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EXCLUSIVE: Everton legend Trevor Steven speaks to Chris Beesley about how he plans to tackle construction site workers’ vulnerability to suicide through a football-inspired mental health initiative

WARRENTON, N.C. — Growing up in Goldsboro, Michael Regan heard his parents talk about the 1982 Warren County protests against a PCB landfill, demonstrations that played a pivotal role in establishing the environmental justice movement in the United States.

Forty years after a predominantly Black community in Warren County, North Carolina, rallied against hosting a hazardous waste landfill, President Joe Biden’s top environment official has returned to what is widely considered the birthplace of the environmental justice movement to unveil a national office that will distribute $3 billion in…

Defra accused of ‘all-out attack’ on environment by wildlife groups

The RSPB, the Wildlife Trusts and the National Trust have all criticised the Government over some of its proposed policies.

An unofficial network of fishers, divers and scientists are banding together to stop illegal fishing and curb coastal destruction

The Gouldian finch was once found right across northern Australia but it's now thought there are fewer than 2,500 left in the wild. Their return to a coastal corner of Darwin has started a grassroots movement to stop a Defence housing project.

Prominent Brazil environmentalist Marina Silva, who was environment minister under ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva before breaking with his party, told Reuters she is throwing her full support behind his campaign and did not rule out a role in government if he wins a third term.

NI Water tests reveal water standards are not being met in 15 of the 43 parameters measured

Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, a trained physicist vying to become the country's first female president, is hoping her environmental credentials and success in curbing crime will help set her apart in the race for the top job in 2024.

“If a voluntary resolution can’t be reached, HUD may initiate administrative proceedings or refer this matter to the U.S. Department of Justice for enforcement,” the agency says.