One morning during the July monsoon in Bang, a village of 3,000 in North Cameroon, people woke up to heavy rains. The Mayo Tefi, a small river which runs through the village, swelled as the water ...

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An environment criminology expert has said that a planned crackdown on log burning stoves in teh UK with £300 fines has a key loophole. Under current UK law, people who burn unauthorised fuel or ...

Father Christmas might have to find another way of dropping off our presents soon, as open fires and wood-burning stoves are set to face pollution restrictions. The government released its latest ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Labour ministers are considering stricter rules on wood‑burning stoves to help reduce air pollution. Following the publication of ...

Measures announced on Monday will see a toughening of rules, which could see the worst emitting stoves banned. Politicians have thought it necessary to take action, with recent studies finding that ...

Wood-burning stoves could face tighter restrictions under tough new rules on air pollution set to be introduced by the Labour government. Environment secretary Emma Reynolds said today that a new ...

Wood-burning stoves face a partial ban in England under new UK laws and the Labour Party government's updated environment plan. According to reports on Monday, wood-burning stoves are likely to face ...