A climate activist has died after setting himself on fire outside the US Supreme Court on Earth Day.
Wynn Alan Bruce, 50, suffered critical injuries after the incident at 6.30pm on Friday.
The photojournalist, from Colorado in the US, was airlifted to hospital but died on Saturday.
Capitol Police, Supreme Court police,...
Plastic-free activity across Dorset is set to receive a boost with a crowdfunded UK film premiere and tour starting in Wimborne on March 14th.
Rubber Jellyfish is a feature-length documentary that explores the effects of balloon releases on wildlife, the environment and ultimately us. We know that throwing rubbish on...
Two Insulate Britain supporters were today jailed for seven weeks after being found in contempt of court and refusing to apologise for telling a jury that fuel poverty and the climate crisis had motivated them to join the 2021 roadblock campaign.
Giovanna Lewis, 65, a town councillor from Portland, Dorset...
During my many hours wasted on social media, I often see right thinking, supposedly sane people, posting poor propaganda on battery/hydrogen.Â
According to Google I’m a world leading EV writer. Where someone who dribbles on making racist comments about immigrants on barges and reading the S*n / watching Gbeebies will...
This afternoon a member of the public thought it would be a good idea to have a BBQ in Puddletown Forest. This caused a large forest fire burning gorse and heath and also destroyed wildlife.
Crews from Wimborne Fire Station Dorchester Fire Station Wareham Fire Station Poole Fire Station Hamworthy, Weymouth Fire Station and Blandford Fire Station and Swanage Fire Station have been...
A record number of parks and green spaces across the Dorset Council area have been awarded a Green Flag Award, representing the mark of a quality park or green space. Green spaces can be national nature reserves, picnic areas or an area of open space.
Avon Heath Country Park and...
Dorset Council’s Executive Advisory Panel for Climate Change recently hosted two Inquiry Day sessions where organisations and members of the public were invited to present their ideas for how the Council can help tackle climate change.
Back in December 2019, the Council launched its Call for Ideas, inviting people to submit...
A new video competition is being launched to highlight the sources of Dorset’s plastic pollution problem.
Litter Free Dorset wants your videos to inspire change and reduce litter across the county.
‘Litter Travels’ can be about any aspect of litter and its journey – as plastic and other rubbish can travel from...
In the last year, just under £1million has been awarded to businesses and community groups in Dorset to help reduce their carbon footprints.
The grants come from Dorset Council’s Low Carbon Dorset programme, and have been used to help fund a host of carbon reduction projects across the county.
In May...
Members of Extinction Rebellion Wimborne staged a colourful protest at the gates of St Giles House in Wimborne St Giles, the seat of the Earl of Shaftesbury, on Monday 18th March, the St Patrick’s Day Bank Holiday in Northern Ireland.
“We want to raise awareness of the Earl of Shaftesbury’s...
