The expected economic benefits of HS2 are decreasing as the costs relating to the proposed high speed rail line continue to spiral, according to a group...
Australia’s new prime minister Tony Abbott has announced he will scrap the carbon tax, which makes industries pay for their greenhouse gas emissions, and promised tax...
Fracking is not “the evil thing that some people try to make it out to be,” the UK energy secretary Ed Davey has claimed. Davey, who...
Warming caused by human activities played a key role in 6 out of 12 extreme weather events that occurred last year, according to a new report....
The hole in the earth’s stratospheric ozone layer over Antarctica is slowly closing, but its effect on climate change is still uncertain, a scientist has claimed....
An environmental campaign group has called proposals to offset the destruction of wildlife “a license to trash nature”. The UK government has announced plans to compensate...
International experts have suggested that the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) should replace ‘blockbuster’ reports with more frequent and targeted studies to address specific...
Sea levels rise would increase the frequency of coastal floods and cyclones, resulting in huge financial losses especially in developing countries, according to a reinsurance firm’s...
Brazil should prepare for a future heating of 3-6C and more unpredictable weather, which could severely affect its position as one of the world’s largest exporters of...
The Sentencing Council, the body charged with setting out sentencing guidelines issued to all of the judiciary of England and Wales, recently held a consultation to...
The coalition has announced a $40 million (£23m) trust fund to promote the maintenance of the Great Barrier Reef and tackle poaching and illegal fishing, but...
Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has called for governments to take climate change seriously and step up to their responsibilities...
Climate change is likely to cause stronger and more frequent hurricanes, but may reduce the risk of extreme storms similar to Hurricane Sandy from hitting the...
US Secretary of State John Kerry has said that the existence of climate change is undeniable but it is not too late to prevent some of...
President Putin has been criticised for the construction of ski resorts and infrastructure for the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games that campaigners say have devastated the Caucasus...