The government faces pressure to get the bill passed ahead of the COP 26 climate conference. …
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Waste electronics will weigh more than the Great Wall of China
Discarded waste like mobile phones and TVs in 2021 could weigh more than 57 million tonnes. …
Star Trek star William Shatner ready to boldly go into space
The actor who played Captain Kirk in the classic TV show is due to launch above…
Wildlife Photographer of the Year: 'Explosive sex' wins top prize
An image of a bursting cloud of eggs and sperm as groupers mate in the Pacific…
Climate change: 'Adapt or die' warning from UK watchdog
The Environment Agency says the UK is unprepared for dealing with the effects of climate change. …
Building strategy to look at embodied carbon, says government
Carbon emissions from making building materials – or embodied carbon – had led to calls to…
Black scientists say UK research is institutionally racist
Senior black scientists tell the BBC they believe UK science to be “institutionally racist”. …
Nobel Prize: We will not have gender or ethnicity quotas – top scientist
Journalist Maria Ressa was the only woman to win a Nobel Prize this year, and just…
Climate change: Prince Charles sympathetic to protesters' anger
The Prince of Wales tells the BBC he sympathises with protesters – but any action must…
The race to save California’s famous sequoia trees
Tourists flock to California’s famous sequoia trees, but wildfires are threatening their existence. Click…