The Conservative party has returned a decade’s worth of pre-election speeches to the internet, including many promises on the subjects of green taxes and climate change,...
US business magnate Warren Buffett’s holding company has taken a $3.7 billion (£2.3 billion) stake in oil giant Exxon Mobil. This follows the $2 billion (£1.2...
Why are bee populations dwindling in the 21st century when the creatures have been around for 50 million years? Marla Spivak, University of Minnesota professor of...
Citi, Morgan Stanley and Bank of America have topped a new ranking of commercial banks on the extent to which they finance coal mining projects. The...
China will commit to tougher carbon reduction targets in its next five-year plan, due in 2015, but nearby Japan is expected to lower its own objectives,...
A senior IT analyst at Greenpeace has welcomed efforts by Facebook and Apple to clean up their environmental footprints. Speaking at an event on Wednesday, Gary...
Despite small signs of recovery in previous years, the Amazon rainforest – the ‘lungs of the Earth’ – is in danger after an increase in deforestation...
Italy’s second Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI) Week finished on Tuesday in Rome. The last event had its key moment at the end of the day,...
A new competition has been launched, offering £250,000 to the person who can create the best design of a new garden city to help solve Britain’s...
A new major report into ocean acidification has predicted that levels could become dangerously high in the future, threatening the livelihoods of those dependent on marine...
A public opinion survey has demonstrated that most US citizens think that the country’s government should be doing more to tackle climate change. The poll, which...
Three non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have unveiled a new report at the climate negotiations in Warsaw, calling for the establishment of the ‘loss and damage’ system discussed...
A new online platform that allows individuals to pledge money to projects that deliver measurable benefits to communities and the wider society has been launched by...
A Spanish court has ruled the country’s government has no criminal responsibility for one of the worst environmental disasters ever to occur in Europe, when the...
The Philippines’ finance minister Cesar Purisma has said that Typhoon Haiyan will have a negative effect on the country’s economy, which had been expected to grow...