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In England and Northern Ireland the deposit return scheme will be limited to plastic and metal containers.

Our view of the stars has been reduced every year over the last decade by artificial light pollution.

Ordinary diesel trucks could be converted to a hydrogen-diesel mix, according to researchers in Australia.

Dartmoor landowners to be paid by national park in return for letting people wild camp on their land.

An independent watchdog warns that England is facing a 'deeply concerning decline in biodiversity'.

Emission cuts must be accompanied by greater efforts to remove CO2 from the atmosphere a new report says.

Humanity is set for its next big leap into space with nations and private companies racing to build outposts on other worlds

One scientist on why we should all pay more attention to the hidden world beneath our feet.

In 1971 Edward Carpenter discovered plastic floating about in the Atlantic Ocean.

More details emerge of a ban that businesses say could make takeaways more costly.

PFAS substances linked with cancer discovered in UK cosmetics on day EU sets out to ban them.

Wild camping on Dartmoor without permission has been ruled unlawful by the High Court.

The government is urged to take 25 actions by 2025 and phase out gas boilers within a decade.

Researchers claim to put a number on what Exxon knew about temperature rise as early as the 1970s.

New research reveals dolphins struggle to communicate and work together as noise pollution increases.

The new super space observatory probes a dynamic star factory 200,000 light years from Earth.

The CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company has been chosen as president-designate of key climate meeting.

Global temperatures and rain patterns are affected by climate phenomena known as El Niño/La Niña.

The island will take millions of years to recover from a wave of extinctions, scientists say.

Plans for the UK to become a satellite-launching state are already well advanced.

Last year was the world's fifth warmest year with Europe enduring its hottest summer on record

The first ever satellite mission launched from UK soil has a technical problem on its climb to space.

Engineers are working on building solar farms robust enough to survive in the open ocean.

A global agreement in 1987 to ban chemicals harming the ozone layer is working, scientists say.

A modified jumbo jet will fly out of Cornwall on a mission to send nine satellites to orbit.

Figures suggest more than four billion pieces of single-use cutlery are used in England each year.

The first orbital space launch from the UK is set to take off from Cornwall.

Activists and police are facing off in Lützerath, where diggers plan to expand a giant coal mine.

The first orbital rocket launch from Britain is about to blast off - but it's just the start for the UK's race to space.

More electricity in Great Britain last year came from renewable sources than from fossil fuels.

Around 90% of the Sierra Madre, which protects the Philippines from the worst of climate change, is gone.

The vaccine targets a disease known to weaken colonies by attacking bee larvae.

The average annual temperature last year was more than 10C for the first time, the Met Office says.

The amount of money paid to farmers in England for environmental work will rise, the government says.

Report says opportunities were missed last summer to improve the energy efficiency of homes and save money on gas.

Friends of the Earth claims the government "acted unlawfully" in approving the mine in Cumbria.

Walter Cunningham - described as a "true hero" - was on the first Nasa mission to broadcast live TV.

From Spain to Latvia, national and regional records for January are broken across the continent.

Covid-19 and ethical concerns are drastically reshaping the industry in Thailand.

Volunteers are needed to help identify sharks, skates and rays as part of a conservation project.

A nurse says she is heartbroken that nothing can be done to save her house from coastal erosion.

The past year has seen public outrage over sewage with volunteers taking action into their own hands.

Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will be visible with the naked eye from many areas.

Provisional figures suggest this year's average temperature will beat the all-time high set in 2014.

The National Trust says this year's weather is a stark illustration of the challenges facing nature.

Adama Diémé was motivated after seeing once-verdant villages in Senegal without a single tree.

Sequins are nearly always made of plastic and will take hundreds of years or more to decompose.

Locals on Union Island are trained to ensure a diminutive reptile does not get wiped out by poachers.

About 20% of our water supply is lost to leaks and scientists say miniature 'pipe robots' could help.

It's a year since the James Webb telescope launched, and we've marvelled at its pictures ever since.