Environment

Councillors call on Yorkshire Water to ‘clean up their act’ – and pay a sewage tax

Fury as trees are ripped out and habitat destroyed at York nature reserve

Campaigners join forces to oppose ‘climate-wrecking’ plan for key York road

91K electric cars, 1,500 solar panel fittings a day and £3.8bn in cash: The cost of turning York net zero

Controversial £1.2bn waste plant west of York recycles just one per cent of input

Hosepipe ban could last well into next year – when we may face ‘serious consequences’

Day of action by Extinction Rebellion hits York this week

York’s river is ‘being used like a toilet and no one’s doing anything about it’

From sustainable shopping to safe cycling – Six events to try this York Environment Week

Plan to revive ‘disastrous’ fracking ‘poses unacceptable risks’ say York councillors

Drought officially declared in Yorkshire

Parched York: 19 photographs that show how drought has changed the city

‘This is a matter of lives, living and livelihoods’ – Extinction Rebellion York respond to council’s climate change strategy

Grass cutting “disgrace” blamed on “massive” staff recruitment problem

Red warning for extreme heat in York and Selby next week

‘Last mile delivery’ trial aims to cut York city centre congestion

Meet the ten winners of the £20K York Go-Greener fund

Dick Turpin and friends make a clean getaway at York’s riverside

‘We aim to make York’s air pollution visible’ – Unique partnership to reveal unhealthy hotspots

York accused of ‘giving up’ on climate emergency – as council figures show city will miss Net Zero target

First York launches £20,000 fund to help indie businesses go green

York estate agent Ashtons saves 16 tonnes of Co2 emissions thanks to electric car fleet

‘Pitiful’, ‘inadequate’, ‘a failure’: York’s climate change strategy condemned

York climate activists join London protesters blocking roads and glueing themselves to buildings

Pictures and video: Extinction Rebellion activists stage a banner drop on York city walls

Soil contamination and historic wells discovered at former York City ground

‘Scrap £14m multi-storey designed to replace the Castle Car Park’, says council deputy leader

York will not hit 2030 carbon neutral target under current ‘high ambition’ plan

Giant eye visible from Google Earth to be created in North Yorkshire – to fight climate change

York St John goes green – and reduces CO2 output by 82 tonnes a year

Think again on ‘appalling’ decision to keep using controversial weed killer, York council urged

York to keep using controversial weed killer – despite its impact on bees

Stop using harmful weed killer and save our bees, campaigners urge York council

‘Why we should ban SUVs from York’

Watch: Red Rebels stage a silent procession through York Station

Climate change won’t leave Shambles underwater – but it could create a York beach

Climate change threatens our future – because ‘the Vale of York is one huge ditch’

National newspaper pictures Shambles in York underwater – and says ‘This is our future’

Climate change ‘poses a critical risk’ to York’s riverside heritage, say experts

Pictures: This is how York’s new community woodland will look

Major delivery company goes ‘electric first’ in York – and creates 125 jobs

Free insulation, solar panels and more available for 170 homes in York – Here’s who qualifies

Recycling collections will not be reduced in York – but some changes are coming

What a buzz! Britain’s biggest bee-friendly floral display launched in York

One of York’s top parks is to get a makeover – with a pond, wildflower meadows and a working wood

Forty-one trees to be cut down in ‘overcrowded’ York park

Two flood warnings issued for York

More than 22K responses to York’s planned bin collection changes – Here’s what happens now