Environment

SUV owners near Allerton Road awoke on Tuesday to find their tyres deflated by climate activists. The 'Tyre Extinguishers' struck SUV tyres across the country this week, including a number of vehicles in Liverpool. SUVs are highly-polluting vehicles and so the...

A St Helens college is leading Merseyside's schools and colleges with a new environmentally-charged syllabus. Carmel College, on Prescot Road, was provided funding of £8000 to establish the Sustainable Steps Towards Sustainability project. The project aims to provide students with the...

Experts say it could be two years before wildlife returns to marshland which was devastated by a fire at the weekend. The Neston Reedbed reserve at Parkgate, Wirral, which is home to an array of significant wildlife in the area,...

Over £15m pounds from the government’s Levelling Up fund will be allocated to Halewood to improve sport and leisure facilities, and transport. The funding will deliver upgrades to Halewood leisure centre and improve the playing pitches at Wood Road Green...

An initiative set up to provide woodland for families from urban areas aims to plant 5m trees on Merseyside. With the help of the Woodland Trust and several regional charities, the Northern Forest project hopes to have the trees planted...

British shipbuilding company Cammell Laird’s plan to deliver a ‘pioneering clean energy project’ on Birkenhead has come under fire. The company, whose headquarters and shipyard are in Birkenhead, have successfully bid for government funding to develop a ‘cutting-edge Green Shore...

Lyndon Howson, a final-year Zoology student from the University of Chester, has been shortlisted for a Mammals Champion award. This award marks the 70th anniversary of the Mammals Society and is a new award that has been launched to recognise...

Liverpool residents have been expressing concerns that electric scooters could pose some dangers. The scheme, which launched in October as a joint initiative from Liverpool City Council and scooter company Voi, has been praised for encouraging green transport.

National Museums Liverpool have unveiled a series of exhibitions across their venues which will prompt visitors to reconsider their perception of the natural world. Alongside exhibitions, a rage of learning events will take place across the Spring and Summer season,...

A Liverpool-based recycling company is persuading the younger generation that wearing clothes more than once is not the end of the world. Based in Huyton, Roberts Recycling works alongside charities and collects used clothes directly from people's doorsteps, or from...