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A large pile of black planters, growing medium and sheeting fly-tipped on a forestry track surrounded by trees
Natural Resources Wales

RESOLVEN: Five fined more than £6,800 after cannabis farm waste dumped in Neath Valley forest

A document left among the rubbish helped convict five fly-tippers who dumped…

By
Kit Peters
4 Min Read
Floating offshore wind turbine developed by Blue Gem Wind for the Erebus project.
Energy

NET ZERO ECONOMY: Pembrokeshire and Port Talbot named among Wales’s top hotspots — but warning Wales is falling behind on £13bn renewables pipeline

By
Kit Peters
8 Min Read
Aerial view of stone-walled drainage channelling and access path forming part of coal tip safety mitigation works at the Duffryn site near Cwmgwrach.
Environment and Farming

COAL TIP SAFETY: Welsh Government to revise tip boundary above demolished Godre’rgraig school this autumn — as council launches new public information hub

By
Kit Peters
7 Min Read
New rain gardens are being installed at Phillips Parade and Rodney Street in Swansea's Sandfields area — the latest phase of a scheme that has already transformed streets around St Helen's Primary School and is part of a wider Active Travel programme across the city.
Environment and Farming

SWANSEA: Rain gardens spreading through Sandfields streets as second phase of flood-busting scheme takes root

New rain gardens are being installed at Phillips Parade and Rodney Street…

By
Kit Peters
5 Min Read
Six men stand on Aberavon Beach holding a large blue and yellow 2026 Seaside Award flag, with the beach promenade, Beach Rescue station and blue sky visible behind them.
Keep Wales Tidy

PORT TALBOT: Council celebrates as Aberavon Beach Seaside Award confirmed — with a message to visitors to enjoy it responsibly

Neath Port Talbot Council has formally celebrated Aberavon Beach’s retention of its…

By
Kit Peters
6 Min Read
Tenby North Beach viewed from above (Image: Visit Wales)
Environment and Farming

TENBY: MP demands Welsh Water answers after boy hospitalised swimming in sea — as iconic North Beach loses Blue Flag for third time

By
Kit Peters
7 Min Read
Aberavon Beach
Keep Wales Tidy

PORT TALBOT: Aberavon beach wins prestigious Seaside Award — and it’s the only beach in Neath Port Talbot to make the cut

By
Kit Peters
5 Min Read
A giant inflatable in the shape of a poo on a beach, branded with the Surfers Against Sewage logo and the hashtag #EndSewagePollution, with surfers standing nearby in the shallows.
Environment and Farming

GOWER: Protesters to rally at Caswell Bay this Saturday — one of Swansea’s Blue Flag beaches — as new data reveals Welsh Water’s worst decade for pollution

By
Kit Peters
8 Min Read
Free energy advice events are coming to Llanelli, Carmarthen and Ammanford this month — as bills set to rise 20% in July, wiping out April's £150 reduction.
Ammanford

ENERGY BILLS: New data shows 40% of people are afraid to get help after energy bills more than double — as Iran conflict threatens to push costs even higher

By
Kit Peters
6 Min Read
Two CES workers fitting solar panels on a rooftop before the company ceased trading.
Energy

SOLAR PANELS: Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire among Wales’s solar hotspots — but Swansea and Neath Port Talbot lag behind

New analysis of government data has revealed a striking divide in solar…

By
Kit Peters
5 Min Read
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