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)....
A new report has outlined how between 30-50% of food produced around the world annually “never reaches a human stomach”. The study, by the Institution of...
An article published by American magazine Mother Jones has revealed startling links between increases in violent crime and lead pollution. The article, written by Kevin Drum, cites...
The UK government has announced it is to lead a multi-million pound bioenergy project that will help attract investment into the technology. But a conflicting study...
After its preceding year became the ninth warmest on record, 2013 looks set to be even warmer, according to the Met Office’s annual forecast of the...
A group of climate scientists from Austria have concluded that swift political action is needed in order to truly curb international greenhouse gas emissions. The researchers,...
In the year that he is set to become a grandfather for the first time, Prince Charles has spoken out about leaving the world and the...
Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. subsidiary MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. has acquired two solar planet projects from, solar developer SunPower, in line with their ‘core business principle...
Renewable energy is growing rapidly in the UK, according to the 2012 update to the Renewable Energy Roadmap, published during Christmas week by Energy Secretary Edward...
Preliminary analysis by the Met Office shows increasing frequency of extreme rainfall – the kind of deluge you expect once every hundred days. With the frequency...