Seven swans not swimming: how bird flu came to Christmas
A family of London swans offer both warning and hope in the face of an overlooked crisis.
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Dead birds falling from the sky is a bad omen for the planet
A new variant of avian flu derived from intensive poultry farming is decimating British wildlife.
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How much raw sewage is being released into the sea?
As the rain returns to drought-parched England and Wales, so has the sewage.
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James Rebanks’s Diary: Drought in England, sweat in Italy, and what Liz Truss gets wrong about farming
Somehow we have to feed everyone without trashing the landscapes our food comes from.
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The UK’s broken food system requires radical change
Record inflation for milk and other essentials demands immediate action, but Britain’s food security needs more than a quick-fix.
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Sewage, spills and shortages: how water companies have failed
Drought could provide a moment of reckoning for the UK's water industry, but renationalisation alone won't right decades of wrongs.
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How Britain can prevent drought
From beavers to water butts, the UK needs to drastically rethink how it protects its most precious resource.
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How “nudge theory” can prompt pro-environmental behaviour
Climate change is one of the public’s biggest concerns but NS polling shows that achieving behavioural change is no easy…
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