Torrential Rain Brings Devastation Across Carmarthenshire
Communities across Carmarthenshire are counting the cost after torrential rain swept through the county, flooding homes, businesses, and farmland. Roads were closed, emergency services stretched, and residents left reeling as rivers burst their banks in what many described as the…
Climate change is ‘not just polar bears and icebergs’ – help the Woodland Trust record the impact of our changing weather on nature by spotting spring’s vital signs in your area
The Woodland Trust is urging people to get outside and spot vital signs of spring to help monitor potentially “disastrous” effects of climate change on nature, before its campaign ends on Easter Monday. The UK’s largest conservation charity is collecting…
Drinks-related litter found on 99% of Welsh beaches by the Marine Conservation Society
The Marine Conservation Society, the UK’s leading ocean membership charity, has released its annual report, State of our Beaches 2024, on data collected by their beach clean volunteers. In Wales, 119 surveys were recorded in 2024, this is an increase of 8% from…
18 new sites given National Forest for Wales status
On Friday (16 November), the Deputy First Minister with responsibility for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, Huw Irranca-Davies, announced a further 18 sites have been given National Forest for Wales status through the latest Status Scheme round. The National Forest…
Carmarthenshire’s Climate Action Group Recognised for Pioneering Work in Climate Change Education
Carmarthenshire’s Climate Change Education portfolio has been officially recognised in the Wales Net Zero Challenge Group’s recently published research documents. This comprehensive report outlines a pathway for education, jobs, and community engagement to effectively address the Climate and Nature Emergency,…
Welsh Podcast on Renewables Racing up Apple Charts
Despite being the most talked about issue facing the human race today, i.e. Climate Change, there is surprisingly scant platforms that offer a one-stop shop/go-to place to hear the experts discuss renewable energy and where you can access free information…
Government Need to Abandon One Size Fits All Approach to Renewables and Regulate Rogue Contractors
If the scientists predicting climate change and rising sea levels are to be believed then Wales needs to do its bit to be ahead when it comes to tackling climate change and environmental issues. The Welsh Government aims to reduce…
Future generations outline ideas to tackle climate change
As part of Climate Challenge Cymru, 50 pupils from 10 mid and west Wales schools took part in a Climate Youth event at the Senedd this week. The event celebrated the work schools have undertaken to complete the challenges set…
Clarkson’s bargain bin economics and life observations a revelation
I gave up buying books some time ago. I think it was around the time I stopped buying cassettes and CDs’. I just couldn’t fit them all into the rucksack I used to travel from home to home. Life was…
Single use plastic ban comes into force as Welsh Government strives to reach net zero
A number of singles use plastics have been banned from being supplied in Wales today (Monday, October 30). The move follows a Welsh Government commitment to ’embed our response to the climate and nature emergency in everything we do’ The…