All news by author: Nada Farhoud

Greenpeace found 1,193 sewage overflows discharged within 50m of a protected areas last year, lasting 305,963 hours - and areas hit included Brecon Beacons

Experts say we need to reduce our purchases, keep clothes for longer after it was revealed 300k tonnes of clothing end up in landfilll or are incinerated

Mirror Environment Editor Nada Farhoud went without buying any new clothes for 18 months after it was revealed an estimated 13 million items of clothing that are discarded every week.

Constantly beaten by rubber hoses or ropes so they move quickly, they also suffer unimaginable pain due to harness and saddle wounds and parasitic diseases spread by the flies that bite them.

The garments were donated to charity shops or put in clothing recycling banks by well-meaning Brits expecting them to be reused

Researchers at Pennsylvania State University adapted existing assessment tools used to examine the impact on wild animals and applied them to 771 listed plant species

The Daily Mirror's Environment Editor, Nada Farhoud, says the climate crisis is made worse by wildfires, which ravage carbon-rich ecosystems, turning them into tinderboxes

Nada Farhoud says it is rather ironic that there has been a lot of hot air from sections of the right-wing media at the same time, which appear to deny the fact that the planet is in serious trouble

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT - Thanks to charity Soi Dog, which successfully fought to end the cat and dog meat trade in Thailand, the animals were moved to a safe house

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Nguyenn Hoang Chau is part of a network of super thieves, slaughterhouses and restaurants responsible for the slaughter of a million cats a year in Vietnam

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT An investigation by the Daily Mirror has unveiled the horrors of thousands of cats snatched from their owners in Vietnam before being sold for their meat

As Brits begin to jet off their summer breaks in Europe, experts have warned the extreme heat could continue for a further nine days, especially in parts of Italy where the mercury could hit 48C

It is relatively easy to catch a wild whale or dolphin in the ocean and condemn them to a life in captivity. It is much harder to return them to the wild.

A record hot heatwave has swept across Southern Europe and North Africa - dubbed Cerberus - and has left the mercury rocketing towards 50C. while the UK deals with rain and wind

The World Meteorological Organisation said the average temperature across the planet on Tuesday was 17.18C, surpassing Monday’s 17.01C.

Daily Mirror journalist Nada Farhoud will "never forget" the faces of the poor animals who have spent their entire tormented lives inside tiny cages at fur farms

Pugs, French bulldogs and litters of Cockapoo puppies are among the designer breeds dumped at Many Tears Animal Rescue and waiting to be rehomed

The last captive dolphin attraction in the UK closed in 2003 ending the cruelty of keeping such intelligent creatures in confinement but there are still more than 3,000 in held tourist entertainment venues around the world

There are among 20 people under investigation globally for being involved in trading brutal videos of baby ­long-tailed macaques having body parts amputated and being tortured and decapitated in Indonesia

Sea temperatures around the UK are creeping up, marine scientists have warned, which could have devastating impacts on wildlife and make bathing more toxic to humans and dogs

WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: A farm supplying chicken meat to British supermarkets Asda, Co-Op, Aldi and Tesco suffered severe injuries as a whistleblower claimed "retailers are hiding the truth" from the public

The Roman Bath-style of heating system has been detected in 45 parts of the UK, and could soon be used to heat homes like they are in Iceland

A family of 10,000 chemicals called PFAS are everywhere from non-stick pans, waterproof coats and cosmetics - and they don't break down in the environment

Daily Mirror environment editor Nada Farhoud says that ancient woodland counts for a tiny 2.5% of the UK, with up to 70% of ancient woodlands in the UK having already been lost

Steve Coogan, Joe Lycett, Lee Mack and Paul Whitehouse have allied with Save Windermere to protect the World Heritage Site. Founder and Cumbrian zoologist Matt Staniek says the lake is under threat