A number of organisations have launched the European Sustainable Tropical Timber Coalition (STTC), in order to invite states to source woods from sustainable plantations and tackle deforestation....
Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), the operator of the Fukushima nuclear plant, has entered a critical stage of the clean-up operation as it prepares to remove...
Mortgages aren’t everyone’s first choice of specialist subject. Most people see them as an important but uninspiring means to an end: owning a home. But what...
Global warming has finally reached one of the last untouched refuges of the Arctic region, according to new findings. Researchers from Ontario universities say that the...
Three leading social entrepreneurs have been presented with awards to celebrate the impact individuals have in making social change happen across the world. The trio received...
In 30 years, when humans look back at how we currently raise and slaughter billions of animals to make our hamburgers and handbags, they will see...
Authorities in Russia are to bring more charges against many of the Greenpeace activists currently being detained in the country. The 28 protesters and two journalists...
Millions of people have been forced to take shelter after what may be the strongest storm to ever make landfall batters the Philippines. Official reports say...
The Co-operative Bank is to exit existing banking relationships with local authority customers in an effort to focus its attention on individuals and small and medium...
Many palm oil companies that promise to act sustainably have failed to do so, and so continue to destroy rainforests and displace local communities, according to...
Higher education institutions that don’t divest from fossil fuel companies because it’s the right thing to do should divest from “stranded assets” because it makes financial...
London Gateway hopes to host Europe’s largest logistics park, as David Thorpe, community manager of Sustainable Cities Collective, writes. This article originally appeared on Sustainable Cities Collective. ...
Newly-elected Democratic mayor of New York City, Bill De Blasio, has interrupted Michael Bloomberg’s 11-year reign, and promises to lead on equality, welfare, LGBT rights, air...
Ed Davey has finally confirmed that renewables policies are not at risk in the ‘green levies’ review. James Beard of the Renewable Energy Association (REA) asks,...
Today, we stand on the shoulders of enlightenment thinkers who argued for reason over blind faith and ancient tradition. They argued for the scientific method and...