Cannabis sativa, the plant of the thousand and one molecules, has a long and expansive reputation – as a folk medicine, a source of textile…
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Labour’s reduced home insulation plans ‘simply not enough’
Labour’s slashing of proposed spending on home insulation will leave millions of people on low incomes in cold, damp homes and could prevent the UK…
View More Labour’s reduced home insulation plans ‘simply not enough’‘We’re facing a critical shortage’: why UK’s green revolution urgently needs skilled workers
In recent years, Britain has been busy setting up the scaffolding of the country’s future low-carbon economy. But beyond the Westminster pledges and white papers…
View More ‘We’re facing a critical shortage’: why UK’s green revolution urgently needs skilled workersBuilding firms tell Sunak undoing green policies will hit housing investment
Some of the UK’s biggest construction companies, property developers and estate agencies have written to Rishi Sunak to warn that his weakening and postponement of…
View More Building firms tell Sunak undoing green policies will hit housing investmentMPs vow to fight new plans to scrap pollution rules for housebuilders
Political parties and wildlife groups are gearing up to fight the UK government’s renewed plans to scrap pollution rules for housebuilders. The environment secretary, Thérèse…
View More MPs vow to fight new plans to scrap pollution rules for housebuildersMinisters ignored Natural England’s advice on plans to rip up pollution laws
The government ignored its nature watchdog’s advice in weakening rules on pollution from housebuilders in England, the Guardian can reveal. Michael Gove, the housing secretary,…
View More Ministers ignored Natural England’s advice on plans to rip up pollution laws‘Huge blow to families’ as local playground in Wales is torn down
The developer Balfour Beatty and Denbighshire council have been accused of ignoring the needs of children by ripping out a playground in the deprived Welsh…
View More ‘Huge blow to families’ as local playground in Wales is torn downWetlands protection law delays building of new homes in England
A legal requirement that new houses do not pollute nearby wetlands, rivers and nature reserves has halted development across a swath of England. Forty-two local…
View More Wetlands protection law delays building of new homes in EnglandBuilding work: how to avoid driving your neighbours up the wall
Everybody needs good neighbours. And that’s never more true than when you are renovating your home. Moving in a skip, or a tribe of builders…
View More Building work: how to avoid driving your neighbours up the wallThe green policies left out of Rishi Sunak’s spring statement
Rishi Sunak’s spring statement did not have much support for environmentally friendly policies. Although there was a reduction in VAT on items such as solar…
View More The green policies left out of Rishi Sunak’s spring statement