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Stunning sand art on Morecambe beach honours Sir David Attenborough

Morecambe honours Sir David Attenborough, 100

King Charles III

Breaking King Charles rebuffs Heathrow Airport offer

Maps show historical expected annual flood damage (EAD) in GBP billion at 2020 values, and calculated EAD percentage increase with 1.8 degrees global warming. (Credit: University of Bristol and Fathom)

Study shows impact further flooding could have on UK

Andrew Jarvis, Chief Operating Officer, First Bus

Great Northern Conference: 'Car starting to lose its place as a go-to option'

Luke Jerram's magnificent artwork, Gaia, will be exhibited in Lancaster Priory from Friday 24th June to Sunday 17th July. Photo: Kelvin Stuttard

In pictures: Global attraction arrives at Lancaster Priory

Lancaster Priory hosts a global attraction - Gaia - until July 17. Picture by Darren Andrews.

Global attraction has now arrived at Lancaster Priory

Lancashire motorists can save big money by switching to electric

Motorists in Lancashire could save more than £1,900 a year by switching to an el...

Brits reveal their top 30 green habits

A solar farm the size of eight football pitches is helping us to power the advanced manufacturing of world-class fighter jets.

How BAE Systems in Lancashire is using technology in defence of the planet

Green Christmas forecast for a third of Brits

A small group of protestors gather by the trees which were due to be cut down Photo: Kelvin Stuttard

Decision to fell trees splits Lancashire village

Call for more trees to tackle the climate crisis; here's how we can all help

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Lancashire firm takes on sustainability specialist

Jenna Robinson opened un-do, the first zero-waste store in Norbreck. Eco-friendly shopping where customers can take their own containers

Zero-waste store opens in Blackpool

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Album reviews: Broken Chanter, Disquiet Black Country, Adam Stafford, V4Velindre

Work has been going on at Baxi in Bamber Bridge to develop hydrogen-fuelled boilers.

Baxi boss addresses COP26 fringe over hydrogen-fuelled central heating
The boss of Baxi UK has called for swifter measures to speed up the introduction of hydrogen in order to decarbonise home heating.
Brian Ellis

First News: Was COP26 a success?

PM calls on countries to ‘pull out all the stops’ as COP26 draft agreement publi...

Isla Bradbury and Esme Donald both pupils of St Wilfrid's Primary in Halton with their banner as they took part in Greta's march in Glasgow during COP26.

Halton schoolgirls take part in protest march at COP26 summit

Chorley Council wants the borough to be carbon neutral by 2030 - but the Green Party's Andy Hunter-Rossall says the authority needs a plan for how to achieve that aim

Call for Chorley to show how it will go carbon neutral by 2030

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 01: Adrian Ramsay and Carla Denyer pose for a portrait on October 01, 2021 in London, England. Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay have been elected to replace Jonathan Bartley and Sian Berry as the Green Party Leaders. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

New Green Party leader Carla Denyer to visit green tech businesses in Lancaster ...

Picture: Peter Ainsworth.

Have your say on Wyre’s urban woodlands

Chorley residents making their views known outside the council.

Chorley Council aim for the borough to be carbon neutral by 2030.

EV sales to outstrip diesel by next year, predicts industry body

UK firm launches Zipcharge Go portable EV charger for urban drivers

Europe can expect ‘Lucifer’ 50C heatwaves every three years - Met Office warns

PM Boris Johnson and US president Joe Biden at COP26 in Glasgow

Lancashire based small business group calls for more government support to help ...
Small firms should get support to go greener, the Lancashire based Federation of Small Businesses says as world leaders discuss action on climate change in Glasgow.
Tim Gavell

Lancaster People’s Parade for Climate Action.

In pictures: Lancaster people's parade for climate action

Vital role of UK journalists in climate fight

‘We need to act for our children’s children’: what The Queen told COP26 summit

Lancashire County Council's cabinet member for environment and climate change will be at COP26 in Glasgow

COP26: this is why a Lancashire representative is attending the climate summit

Nick Kenyon photographed by the landmark wind turbine at Dewlay

Tree planting is a win win for Dewlay and the environment

PM: Humanity ‘5-1 down at half-time’ against climate change - but we can ‘equali...

The Nanas during their 100th protest at Cuadrilla's now abandoned fracking site off Preston New Road, Peel, near Blackpool, on July 9, 2019 (Picture: Ros Willis)

Anti-frackers to talk alongside Greta Thunberg

Travel rules set for major shake-up - as red list 'set to be scrapped' -- A hotel guest exercises as travellers leave the Radisson Blu hotel, Heathrow Airport, after completing their quarantine period on February 26, 2021 in London, England. Travellers arriving in the UK from February 15 2021 onwards from countries on the "red list" of restrictions have had to isolate in hotels at airports at their own expense for ten days. (Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Travel rules set for major shake-up - as red list 'set to be scrapped'

Bristol has been named the fifth greenest city in the country

These are the top 25 greenest cities in the UK according to a new study

The Queen has appeared to suggest she is “irritated” by the lack of action in tackling the climate crisis (Getty Images)

The Queen will 'regretfully' not be attending the COP26 climate change summit

News print considered environmentally-friendly and sustainable (photo: Shutterstock)

How sustainable are newspapers? We find out

Lancashire County Council has a lower proportion of its pension pot invested in fossil fuels than almost any local authority pension fund in the country

COP26: Lancashire County Council pension fund puts £99m into fossil fuels, but s...

Two Lancaster university students Jamie Malone and Ben Shellien are in the middle of a 260 mile hike from Lancaster to Glasgow to raise awareness of climate change.

Lancaster students' fundraising hike for trees and climate

Here’s how children can complete our Climate Challenge survey ahead of crucial C...

Prince of Wales gives his message about saving the planet

First News: The Climate Challenge with message from HRH Prince Charles

Calls for tax cut as petrol prices hit 9-year high

The Queen has appeared to suggest she is “irritated” by the lack of action in tackling the climate crisis (Getty Images)

Queen 'irritated’ by lack of action on climate crisis - what she said

The bus outside Towneley Hall

COP26 battle bus stops in Burnley en-route to world conference

Boris Johnson addressed the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly and spoke about the threat of climate change (Getty Images)

Why Boris Johnson said Kermit the Frog was wrong in climate change speech

Enjoying a Pendle Peat Pie. PIC: Mark Sutcliffe Salar Media.

World leaders will be eating Pendle pies for peat's sake at COP26

The PM was asked about a number of public policy areas. (Photo: Daniel Leal-Olivas - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Liaison Committee grills Boris Johnson on coronavirus, climate policy and devolu...

Top 5 ways children would solve climate change

A majority of UK people support carbon emission taxes - but how would they impact you? (Photo: Shutterstock)

A majority of UK people support carbon emission taxes - but how would they impac...

Call for cigarette-style warning on petrol pumps

Ban on petrol and diesel cars to be brought forward to 2035 and to include hybri...

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