Greenland – 80% of which is ice – experienced its highest temperature since records began on Wednesday. The new record, 25.9C (78.6F), was measured at Maniitoq...
Essex councillors have criticised the council’s decision to invest £5m of its £3.6 billion pension fund in large tobacco companies. A number of members have called...
Deep sea mining, the relatively new activity that looks to extract resources such as gold, cooper and zinc from ocean beds, has been criticised by campaigners...
BP has decided against selling its US wind farm assets, despite announcing such a move back in April under former chief Lord Browne. Speaking to the...
Transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin has welcomed an order that will introduce over 100 state-of-the-art train carriages to London’s rail network. Operating firm Southern confirmed a new...
Russia has entered the top five of the world’s biggest economies, with its $3.4 trillion GDP leaving fellow European nations behind, according to the World Bank....
Harvard Management Company (HMC), the finance arm of the prestigious US university, has hired its first vice-president for sustainable investing. In a newly created role, Jameela...
If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed 10,000 years ago. If insects were to...
Around 1,700 cities, including New York and Miami, will face a ‘watery future’ by the end of the century, with a new study saying sea levels could rise...
Citizens Advice has urged payday loan customers to make a complaint if they feel they have been treated unfairly. Starting on August 5, the charity will...
New administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Gina McCarthy has sent a strong message to the US, saying that climate change is an “opportunity of...
Sustainable and intelligent farming practices are crucial in tackling the negative effects of climate change, a leading Indian scientist has said. Nishi Rai, a scientist at...
Very few people in the UK sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) industry can claim they’ve ‘been there, done that, got the T-shirt’. Julia Dreblow, founder of...
Concern about climate change is growing among US investors, with many putting pressure on companies involved in environmentally risky activities to address key sustainability challenges. Shareholders...
A margin of life is developed by nature for all living things – including man. All lifeforms obey nature’s demands – except man, who has found...