Environment

As a precaution for safety the road bridge over the River Wharfe in the centre of Tadcaster remains closed to traffic with only pedestrian access due to the risk of flooding following heavy rain over the last few days. Picture By Yorkshire Post Photographer, James Hardisty. Date: 11th December 2023.

Tadcaster heavy rain causes bridge closure and flooding

LNER cancels number of trains due to overhead line damage

Chaos on Yorkshire trains as overhead line damage and flooding halts commuters

Enfinium CEO Mike Maudsley pictured at the company's Skelton Grange site. Image by The Yorkshire Post photographer Jonathan Gawthorpe.

Plans revealed for up to £800m investment at Yorkshire's Ferrybridge site

Cars travel through some flooding. (Pic credit: Kelvin Stuttard)

Yorkshire flood: When is heavy rain and flooding expected to hit the region?

River levels rising across Yorkshire putting homes at risk of flooding

Yorkshire faces surge in flood warnings as 30 alerts issued

A team of tree planters at a Yorkshire Rewilding Network North Leeds Hub event.

How Yorkshire rewilding efforts are supporting nature's recovery

A council leader has called for controlled moorland burning to be banned, saying it causes air pollution resulting in hospital admissions and A&E attendances.
Sheffield City Council leader Tom Hunt has written to Environment Secretary Steve Barclay following recent incidents which saw parts of the city blanketed in smoke from burning on the extensive moors to the west of the city. Pictured is a controlled burn on moors near Wyming Brook, Sheffield.

Yorkshire council calls for moorland burning to be banned

Power to the People: Dale employee Hannah Magowan was named Apprentice of the Year in the Yorkshire’s Excellence in Business Award in November 2023. Supplied picture

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BRADFORD’S Clean Air Zone could be lifted by the end of 2026 – a meeting has been told.

Bradford’s Clean Air Zone ‘could be lifted by the end of 2026’

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt delivering his autumn statement in the House of Commons. Photo: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor /PA Wire

More still needs to be done for farmers and rural communities

Dead crabs washed up on the beach at Redcar.

Crab deaths: MP calls for regular testing to avoid 'ecological catastrophe'

The sewage spilled into Hookstone Beck in August 2016

Yorkshire Water hit with record £1m penalty after sewage spill killed 1,500 fish

Grow It York farm manager Alana Kluczkovski. Photo: Fix Our Food.

How Yorkshire Fix Our Food scheme is targeting health of humans and planet

Police breaking up a 'wide awake' demonstration by Just Stop Oil protesters outside the Prime Minister's Rishi Sunak's London home calling for a halt on fossil fuel exploration in the UK. Photo credit: Just Stop Oil/PA Wire

Sixteen arrested after Just Stop Oil protest outside Rishi Sunak’s London home

Nature Matters is exploring environmental stories in the region. Photo: Yorkshire and North East Film Archives

Yorkshire Film Archive footage captures efforts to clean up waterways in 1980s

North York Moors National Park covered in snow. (Pic credit: James Hardisty)

Snow in Yorkshire: Amber weather warning for snow and ice issued for Yorkshire

High five for Reid after another successful expedition

Meet Reid - the dog trained to sniff out water voles in the Yorkshire Dales

Commondale, in the North York Moors National Park

Three looks set to have plan to build telecoms tower in North York Moors refused

The Environment Agency says a massive increase in housebuilding across Harrogate and Knaresborough is worsening pollution in the River Nidd.

Glut of housebuilding in Harrogate worsening Nidd raw sewage problem

Peter Fawcett in front of begonias, taken by his wife Áine.

'Unsung heroes': Yorkshireman's book champions gardeners

The Menzi Muck picks and scans each boulder to be placed in the correct position, Circularity Park in Oberglatt, Eberhard. © Gramazio Kohler Research, ETH Zurich, Eberhard AG

Robot excavator builds a six metre high, 65 metre long dry stone wall
A robot excavator has built a six metre high, 65 metre long dry stone wall placing it among the largest robotically fabricated structures in existence.

The entrance to Enrivo Aggregates' Little Catwick Quarry, in Leven Bypass/A1035, Leven, East Riding of Yorkshire.

'We're tired of HGVs' - Yorkshire village residents object to quarry plans

Bewerley Park near Nidderdale.

Outdoor education centres in North Yorkshire set for £2.4m overhaul

Oil and gas companies urging Downing Street to axe windfall tax

The village of Fishlake, Doncaster, submerged under flood water in 2019. Thousands of people had been evacuated as homes and businesses across northern England were destroyed. SWNS.

Flooding: 325,000 Yorkshire properties at risk as climate crisis worsens

Bettys & Taylors group tree planting event with the Woodland Trust.

Scientists charting the impact of trees on extreme weather in the Dales

Plans for the bottling plant at Rotary Wood

Controversial plans return as Harrogate Spring Water vows to plant new trees

Professor Leigh Hoath

Meet the professor on a mission to get schools tackling the climate crisis

Piles of rubbish and flytipping in the back alley in North Ormesby

'Rats having a wonderful time' as flytippers plague back alley in Yorkshire

The operators of Welbeck landfill site, in Wakefield, have applied to continue to dump waste at the site for two more years.

Tip operator ‘moving the goalposts’ over plans to dump waste for two more years

Malham, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park

Endangered pony centre in Dales wins mirror battle after row over hedge

The University of York is to play a leading role in the research initiative

York to play key role in new £150m venture fund for climate change solutions
York is to play a key role in the fight against climate change and biodiversity loss as a pioneering new partnership scheme and £150m venture fund is launched.

The North York Moors National Park Authority is aiming to restore various areas of peatland Picture: LDRS

National park boss underlines importance of landscape recovery bid

Just nine fines have been issued for dog fouling in Rotherham over the last three years

Yorkshire council issues just nine dog fouling fines in three year period

Mark Barrow has filmed underwater along the whole River Wharfe. Photo: Beneath British Waters

Yorkshire filmmaker shows underwater world along entire length of River Wharfe

Image of where the proposed mast would be

35-m tall 4G mast to be built in Yorkshire market town to boost rural coverage

Nick Fletcher

Doncaster MP calls for 15 homes damaged by Storm Babet to receive compensation

Chellow Dene Wetlands

Yorkshire beauty spot to be rewilded in bid to reduce flooding to nearby homes

Calvin Payne, street tree campaigner

Sheffield tree campaigners still waiting for personal apologies from council

The banks around the lake at Pontefract Park have been eroding for several years.
The public is currently banned from accessing parts of the perimeter as is has become a safety hazard.

Repair work to disintegrating waterside at Pontefract Park lake next year

Site of the proposed housing development on Rose Hill

Decision to be made on controversial housing estate plan for beauty spot

Dr Watkinson has set her novel in the Yorkshire Dales. Picture: Tony Johnson

Scientist on her climate-themed novel and role of fungi in Yorkshire Dales

Heavy rain and flooding. (Pic credit: James Hardisty)

Storm Ciaran Yorkshire: Yellow weather warning issued for rain across region

Dennis And Trudy Gervis

Yorkshire flood victims says they feel like ‘sacrificial lambs’

“If the UK is to decarbonise effectively, it will require the Humber to lead the way,” – Humber Ports Director for Associated British Ports, Simon Bird

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Choose the right packing to help the planet and your business. Picture – Adobe.

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Nature Matters is exploring environmental stories in the region. Photo: Yorkshire and North East Film Archives

Yorkshire Film Archive clip shows work of Spurn Point bird observatory

Yorkshire Air Ambulance pilot Garry Brasher with paramedic Sammy Wills and Dr Steve Rowe at their base in Nostell near Wakefield. (Pic credit: Tony Johnson)

Doctor at Yorkshire Air Ambulance speaks of challenges

Walls in Studley Royal lake risk collapse without repair as repair work underway

Walls in Studley Royal lake risk collapse without repair as repair work underway

Yorkshire Water serves more than 5m customers

Yorkshire Water has taken 'clear action' to improve its finances

One thing is clear, each case is unique and you may need expert help in finding a solution. Picture – Adobe.

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Homes in Catcliffe were evacuated after Storm Babet caused severe flooding.

Environment Agency denies claims that villagers received no warning

Audrey McGhie is among a 20-strong group of volunteers with the Yorkshire Seal Group.

Volunteers praised for efforts to help to tackle climate change

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Planned solar farm at Wetherby Services could power EV charging points

Protestors say the solar farm would turn areas of open country side in Wakefield and Kirklees into an "industrial landscape". Part of the proposed site looking towards Overton. Picture by Martin Hague.

Plans revealed to put solar panels across 133 acres of Yorkshire countryside

David Pickering inspects flood damage in his home in Catcliffe near Rotherham.

Storm Babet in Yorkshire: Photos show flood damage in the village of Catcliffe

Councillors in Wakefield are being asked to approve a second phase of major housing development on local authority land at City Fields.

‘Heartbreaking’ loss of wildlife as more than 250 homes to be built in Yorkshire

Greenpeace activists on the roof of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's house in Richmond, North Yorkshire. (Credit: PA)

Rishi Sunak plans to build fence around Yorkshire mansion after roof protest

Allerton Waste Recovery Park

Controversial £1.4bn waste incinerator hailed as success by its past opponents

Martin Callanan

Huge new carbon capture plant on Humberside 'essential' to net zero by 2050