Ethical and green living

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Riverford employees to share £1.3m payout as veg box firm’s profits jump
More than 1,000 staff at Devon-based group will get about £1,000 each after profits more than doubled

Sarah Butler

06, Feb, 2025 @7:00 AM

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‘Humanure’: RHS plans rollout of first compost toilet to fertilise flowerbeds
The horticultural charity’s showpiece garden in Surrey is setting aside an space to test human waste fertiliser

Donna Ferguson

01, Feb, 2025 @4:01 PM

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‘This is sacred land’: an off-grid Wales community battles to keep their home
Legal action has begun to remove the tenants after the 80-acre site was sold to be turned into a healing retreat

Steven Morris

01, Feb, 2025 @6:00 AM

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Just one in 10 English streets and parks litter-free, report says
During a decade-long project, researchers found that only nine in every 100 places were completely free of rubbish

Olivia Lee

29, Jan, 2025 @7:00 AM

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Can’t wait for spring to get growing in the garden? Then make sure you know your onions
Planting seeds, rather than bulbs, is cheaper, and there are more varieties to choose from

Claire Ratinon

17, Jan, 2025 @11:00 AM

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Ministers pledge record £410m to support UK nuclear fusion energy
Ed Miliband says funding pledge means Britain within ‘grasping distance’ of ‘secure, clean, unlimited energy’

Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent

16, Jan, 2025 @12:01 AM

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Falsely labelled ‘organic’ products rife on Australian shelves, shoppers warned
Organic farmers sound alarm about greenwashing amid push to introduce national domestic standard

Catie McLeod

12, Jan, 2025 @2:00 PM

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How to make the heat-pump transition take off | Letters
Letters: Denise Griffin would like to see a practical plan for town and country. Mark Vernon calls for a communal system

09, Jan, 2025 @5:37 PM

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Elon Musk’s Tesla has received almost £200m in UK grants since 2016
Bulk of funds for electric vehicle firm relate to government’s plug-in car grant, analysis finds

Julia Kollewe

08, Jan, 2025 @12:17 PM

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Record number of electric cars were sold in UK during 2024
Environmental groups urge government to keep tougher green targets as industry argues they are unsustainable

Jasper Jolly

04, Jan, 2025 @6:00 AM

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Early phase-out of full hybrid vehicles may be a political risk too far for UK ministers | Nils Pratley
Pragmatism will win over purism, unless the government favours early closure for car manufacturers

Nils Pratley

02, Jan, 2025 @4:52 PM

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UK needs to ban full hybrid cars by 2030 or face net zero ‘catastrophe’, says motoring body
Electric Vehicles UK says hybrids without a plug should be banned or else confidence in electric cars will be damaged

Phillip Inman and agencies

02, Jan, 2025 @8:56 AM

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