Environment

The long days of February provide both impetus and extra opportunity to get out and about to appreciate and enjoy the wildlife that is all around us.

A public consultation has been launched into a power station carbon capture project — aiming to remove the CO₂ equivalent of 800,000 petrol cars.

While known for caring for nature reserves, the scale of our work often goes under the radar…

Almost twelve years after significant floods prompted the development of defence schemes for a town, approval of the final phase has been welcomed.

Defiant residents told solar farm developers they didn’t want a scheme anywhere near their village at a busy public meeting.

Millions of pounds will be invested into flood resilience schemes for residents across the region.

The driving force behind plans to protect our oceans and waterways closer to home has expressed her dismay after upcoming ‘motions’ were put on hold.

Rather than ‘winner takes all’ solutions where development is allowed to trash the environment in the name of ‘growth’.

Up to 70 homes will get protection from flooding after plans to build a huge earth mound were approved.

Nottinghamshire councillors have backed a series of measures designed to better prepare the county for future flooding events.

Ancient woodlands are Nottinghamshire’s most diverse habitat, providing a haven for wildlife and places of solace and inspiration for people.

Plans to spend £55,000 educating the public about the dangers the oceans face have been deferred as “the money could be better spent elsewhere”.

A road has collapsed for a third time in less than three years, only three months after being repaired as it was left unrepaired for seven months.

A council has assured it is to replant a hedge it has had to significantly cut back to get under control.

Your help is needed to ‘make it count’ for our garden birds this weekend.

Peatlands are unique habitats capable of storing twice as much carbon as forests, writes Erin McDaid of the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust.

A Nottinghamshire fish farm has bred more than 500,000 fish for release to help boost fish populations in rivers and still waters across England.

Multi-thousand-pound work has taken place on a Newark estate to help reduce the risk of floodwater entering the homes.

An environmental group is challenging the use of pesticides in our area as a form of weed and pest control.

New plans for a solar farm and battery energy storage system near a Newark-area village are set to be presented to the district council this week.