Today's top environment stories
A clean up project has been announced to get rid of radioactive particles in Dalgety Bay in Fife
MoD unveils radioactive beach plan

An investigation plan to establish how to clean up a beach affected by radioactive particles has been agreed by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the environmental watchdog.

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  • Bumblebee numbers have shown a decline in the UKBid to reintroduce extinct bee

    Conservationists attempting to reintroduce an extinct bumblebee are heading to Sweden to collect queens after a bid to bring the species back from New Zealand failed.

  • Prime Minister David Cameron speaks at the Clean Energy Ministerial Conference in LondonGreen energy 'vital', says Cameron

    David Cameron has backed the growth of renewable energy as "vital" to the UK's future - but warned green power sources had to be financially sustainable.

  • Joanna Lumley posing in a street transformed using 10,000 items of discarded clothingLumley to front 'swap and shop'

    Actress Joanna Lumley is fronting a new Marks & Spencer campaign aimed at changing clothes shopping habits towards greater recycling.

  • Donald Trump has branded wind turbines 'industrial monstrosities'Trump 'lured by first ministers'

    US businessman Donald Trump has complained he was "lured" into investing in Scotland by two first ministers.

  • Scientists have suggested minimum depths for the controversial fracking method of extracting shale gasCall for 600m 'fracking' limit

    Controversial "fracking" for shale gas should only take place at least 600 metres down from aquifers used for water supplies, scientists have said.

  • Marine Scotland will consider an application to develop a wind farm in the Outer Moray Firth in the North SeaOffshore wind farm application made

    A planning application to develop an offshore wind farm in the North Sea is to be considered by Marine Scotland, it has been revealed.

  • Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman said this month's heavy rainfall did not make up for the last two dry wintersWet April 'will not avert drought'

    This month's heavy rainfall will not be enough to avert a drought across parts of the UK, Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman has said.

  • Wind farms do not have a negative effect on the tourism market, a report claimsTourism 'not harmed by wind farms'

    Four out of five people have said wind farms do not affect their decisions over where to holiday in the UK.

  • Shell has confirmed a deal with Cove Energy in its bid to target East African gas reservesShell strikes £1 billion Cove deal

    Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to buy an East Africa-focused exploration firm for £1.1 billion amid predictions that the region will become a major natural gas source.

  • Ed Davey slammed green agenda critics and said a change to clean energy has many advantagesDavey slams clean energy critics

    Energy Secretary Ed Davey has hit out at critics who paint the green agenda as an "unbearable burden", claiming a shift to clean energy has many benefits.

  • Two heritage bodies have opposed plans to build four wind turbines near the Grade I-listed gardens National Trust PA Gardens wind farm plan challenged

    English Heritage and the National Trust have launched a rare legal challenge to a scheme to install four large wind turbines near a "treasured" Elizabethan garden.

  • The bowerbird seems to have been growing flowers in an effort to attract matesBirds 'inadvertently grow flowers'

    Giving floral gifts to a loved one is a tried-and-tested romantic gesture.

  • The Scottish Government has been warned that applications to build wind turbines are 'overwhelming communities''Wind turbines moratorium needed'

    Wind turbine applications are overwhelming communities and should be put on hold for six months, the Scottish Government has been told.

  • The Government has revealed that the UK will work with the US to develop floating wind turbinesDeep-water wind turbines worked on

    The UK and US will work together to develop "floating" wind turbines to harness more offshore wind power at a potentially lower cost, the Government has said.

  • The UK is faced with more heavy rain this week, according to forecastersMore heavy rain on the way for UK

    Britain is set to face a further week of heavy rain interspersed with some sunshine after a spell of unseasonably warm spring weather.

  • The new wildlife rescue centre at Fishcross, near Alloa, will care for all types of wild animals and birdsWildlife rescue centre unveiled

    A £3.5 million wildlife rescue centre has been created in response to a rising number of sick, injured and orphaned wild animals requiring treatment.

  • Willie Walsh has hit out at Government policy he claims is hampering growthAir chief attacks 'damaging policy'

    UK growth is being "undermined by Government policy", the head of British Airways' parent company has said.

  • Some 72 per cent of adults in Scotland support wind power, says Scottish RenewablesWind power backed by 72%: study

    Almost three-quarters of people in Scotland support wind power as part of the country's energy mix, according to a new poll.

  • A judicial review is to be held into the Government's decision in favour of a badger cullReview ordered over badger cull

    A judicial review is to be held into the Government's decision to allow badgers to be killed in England to halt the spread of bovine TB.

  • People walk on the dried bed of the Hodge Beck river in North YorkshireRain fails to alleviate drought

    This week's heavy rain has not alleviated the drought gripping swathes of the country, the Environment Agency said.

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