The Trump administration plans to dismantle the Ocean Observatories Initiative, a £274m deep-sea observation network that has provided continuous monitoring on ocean systems and climate change for more than a decade www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK petrol prices have climbed to their highest level since the start of the Iran conflict, with the average cost per litre rising to 159.43p, up 26.6p since late February www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...

Volunteers have identified 1,109 species in a Scottish rainforest, including glow worms

The UN has voted 141-8 to support a landmark ruling to back a court decision that found states have a legal responsibility to address climate change. The US opposed the resolution, along with Saudi Arabia, Russia, Israel, Iran, Yemen, Liberia and Belarus.

Widespread air conditioning is needed in UK schools, care homes and hospitals to survive predicted warming, according to a report from the Climate Change Committee. Heatwaves are expected to exceed 40C in all parts of the UK by 2050 and a max temp for working must be set, the report said.

Beginning today, the UK government will loosen sanctions on Russian oil refined into diesel and jet fuel in third countries, as prices continue to rise www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Over 100 datacentres plan to burn gas to generate electricity in the UK www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Cooking gas has increasingly become scarce and unaffordable across parts of Asia, pushing households back to dirtier fuels such as wood and coal www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Happy 100th birthday to Sir David Attenborough. The Natural History Museum is celebrating by naming a tiny parasitic wasp in his honour www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Britain's finest democratic tradition is here once more and the BBC has the latest news 🐕🐶🐩🦮🐕‍🦺🐾

A new trade EU-UK deal could force the UK to restrict a carcinogenic herbicide currently routinely used on UK food crops. Glyphosate is used to dry out cereal crops before harvest, a practice banned in the EU since 2023. The WHO classified glyphosate as “probably carcinogenic to humans” in 2015.

Shell has reported bonanza profits of £5bn, thanks to soaring energy prices during the war in Iran. The company's profits for the Q1 2026 are 115% higher than the £2.35bn Shell reported in Q4 2025. Crude climbed from $61 a barrel in January to highs of $119 by the end of March.

Thrilled to announce that Unearthed & @greenpeaceafrica.org have been nominated for a One World Environmental Reporting award. 🏆 Our investigation uncovered UK consumers' discarded clothes dumped in protected wetlands in Ghana.

Thrilled to announce that Unearthed & @greenpeaceafrica.org have been nominated for a One World Environmental Reporting award. 🏆 Our investigation uncovered UK consumers' discarded clothes dumped in protected wetlands in Ghana.

In Gibraltar, raw sewage from nearly 40,000 people and businesses is dumped into the sea because the territory has, and never had, a wastewater treatment plant www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

'There is a risk of a global auction on fertiliser that means it becomes unaffordable for those most vulnerable,' warned the CEO of Yara, the world's largest fertiliser company. The Iran war has sent prices soaring and has set off a global race for supplies.

Two giants of the agribusiness world, grain trader Cargill and meatpacker ​JBS, have been targeted by Brazilian labor prosecutors over labor abuses in their supply chains

Leather to be excluded from the EU's anti-deforestation law after industry pressure. Trade groups argue that leather doesn't incentivise deforestation, as it is merely a 'by-product' of meat production

Tropical forest loss fell by 36% in 2025, led by Brazil's efforts to curb Amazon deforestation 🌳🌴🌳🌴🐾

During a global convening of nations in Colombia to reduce reliance on fossil fuels, France unveiled a “roadmap” that explicitly aims to phase all fossil fuels out by 2050 www.lemonde.fr/en/energies/...

Trump's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is planning to base a family detention centre on one of the most PFAS-contaminated sites in the US www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

60 countries - including major oil, coal and gas producers such as Nigeria and Australia - are meeting in Colombia to discuss fully ditching fossil fuels. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

98% of sustainability claims made by 33 of the largest meat and dairy companies are "greenwashing", analysis claims

Half of US children are breathing dangerous levels of air pollution, and Donald Trump’s rollback of environment protections will make things worse, warns American Lung Association report

🌿 “Green” fuel—or hidden deforestation risk? Journalists traced Diamond Green Diesel’s supply chain to Brazil. Beef tallow may come from cattle on illegally deforested Amazon land, then sold in the EU/UK as “sustainable” fuel. 📰 Read the full investigation: www.journalismfund.eu/tracking-bio...

🧵 Getting sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) right isn't just about using any alternative fuel — it's about using the right ones. A new report from @unearthednews.bsky.social shows why this distinction matters more than ever. 1/5 unearthed.greenpeace.org/2026/04/10/u...

UK households are throwing away an estimated 1.6 billion pieces of plastic packaging every week, according to a recent nationwide survey www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Sperm whales’ communication closely parallels human language, study finds

New research suggests the AMOC appears significantly more likely to collapse than previously thought, with potentially catastrophic consequences.

The finds include a Punic era ship dating to the fifth century BC, 23 Roman ships, two late Roman ships, four medieval ships and 24 vessels from the early modern period

A further escalation in the Iran war could trigger a global recession, the IMF warns. The UK would be affected more than any of the other G7 nations. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

ICYMI: Last week we revealed that a major supplier of sustainable aviation fuel to the UK has sourced beef fat linked to illegal Amazon deforestation. Read more here: unearthed.greenpeace.org/2026/04/10/u...

Did you know that 'sustainable' aviation fuel (SAF) can be made from inedible beef fat? With court docs and trade data, we've uncovered links between SAF arriving in the UK, and illegal deforestation of a protected Amazon reserve.

🐄 ➡️ ✈️ How green is 'green' jet fuel? We found a loophole that allows beef fat linked to Amazon deforestation to enter the green fuel supply chain unearthed.greenpeace.org/2026/04/10/u...

NEW: A major supplier of ‘green’ airline fuel to the UK has sourced beef fat linked to illegal Amazon deforestation Our new investigation 🐄 🌳 ✈️: unearthed.greenpeace.org/2026/04/10/u...

Did you know that 'sustainable' aviation fuel (SAF) can be made from inedible beef fat? With court docs and trade data, we've uncovered links between SAF arriving in the UK, and illegal deforestation of a protected Amazon reserve.

NEW: A major supplier of ‘green’ airline fuel to the UK has sourced beef fat linked to illegal Amazon deforestation Our new investigation 🐄 🌳 ✈️: unearthed.greenpeace.org/2026/04/10/u...

Consumers should 'completely avoid' UK-caught cod, the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has warned, as populations continue to decline

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has declared emperor penguins officially in danger of extinction, as melting Antarctic ice has been causing mass drownings of chicks.

Opening new oil and gas field in the North Sea would compromise international climate targets, undermine the UK’s climate leadership and encourage fossil fuel exploration elsewhere, experts have warned.

🦫 BEAVER NEWS ALERT 🦫 Beavers are back in Bedfordshire for the first time in 400 years. A nature restoration company working on the release said the beavers will will use their dam building knowhow to create drought resilience. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Satellite imagery shows an oil slick from a bombed Iranian vessel near a protected wetland, the Hara mangrove forest, home to migrating birds and endangered turtles. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Researchers have discovered microplastics in fish in Tuvalu, a remote South Pacific nation. news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

The merlin, Britain’s smallest bird of prey, is one of more than 200 species that is at risk of extinction in the UK. Researchers warn there is a 20-year window for decisions on climate and land use to protect the fate of the species. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Russian oil tanker arrives in Cuba as US relaxes blockade www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Despite the UK's ban on single-use vapes, waste company Biffa reports 200,000 incorrectly recycled vapes a month, and Veolia has a fire almost every day in its bin vans and facilities

As well as rocking the global energy and fertiliser markets, the ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz is likely to affect supplies for MRI scanners, medicines, smartphones and AI chips,

Church leaders including former archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams have criticised the “committed” Christian Sir Paul Marshall , owner of GB news, over the TV channel’s attacks on climate science and action

Solar panel sales up 54% since start of Iran war, reports Octopus

DNA analysis of a canine jawbone found in a Somerset cave suggests people in Britain lived closely with dogs 15,000 years ago, millennia before farm animals or cats were domesticated