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    England to Ban Single-Use Plastic Dinnerware, Including Styrofoam

    England to Ban Single-Use Plastic Dinnerware, Including Styrofoam

    In England, the government has announced plans to ban single-use plastic dinnerware, including closed-cell extruded polystyrene foam trays (commonly referred to as the brand name Styrofoam), plastic utensils and plastic plates. The announcement follows similar bans in Scotland and Wales. Scotland’s ban on single-use plastics took effect in August 2022, and Wales recently passed a […]

    Former Industrial Wasteland Becomes New Nature Reserve in England

    Former Industrial Wasteland Becomes New Nature Reserve in England

    A former industrial wasteland in Manchester, England, has officially been designated an 1,824-acre nature reserve that will provide 300,000 locals with access to nature, a press release from Natural England and the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs said. The Flashes of Wigan and Leigh will become one of England’s most extensive urban nature […]

    Clean Power Overtaking Fossil Fuels in Britain in 2019

    Clean Power Overtaking Fossil Fuels in Britain in 2019

    The birthplace of coal power is changing its ways. For the first time since the industrial revolution, the United Kingdom will generate more electricity from clean energy sources like wind, solar and nuclear power rather than from fossil fuel plants, the country’s National Grid said Friday, as the BBC reported. The milestone has been passed […]

    England to Plant 130,000+ Trees to Fight Climate Change

    England to Plant 130,000+ Trees to Fight Climate Change

    The UK government will fund the planting of more than 130,000 trees in English towns and cities in the next two years as part of its efforts to fight climate change, The Guardian reported Sunday. The plan, announced Sunday, will allow individuals, local governments, non-governmental organizations and charities to apply for grants from the Urban […]

    Judge Allows First UK Fracking in 7 Years to Proceed

    Judge Allows First UK Fracking in 7 Years to Proceed

    An anti-fracking campaigner has lost a last-ditch legal effort to stop the first fracking in the UK in seven years, The Guardian reported Friday. Lancashire resident Robert Dennett had won a temporary injunction last week to stop shale natural gas company Cuadrilla from fracking in a well near Blackpool in northwest England. At a hearing […]

    UK Jails First Environmental Activists in 86 Years Over Fracking Protest

    UK Jails First Environmental Activists in 86 Years Over Fracking Protest

    Environmental activists were sentenced to prison Wednesday for their anti-fracking demonstrations in northwest England. Roscoe Blevins, 26, and Richard Roberts, 36, were given 16 months in prison. Richard Loizou, 31, was given 15 months. The three were found guilty of public nuisance offense by a jury in August, The Guardian reported. A fourth protester, Julian […]