When we throw things ‘away’, what does that actually mean? In his highly acclaimed book Wasteland - which was published in paperback in April - journalist Oliver Franklin-Wallis takes us on an eye-opening journey through the global waste industry.
The stench of rotting egg can be smelt for miles and is causing serious health problems. Local people want to know what's in the Bury dump, why those in charge have been allowed to break the law and the long-term implications.
The Churchill family, dodgy science, dodgier election leaflets, NIMBYs, anti-NIMBYs and Net Zero all converge on a plot "the size of Heathrow" earmarked for enough solar panels to power 300,000 homes. But who is paying for the lobbyist meant to turn Parliament against the project?
How landowners have cropped out 'access islands' - isolating thousands of unspoilt natural landmarks across England and Wales - from the rest of the public.
Artists are pushing sewage into the spotlight, closing the distance between politicians and pollution. Their work - from surfboards made of shit to the sewer transformed into a tropical paradise - reveals how nature, a vital source of inspiration, is being corrupted by greed and apathy.
Centuries of Danish and Canadian colonialism and a sweeping European ban on seal products have left Inuit societies reeling. Now, some are working to reclaim a pride of place for their culture - and to invite the world to experience it first-hand.
The study of Earth’s history betrays some degree of resilience: Climate change is a crisis, but a solvable crisis.
From scrappage schemes for older cars, to more walkable and bike-friendly cities - there's so much more the government should be doing to help people adapt.
Almost a million people in England depend on ad-hoc, unregulated private water supplies. We look at one village that drinks from a contaminated beck - but has been told connecting to the water grid will cost £150,000.
Greta Thunberg and other protesters like her are being arrested, fined and threatened with jail. These intentionally aggressive tactics aim to bully us into silence.