand says it discovered the cheap reusable bags were frequently being used just once before being...

Pollution from diesel vehicles is stunting the growth of children’s lungs, leaving them damaged for life, a major study has found. The research, conducted with more than 2,000 school children in London, is...

A record number of people are dying of asthma, and experts have warned growing air pollution and a lack of basic care could be to blame.In England and Wales 1,320 people died...

Tens of thousands of brightly coloured plastic drinks bottles tumble from the back of a truck on to a conveyor belt before disappearing slowly inside a warehouse on the outskirts of Oslo.As...

The UK’s historic churches are at serious risk from the impact of climate change, including higher levels of rainfall and invasive pests such as termites, according to the National Churches Trust. Roofs,...

The summer of 2018 is shaping up to be one for the record books. Locations across the Northern Hemisphere have recorded their hottest temperatures ever this past week, the Washington Post reported...

McDonald’s will end the use of plastic straws in its British restaurants next year, after nearly half a million people called on the company to ditch them.The decision by the US fast-food...

Tubs of Strawberry Breeze-cake, Cherry Gale-cia and other wind-themed ice-creams will feature in a campaign by Ben & Jerry’s to persuade the government to rethink its opposition to onshore windfarms.The renamed flavours...

National Grid is contemplating the creation of a fast charging network for the UK and Wales. Scotland may also get a similar system. The chargers would have up to 35o kW of...

The Welsh Government, RenewableUK and several green groups have jointly called for onshore wind and solar projects to be allowed to compete in future UK clean energy auction rounds, arguing that the...

Wales' largest onshore wind farm is officially up and running, with Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones heralding the technology as a "key part" of Wales' low-carbon economic future. Vattenfall, the Swedish developer of...

The Welsh government this week announced ambitious new clean energy targets that would make the country one of the world's leading renewables hubs. Cabinet Secretary Lesley Griffiths announced Wales should aim to source...

Solarplicity has set out plans to install solar PV panels on the rooftops of up to 800,000 homes in the next five years, as part of a £1bn programme to help the...

Wales again increased its overall recycling rate last year meaning it has now reached its target of recycling 64 per cent of household waste three years ahead of schedule, the Welsh government...

Mongoose Energy has completed financing for a 14.7MW solar-plus-battery farm in Stratford-Upon-Avon, in what it claims will be the UK's biggest ever community energy project. The Drayton Manor site has been designed, built...