Get the facts on the environment

27 February 2020

How many birds are chickens?

Around 4-12% of birds are poultry, but if you looked at mass rather than the number of birds, poultry would account for 70%.

6 February 2020

There’s not enough evidence to say the net zero emissions target will be missed by 49 years

Labour’s claim that net zero emissions won’t be reached until 2099 cannot be proved.

There’s not enough evidence to say the net zero emissions target will be missed by 49 years

6 February 2020

Corbyn claim about Boris Johnson’s climate change scepticism needs context

Mr Johnson did not say that climate change in general is a primitive fear without foundation, but has expressed views sceptical of the scale of the human impact on the …

Corbyn claim about Boris Johnson’s climate change scepticism needs context

31 January 2020

Boris Johnson gets his numbers muddled on economic growth

While comparing economic growth to carbon emissions, Mr Johnson claimed the economy has grown 73% under this government. It has grown by around 20%.

Boris Johnson gets his numbers muddled on economic growth

10 December 2019

Did the Lib Dems quadruple renewable energy?

Renewable energy generation expanded considerably under the Coalition, but some of that was because of projects commissioned under the previous Labour government.

Did the Lib Dems quadruple renewable energy?

3 December 2019

Corbyn incorrectly says UK has worst recycling in the EU

The UK has a fairly average recycling rate for the EU.

Corbyn incorrectly says UK has worst recycling in the EU

27 November 2019

SNP manifesto 2019: fact checked

This page will feature all our fact checks on the SNP manifesto for the 2019 general election.

15 November 2019

We don’t know if there’s a north/south divide in flood defence spending because the data was taken offline

Figures from the Environment Agency that could have helped shed light seem to have been taken offline.

We don’t know if there’s a north/south divide in flood defence spending because the data was taken offline

23 September 2019

Does badger culling work?

Research suggests that badger culling has a limited impact on the spread of bovine TB. We have seen some small reductions in bovine TB cases in recent years.

15 August 2019

How energy intensive is a Google search?

It’s really hard to say exactly how energy intensive a Google search is, but a recent Sunday Times article overestimated the figure.

The environment

How many birds are chickens?

There’s not enough evidence to say the net zero emissions target will be missed by 49 years

Corbyn claim about Boris Johnson’s climate change scepticism needs context

Boris Johnson gets his numbers muddled on economic growth

Did the Lib Dems quadruple renewable energy?

Corbyn incorrectly says UK has worst recycling in the EU

SNP manifesto 2019: fact checked

We don’t know if there’s a north/south divide in flood defence spending because the data was taken offline

Does badger culling work?

How energy intensive is a Google search?

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