Scientists have brought back to life a giant virus, which had been sleeping in the permafrost for thousands of years, until the surface started to thaw....
As people from all corners of the world are living off an increasingly similar diet, decreasing crop diversity is making the global food system more vulnerable...
The Green Party has pledged to speak out for the “common good”, saying it will address the most urgent political matters after its leader demanded a...
Oil giant BP has had a legal bid rejected to block paying claims made to the firm, after it said some claims from companies were fraudulent....
Making the global transport system sustainable will be hard – but there are plenty of compelling reasons that demand action. This article originally appeared in Blue...
A coalition of businesses, government departments and sustainability experts are to gather in London for a three-day exhibition on sustainable building. Ecobuild 2014, which opens on...
A competition offering £250,000 to the person who could create the best plans for a new ‘garden city’ that would help solve Britain’s housing crisis closed...
Losses from extreme floods in Europe could soar over the next 36 years, as climate change and socioeconomic development have an impact. In addition, extreme events...
Greenpeace has condemned some tuna brands sold in Tesco supermarkets, arguing they are sourced in ways that can harm other wildlife. The campaign group has pointed...
Tanya Pein, investment specialist for charities and private clients at In2 Consulting, gives advice to clients on sustainable, responsible and ethical investment. She is also co-chair...
Environmental non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are “failing the population challenge”, according to research from environmentalist and writer Jonathon Porritt and the charity Population Matters. Porritt argues that population...
The city council of Los Angeles has voted to start drafting rules that would ban the controversial process of fracking within its jurisdiction. Following concerns raised...
The controversial pilot badger culls carried out in parts of Gloucestershire and Somerset last year were inhumane and ineffective, new analysis has found. According to reports...
As much as a third of all the food the world produces is never eaten, causing huge inefficiencies in economic, energy and natural resource use, according...
With a rising global population, greater demand in consumerism and many tightly-held green myths, ecological systems are expected to face grave pressures in the coming decades....