Liam Dutton
UK air pollution: why so high?
Being an island, the cause of air pollution in the UK is rarely straightforward – often coming from a variety of sources.
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Liam Dutton
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Tom Clarke
Fond and not-so-fond farewells to ‘four brains’ and OPatz
Owen Paterson, the outgoing environment secretary, was loathed by environmentalists and animal lovers. By contrast former science minister David Willetts was the darling of academics.
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Tom Clarke
Campaign to keep Devon’s beavers from being evicted
Beavers who have set up home in Devon should be left alone and allowed to flourish, wildlife enthusiasts say, as the government announces plans to re-locate them.
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Tom Clarke
Badger culling: three strikes and you’re out?
When the government launched its policy on culling badgers it contained three very strict rules. It is fair to say the policy has failed on all of them.
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FactCheck: UK stats chief backs us on floods spending
The chair of the UK Statistics Authority has added his voice to growing doubt over the government’s use of statistics on flood defence spending.
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‘Money is no object,’ says PM on flood relief – FactCheck Q&A
David Cameron said “money is no object” when it comes to flood relief. How expensive might that end up for the government? And who is going to pay the most? FactCheck does the sums.
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FactCheck: a deluge of spin on floods spending
The government says that despite the cuts, it is still spending more on flood defences than Labour. But this claim is far from watertight, as FactCheck finds out.
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Tom Clarke
A night in the badger cull zone
Spread over a large geographical area, in isolated patches of wood set in private land, the culling of badgers has gone on unwitnessed by the public.
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Tom Clarke
Reforming Europe’s ‘broken’ fishing policy
Fisheries minister Richard Benyon talks tough – but will he act to boost jobs for fishermen or curb the influence of foreign owners?
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CatCheck: Are lions and leopards on the loose in Britain?
While confirmed sightings have dried up in recent years, it is indisputably the case that exotic big cats have been found living wild in the UK from time to time.
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Liam Dutton
UK drought prospects revisited
It’s being reported that the environment secretary has called for a drought summit next week in the face of drought fears during the coming months, so how have we got to the point where we are now?
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Why did Cameron crack the whip over circus animals?
FactCheck returns to the debate over banning the use of wild animals in circuses – and why the Prime Minister has taken such a stand on the issue.
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Gary Gibbon
Hilary Benn backs down on “barking” dog plans
Gary Gibbon blogs on the government u-turn on forcing dog owners to take out compulsory third-party insurance.