Your Green Breakfast - Latest Environment Headlines
Your latest environmental news for Southampton, UK and World, as heard on Your Green Breakfast with Xan Phillips
Wednesday 17th June
Swapping steak for salmon could reduce carbon emissions
Nature scheme in New Forest helping young people get jobs
Britain just raised the last turbine on the first phase of the world’s biggest wind farm
Tuesday 16th June
Volunteers drive restoration of Solent seagrass meadows
Experts issue climate warning ahead of expanded FIFA World Cup
Amoc collapse could change Europe’s climate 10x faster than expected. We aren’t ready
Monday 15th June
Hampshire-based NATS commits £500,000 to carbon removals
rees may store less planet-heating carbon than hoped, study suggests
Free compost amid changes to garden waste recycling
Friday 12th June
Hampshire Wildlife Trust's Lorna Selby on ENDS Power List
El Niño under way and threatens weather extremes, scientists say
Four days of extreme rain killed 7% of world's rarest orangutans, study says
Thursday 11th June
Cunard and P&O Cruises announce partnership with Tide School
Marwell Wildlife conservationists reintroduce rare plant
Wednesday 10th June
Draft coast strategy for Hurst Spit and Lymington published
ReNature programme progressing in South Downs National Park
Researchers build 25-liter pilot reactor for recycling plastic waste into oil
Tuesday 9th June
Handpainted banner at heart of Alresford solar farm protest
‘Severe’ stress on oceans as rate of sea level rise doubles in 10 years, UN warns
Monday 8th June
Hampshire set for thousands of new electric vehicle chargers
‘Immediate national priority’: ministers accused of complacency over UK food supply
Waitrose and Morrisons statements as major supermarket stops selling brown eggs
Wednesday 20th May
Forever chemicals found across marine life (in the Solent)
Europe Braces for Late-May Heatwave as a Record-Challenging Heat Dome Develops
Britain must think like a hot country – otherwise inequalities will only grow
Labour considers making it illegal to work when it is 'too hot'
Tuesday 19th May
Call for return of fines team to tackle Southampton's litter louts
Weather tracker: Europe braces for swing from Arctic chill to extreme heat
Monday 18th May
Dozens protest River Itchen pollution in Southampton
Swimmers told to stay out of sea after sewage leak
Elveden Estate trials drip irrigation on farm's onion crops
Friday 15th May
Court House Meadows to be protected a sanctuary site
Warning of record global temperatures as chance of very strong El Niño grows
River Thames in London gets first official bathing spot on Friday
Thursday 14th May
Concern as black smoke billows from Hampshire Exxon refinery
Southampton scientists use tree bark to trace air pollution
Chelsea flower show garden designers clash over use of AI
Wednesday 13th May
Protest Against Sewage in Lee-on-Solent
Europe’s negative electricity price hours double in Q1 amid renewables surpluses, market imbalances
Hope for Britain’s Ash trees thanks to scientific ‘eureka’ moment
Tuesday 12th May
Sharp drop in ‘forever chemicals’ in seabird eggs hailed as win for regulation
UK firefighters called to one lithium-ion battery fire every five hours
Monday 11th May
Antarctic sea ice melted to record lows, Southampton study shows
There has been a sudden increase in the rate of sea level rise
Wednesday 6th May 2026
Nutrient imbalances pose threat to coral reefs, says study
Sewage and agricultural pollution having 'alarming' impact on UK's underwater forests
Tuesday 5th May
Hampshire beach named as one of the country's dirtiest
Public urged to help save Hampshire salmon by 3D chalk art
Denmark faces data center reckoning as power grid overwhelmed by surging demand
Monday 4th May
'Ecological travesty' avoided as ancient New Forest tree saved
Snow drought grips western U.S. as heatwave melts snowpack weeks ahead of schedule
Friday 1st May
Warning over toxic blue-green algae in River Hamble
Britain embraces solar revolution following war in Iran
‘Historic breakthrough’: Colombia climate talks end with hopes raised for fossil fuel phaseout
Thursday 30th April
Boomtown festival announces exciting new eco-stage
Scientists use sunlight to turn problematic plastic waste into clean hydrogen fuel
Wednesday 29th April
School Children Name Food Waste Trucks
Pesticide exposure linked to 150% higher cancer risk in major study
Renewable energy will boost national security and protect UK from sabotage, minister says
Tuesday 28th April
Sharks Are Overheating as Warming Oceans Push Them to the Edge
Corpus Christi Plans to Declare a ‘Water Emergency.’ What Does That Mean?
NS turns to AI to cut train electricity use as Dutch power grid is overloaded
Monday 27th April
El Niño could be here by May, new forecast reveals — here's what it means for summer weather
Huge Pacific Heatwave - larger than North America
UK's biggest ever environmental pollution claim reaches High Court
Thursday 24th April
Environment Agency issues over 400 actions at Southern Water
BP board suffers triple climate rebellion from shareholders
Electricity bills targeted in planned shakeup to energy pricing
Why Hampshire's chalk streams are now protected by law
Thursday 23rd April
Pollen season in UK and mainland Europe extended by climate breakdown
World food systems ‘pushed to the brink’ by extreme heat, UN warns
Ban 'forever chemicals' in uniforms and frying pans, MPs urge
Earth Day - 22nd April
Hospital Trust Cuts Carbon Emissions Through Major Theatre Upgrade
Earth Day No. 57 And The Focus For Year Ahead
Wind farm's first turbine has record-breaking blades
Tuesday 21st April
DP World launches carbon inset scheme in Southampton
Key wildlife feared to have been affected by New Forest fire
Scientists Raise Concerns Over Newly Recognized Pollutant Found Everywhere in the Air
Monday 20th April
H. E. Services to help deliver Totton sewer system upgrades
Coastal groundwater is disappearing in many regions worldwide
Friday 17th April
Minister considers banning over-the-counter flea treatments for pets
Britain to scrap carbon tax on electricity generation as pressure mounts on bills
80 Turbines Installed at Sofia Offshore Wind Farm
Thursday 16th April
Southampton study finds human noise silencing whales
Winchester Trust members want fewer cars in city centre
Dust, storms drag southern European solar as central regions outperform in March
Wednesday 15th April
Fuel company pays £350k over River Test diesel spill
Collapse of key ocean current may release billions of tonnes of carbon
World’s first 100% battery-electric cruise ship unveiled with 1,856 passenger capacity
Tuesday 14th April
Electric aircraft motor achieves 1,000 hp output with mere 207 pound weight
Don’t mention the climate: Trump creates ‘beyond absurd’ situation at global finance talks
Africa’s forests have flipped from carbon sink to carbon source
Monday 13th April
Portsmouth Gunwharf Quays introduce more than 2,000 oysters
Summers are getting longer and hotter faster than expected
Virginia teen’s DIY filter removes 95% of microplastics from water
Friday 9th April
Study re-evaluates long-term burial rates of carbon in Irish Sea sediments
Hydrogen cooking stove runs for hours using only 100 ml water and 1 kWh power
Wednesday 8th April
Final phase of £10m Southern Water works under way
Paultons Park praised for green energy programme
BP shareholders advised to vote against chair over climate resolution exclusion
Tuesday 7th April
Dog owners to be fined if they don't pick up mess in Fareham
Boomtown Festival urine to fertilise trees in national park
Investors press Amazon, Microsoft and Google on water, power use in US data centers
Easter Monday
Southern Water business grant open for applications
From early birds to emerging butterflies: UK shows signs of earliest spring on record
Germany to turn 220,000 tons of discarded window glass into new panes each year
Good Friday 3rd April
Test Valley council thanks conservation volunteers at event
Mass robotaxi malfunction halts traffic in Chinese city
Solar saved Europe €3bn in fossil fuel imports in March: Which country is leading the way?
Thursday April 2nd
Sycamore Gap tree sapling planted in the New Forest
‘On a whole other level’: rapid snow melt-off in American west stuns scientists
The huge task of rewiring Britain's electricity grid from top to bottom
Wednesday April 1st
'God squad' waives animal protections to expand oil drilling
World’s largest wind farm moves forward towards lighting up 3.3 million homes
China saw it coming and the market is starting to believe it
Tuesday March 31st
New Forest visitors reminded of important wildlife rules
Wind power hits new record as gas squeezed to tiny share of generation
Global Shift To Plant-Based Diets Could Revolutionize Farming And Reduce Labor
Monday March 30th
Call out to volunteers to take part in bug survey
Toxic Pfas residue identified on 37% of California produce, new analysis finds
‘Visible from space’: why Spain has the world’s biggest concentration of greenhouses
Friday March 27th 2026
Northam Rail Bridge Replacement A Priority
Sewage released into England’s rivers and seas nearly 300,000 times last year
Climate change is altering Saharan dust – and Europe is downwind
Thursday March 26th 2026
Wednesday 25th March 2026
Only 13 countries in the world breathe safe air. Three of them are in Europe
Epic river migrations of fish rapidly collapsing, UN report finds
Lidl to sell plug-in solar panels in government push to cut energy bills
Tuesday 24th March 2026
Hampshire County Council releases first Biodiversity Report
Ghostly Sculpture Floats Above Earth in Stunning Art Project
Monday 23rd March 2026
Southampton misses out on share of £1.4b flood defence funds
UN issues new climate warning as El Niño looms
Documentary 'Jo in the Water' to debut at Winchester ARC
UK homeowners to be allowed wind turbines in gardens amid energy crisis
Friday March 20th 2026
Silverlake expansion plans thrown out over 'harm' to countryside
UK to cut climate aid to developing countries by 14% to £2bn a year in ‘refocus’
World’s first quantum battery prototype built, charges faster as it gets larger
Thursday March 19th 2026
Southampton council launching electrical recycling scheme
UK to convert former coal station into the nation’s first fusion power plant
Green Focus
Thousands of seabirds dying on western Europe’s coasts
Global Heat Wave - 108F (42C) North Shore CALIFORNIA HOTTEST MARCH DAY IN HISTORY
