Consumer water bills will rise by 3.5% in April – or £13 a year on average – to help fund £25 billion worth of network improvements...
The European Commission has urged EU countries to ban the use of the neonicotinoid insecticides that are said to have driven a decline in the bee...
Cumbria will not become the host community for the government’s £12 billion nuclear waste disposal facility, after its county council voted in favour of withdrawing from...
Homebase has become the third major hardware retailer to phase out the sale of neonicotinoid insecticides that have been linked to the fall in bee numbers....
Thousands of campaigners have called for the government to take action over dwindling bee numbers, urging David Cameron to adopt a national bee action plan. Environmental...
The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) mission is displayed across many walls in Davos, Switzerland: “Committed to improving the state of the world”. Emma Websdale rounds up...
Glacial retreat in the Andes is at its fastest level for 300 years, according to a comprehensive study by scientists from seven countries. The researchers found...
The Telegraph has today published a crowdfunded full-page advert from Greenpeace that attacks oil giant Shell over its exploration activities in the Arctic. Over 1,200 people...
A NASA-backed study has said that degradation of area twice the size of California in the Amazon rainforest could be because of climate change. A so-called...
Environmental group Greenpeace is on the verge of raising £20,000 to pay for an advert in the financial press that attacks oil giant Shell for its...
Three members of staff at the British Antarctic Survey have been granted the Polar Medal, a prestigious award handed out in recognition of excellence in polar...
The European Food Standards Agency (EFSA) has picked out a number of dangerous risks to bees posed by a trio of common insecticides. Clothianidin, imidacloprid and...
The majority of developed and emerging economies worldwide are producing “significant climate-related legislation”, according to a new report. Some 32 of the 33 countries studied were...
Stalling when it comes to cutting carbon emissions could leave a hefty environmental bill for future generations, according to researchers in the US. The scientists claim...
People in developing countries are having to deal with the increasingly dangerous threat posed by mercury, according to research by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)....