Avonmouth: Controversial industrial plant given green light by Environment Agency

Residents angry after Environment Agency announces at an inquiry it is “satisfied” the incinerator waste plant should be given permit to operate.

Fate of controversial Avonmouth industrial plant to be decided

Council ‘error’ leaves waste processing plant’s future down to Planning Inquiry.

Paradise Papers: watch exclusive interview with chairman of Glencore – world’s biggest mining company

The Cable grills Tony Hayward, former CEO of BP and current chairman of Glencore, which recently featured in the Paradise Papers.

OPINION: BBC wrong to host climate skeptic

Cable member Graham McGrath, a Bristol-based environmental consultant, says the BBC were wrong to host Lord Lawson, the well known climate skeptic.

Beyond food banks: Solutions for feeding Bristol

Laurie King, from Sims Hill Shared Harvest, explains the need for a holistic approach to tackle food insecurity – and the projects, including Sims Hill’s...

Factory farms: Six-fold increase in Gloucestershire and Somerset permits since 2010

Intensive farming has rapidly expanded across the UK in the last decade. The Cable takes a look at the south-west picture.

Plutus Energy return with diesel plant plans

Energy company appeal planning decision for diesel power station in Lawrence Hill.

Catastrophic thinking, with author Robert Muir-Wood

The author of ‘The Cure for Catastrophe: How we can stop manufacturing natural disasters’ met up with one of the Cable Media Lab at Bristol...

Air quality: Blue sky thinking?

UWE Bristol researchers are creating a ‘toolkit’ for radical, citizen-led action on air pollution.

Forget the vinegar, the real reek is inaction on glyphosates

Forget the vinegar, the real reek is inaction on glyphosates...

Meet the man desperately trying to frack the South West

Somerset is the latest target for Gerwyn Williams, who’s been leading a one-man dash for gas throughout Wales and the West Country. Lucky for the county, he’s got a pretty thin track record of actually getting near any drills.

Campaigners win power station battle

Calls for a ‘no-burn’ policy on fuel generation within the city following tense campaign to protect air quality in Lawrence Hill.