Former energy secretary Lord Howell has said there is “plenty of room” for shale gas drilling in “uninhabited and desolate” parts of the north-east of England....
Renewable energy developers need to take local communities’ concerns and environmental protection into account when planning projects, says new guide by the Department for Communities and...
Feed-in tariffs are the amounts paid by governments to businesses, households and other organisations to generate renewable electricity. Often, this is through the use of wind...
Shares in Barclays fell sharply on Tuesday, as the bank announced a plan to help cover a £12.8 billion shortfall in capital. It will issue £5.68...
A major new report has highlighted some key principles by which the government should centre its food sustainability policies. Commissioned by the Department for Environment, Food...
One in four current account holders would switch providers if they thought the process would run smoothly, a new study has claimed. The research by M&S...
Pope Francis has urged the Brazilian government to treat the Amazon as a “garden” and to help protect its environment and native people. As 3 million...
The hot British summer has provided a welcome boost to solar power, which the industry says now often outperforms wind on sunny days. There are almost...
The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun. Ralph Nader, 1980
An £18.7m project is set to begin in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, to test a large-scale battery that developers say could help power the UK. The 6...
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A bond is like an IOU. When a company (or indeed, government) wants to raise funds, it may well look to issue bonds. Investors buy the...
An agreement has been reached over the importing of low-cost solar panels from China to the EU, two months after the European commission imposed a temporary...
A 21-year-old man has been arrested by police in Manchester after allegedly making rape and death threats to a female campaigner on Twitter. Caroline Criado-Perez, who...
A lack of transparency around the profits that energy companies make is undermining consumer trust, a committee of MPs has claimed. In a new report, the...