An anti-HS2 sign on a farmers gate in the Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
CLIMATE activists blocked all entrances to a large-scale HS2 tunnelling site today morning, grinding construction work to a halt.
Extinction Rebellion (XR) protesters erected bamboo structures to prevent workers accessing the 135-acre tunnelling site in West Hyde, Hertfordshire.
Two giant tunnelling machines measuring 170m in length, designed to burrow through the chalk and flint under the Chilterns – an area of outstanding natural beauty – will be launched early next year at the site.
Burnham urged to stand up to the fossil fuel giants and reject plans to drill Britain’s largest untapped oil fields
The HS2 debacle exposes what happens when public infrastructure is handed to private contractors – especially when set against China’s state-led high-speed rail success, says CARLOS MARTINEZ
One of the major criticisms of China’s breakneck development in recent decades has been the impact on nature — returning after 15 years away, BEN CHACKO assessed whether the government’s recent turn to environmentalism has yielded results