Environment

The process of setting up a domestic kerbside food waste collection service in the district has begun, with more than £2.5m allocated for the plans.

Residents, farmers, and landowners are being encouraged to continue to play their part in helping to shape the future of nature's recovery.

Labour promised to restore nature but less than a year on from the General Election, they seem determined to push ahead with changes to planning rules

An opposition councillor has put pressure on Reform leadership to continue challenging rural solar farm applications.

Councillors have sought to pay homage to an area’s amphibian population in it’s street name suggestion for a new development.

Plans to install 75 hectares-worth of solar panels on the side of a hill overlooking a conservation village have been slammed by a resident.

A new report has called for urgent investment in Lincolnshire’s roads, flood defences and the clean energy sector.

The councillor responsible for overseeing Nottinghamshire’s environmental priorities has drawn criticism for his views on climate change.

A 75.38 hectare farm site could be covered in solar panels if plans are approved.

Last week I highlighted just why 30 Days Wild challenge is so special, writes Erin McDaid of the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust.

A plan to build a substation in southern Lincolnshire could dramatically transform the county.

The countdown to #30DaysWild 2025 is well underway, writes Erin McDaid of the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust.

A new targeted consultation has been launched on plans for the Great North Road Solar and Biodiversity Park.

Villagers who could be surrounded by solar farms have reacted with dismay to the announcement of plans for a new battery farm.

One of Nottinghamshire’s most famous trees will be involved in a new project which could show how to make large trees in public spaces safer.

Residents of rural villages who could be surrounded by solar panels have raised further concerns about pollution and noise.

A group of volunteers are helping keep their village clean and have cleared hundreds of items of litter - including a bowling ball!

While the weather doesn’t quite seem to know what season it is, a look around quickly confirms that it is definitely spring.

Student luthiers fear their heritage craft could be ‘cut off at the source’ after Newark’s violin school’s cancellation of its degree courses.

A tree campaigner has spoken of her delight after news that plans to “devastate” a beloved oak tree have been refused.