A study has found producing battery metals from underwater ‘nodules’ can reduce related carbon dioxide emissions by as much as 75% compared to mining operations on land

Lithium is a highly reactive metal used in batteries, for which demand has soared as sales of zero emission vehicles increased by nearly 160% in 2020 so far

That’s the warning from the Public Accounts Committee, which accuses Defra, Ofwat and the Environment Agency of having ‘taken their eye off the ball’

‘Vital supply of good quality packaging material’ is facing a shortage as retail outlets close their shutters

A new report warns nature losses and environmental damage need to be rapidly reversed in order to avoid severe financial losses across multiple vital sectors

Despite nearly two-thirds of public sector workers in England and Scotland saying they have cut the amount of water they use at home, less than half are taking these practices to work

That’s the call from a new report published in the journal Nature Climate Change, which expects wind generation could increase by more than a third in the next decade as a result

UN Environment says the annual extraction of materials grew from 27 billion tonnes to 92 billion tonnes over the period

The OECD expects extraction of biomass, fossil fuels, metals and non-metallic minerals to soar

This day marks the date each year humanity consumes a year’s worth of Earth’s resources