A new study has suggested that the pesticide imidacloprid – which is currently banned in Europe – reduces the ability of bees to collect pollen by...
The recent drought in California could lead to 17 rural communities in the state running out of water within 60 to 120 days, according to state...
Insurance claims relating to the storms and flooding that occurred over the Christmas and new year period have reached £426m, with more expected over the coming...
A series of surveys tracking the awareness of and support for shale gas shows that public backing for the industry has slipped following several protests and...
Alex Blackburne speaks to Penny Walker: author, environmentalist and inspirational sustainability change agent. “It wasn’t so much that I suddenly realised there was a problem; it...
Barack Obama told Congress on Tuesday that the US has plans to further reduce carbon emissions while boosting renewables and energy efficiency. In his annual State...
The organisation responsible for managing property owned by the crown, which includes most of the UK seabed and half the foreshore, is to continue paying an...
Parker Liautaud, who arrived at the South Pole unaided on Christmas Eve after an 18-day trek, said he undertook the challenge in an effort to “reignite...
The government is cutting flood spending in real terms, just as the country is hit by even more damaging floods. Blaming the Environment Agency for the...
News that the royal household’s finances are under strain illustrates how the cost of living crisis can affect just about anyone. Support for the monarchy remains...
A wind farm in the Irish Sea has begun generating clean electricity, in what represents the first major step towards the full commissioning of the 108-turbine...
The government’s spending on preparing for the effects of global warming has almost halved since the current environment secretary Owen Paterson took office, newly released figures...
Norway’s largest oil company Statoil has announced it is considering pulling out of operations in west Greenland. This comes after experts claimed in a report last...
David Cameron has come under attack for slashing 80,000 pages of environmental guidance – a move that he claims will make it easier and cheaper for...
“Do the do-gooder ethical investment crowd have any sectors left to invest in?”, one tweeter pondered on Sunday. “No oil, banks, tobacco, alcohol, pharma?” Especially for them...