The central bank is being urged to take a series of actions to better respond to environmental risks.

The restriction was put in place in July following record dry and hot weather.

The regulator was criticised for choosing to reclaim debt through higher household bills, rather than tapping into network firms’ windfall profits.

Several areas are being moved out of drought status after recent rainfall but water scarcity remains across England.

The ‘carbon budget and growth delivery plan’ outlines policies and measures aimed at reducing the UK’s planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions.

Electricity and gas prices soared from late 2021, driven by the reopening of economies after Covid and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Activists will stage nine protests where they will trespass on to private land along rivers.

Philip Duffy, the agency’s chief executive, called the waste team ‘excellent’ and ‘hardworking’.

A House of Lords committee called for a root and branch review of serious and organised waste crime.

The cash pot for the next renewable electricity auction round aims to spur investment in clean power capacity.

This was 43.3% below levels in 1990, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Friends of the Earth said 47 of the 50 worst areas in the country for air pollution are represented by Labour MPs.

Researchers said that higher and higher levels of carbon are building up in continental shelf waters.

The strategy outlines how the Goverment will deliver on its promise for more than 400,000 extra jobs in the clean energy sector by 2030.

WWF is calling on UK food companies to enhance visibility and traceability for deforestation and land conversion-free sourcing.

The Liberal Democrat leader will address energy industry leaders.

The tech giant has increased its involvement in clean energy projects as part of efforts to match the amount used by customers to power their devices.

Leading organisations in the tree production sector are calling for a designated action plan to boost the number and diversity of species being grown.

A group of international scientists warned that several of Earth’s systems are rapidly approaching dangerous thresholds as temperatures rise.

Provisional Government data suggests a much worse harvest than experts had so far predicted.