They've made the data available here: https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/documents/d90a3733-2949-4dfa-8ac2-a88aef8699be
(It would have been nice had the news article added a link to the UK Environmental Information Data Centre, rather than hiding the originator half way down the article in plain text)
I've found these very useful too. Eine Möhre für Zwei, a Sesame Street spinoff is very sweet too.
I've listened to the Easy German podcast off and on and enjoy their discussions.
Listening to German news radio (NDR Info, RBB InfoRadio, etc.) in the background has also helped.
For structure in learning, I've found the roadmap guide in https://refold.la/roadmap very helpful.