In the lead up to the 800th Magna Carta Anniversary this year Ashley Summers takes a look at the original and a series of modern ‘versions’ of the...
An ice shelf twice the size of Wales depleted by 4 metres between 1998 and 2012 and is at risk of collapse, according to a study...
Student campaigners at Edinburgh University have accused staff of being ‘in the pockets of the fossil fuel industry’ after the University Court refused to divest from...
The US Interior Department has given its approval to the oil giant Shell to begin drilling in Arctic waters, subject to safety conditions being met. But...
Sea level rises across the planet have been accelerating over the past two decades, not declining as previously thought. A new study has found that sea...
Tech giant Apple has announced new measures to increase responsible forest management in China and expand clean energy projects across its manufacturing facilities in the country....
Elizabeth Truss MP was appointed Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 15 July 2014. She was elected as the Conservative MP for...
Amber Rudd was appointed Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on 11 May 2015. She was the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the...
A new report has revealed the amount of resources, including water and land use, that is required to make the everyday products we often take for...
A public consultation is set to assess the impact expansion at Heathrow and Gatwick airports could have on air quality, one of the issues that have...
Today is the last chance for the British public to vote for the national bird. Voters can select one of the ten short-listed birds that they...
The Bank of America has confirmed that it will reduce its exposure to coal mining companies, noting that such investments are becoming increasingly risky and that...
Global carbon dioxide concentrations have surpassed 400 parts per million (ppm) for the first month since measurements began, the latest results from the National Oceanic and...
Climate change has led to the Arctic Ocean entering a “new era” that could have an impact on the region’s biodiversity, according to Norwegian scientists. The...
Lord Stern has warned that current greenhouse gas emission pledges to limit climate change do not go far enough to avoid dangerous levels of global warming,...