Barack Obama has called for a new model for African countries to improve their self-sufficiency in the energy and food production sectors, and for the continent...
Abundance Generation has launched the financing stage for its fourth renewable energy project. Investors are able to pledge as little as £5 to fund the installation...
Dutch pension fund PFZW has decided to exclude tobacco from its portfolio, after its attempts to pressure the industry to address social and environmental concerns failed. The investor announced that...
An international co-operation initiative to build solar farms in north African deserts has suffered a major setback, after the Desertec Foundation announced its intention to leave...
Many things contributed to the end of the South African apartheid – the racial segregation system that, after decades of pressure, was eventually abandoned. But one...
Apart from being popular in Chinese cuisine, seaweed has another quality that may be useful in everyday life: as a source of clean energy. Attempts to...
We all knew it was coming, but as with any death, it’s tough to take. Google Reader, the internet giant’s bespoke web feed aggregator, will cease...
Almost 40% of farmers are using clean energy across the UK, compared to just 5% in 2010, according to a new survey. However, the majority feel...
Researchers at the University of Ulster have said that the transport system in Northern Ireland must be improved in order for the country to compete globally....
Dutch bank Rabobank has announced it will not lend money to businesses that deal with unconventional energy extraction, including shale gas, because of the environmental and...
Regular readers will already be familiar with 100% renewable electricity supplier, Good Energy. In the past year, the firm has gone from strength to strength. Its...
Mark Carney entered the Bank of England’s (BoE) offices on Threadneedle Street in London for the first time as governor this morning. He is tasked with...
Climate change is one of the greatest global trade and security risks we face this century, according to the UK’s climate and energy security envoy Rear...
Fifteen years ago today, Hong Kong ceased to be governed by Britain and became a special administrative region of the People’s Republic of China. Nowadays, it...
Amid a whole host of environmental, social and economic pressures, Tim Jackson, author of the brilliant Prosperity Without Growth: economics for a finite planet, spoke at...