Scotland bans anaesthetic that damages environment

It’s become the first country to make the move

“More than 1.5m children in England live in cold private-rented homes”

The average tenant pays £350 more a year on heating because of poorly insulated and damp homes, new research has found

Wood burning stoves blamed for massive increase in UK’s toxic air pollution

Emissions of PM2.5 from domestic wood burning increased by 124% between 2011 and 2021, government data shows

‘Net zero could bring 2m more years of life’

How would a net zero world improve our health?

Is the cold snap to blame for London’s ‘high’ air pollution alert?

Londoners have been asked to avoid unnecessary car journeys after high air pollution alert issued

More than 600k US children suffer from asthma caused by gas stove use

Gas stoves emit toxic chemicals that put people at risk of severe health effects, new study suggests

Climate change is fuelling a worsening global health crisis

Authors of the Lancet Countdown report suggest that switching to renewables could eliminate millions of deaths

Iraqi minister says gas flaring has increased cancer

The Environment Minister has accepted that flaring in Basra is linked with increases of leukaemia in the region

‘Hospitals to spend £2m extra on energy amid energy crisis’

Most NHS Trusts are expecting their bills to double in the coming months, according to an investigation

Will GPs treat energy bill pain?

Britons could reportedly soon receive prescriptions from their GPs to get money off their energy bills