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...
The Cooperative report shows that the market for ethical goods and services has remained resilient throughout the economic downturn as a progressive core of retailers and...
Juliet Davenport was appointed an OBE in the New Year’s Honours list. The founder and Chief Executive of Good Energy Group was recognised for services to...
The Kulluk oil drilling ship ran aground near Kodiak island in Alaska on Monday during a severe storm. The rig is carrying 143,000 gallons of diesel...
The western part of Antarctica’s ice sheet is melting twice as fast as initially thought, according to an investigation into the region’s contribution to sea level...
Christmas is set to be wet for many people in southern and south western England, south east Wales and the Midlands, after the Environment Agency warned...
An article in The Australian newspaper about wind power by staunch climate sceptic blogger James Delingpole has received fierce criticism from the Australian Press Council, which...
Recent spates of extreme weather events such as flooding, wildfires and superstorms have gone some way to changing the way sceptics view climate change, according to...
The government revealed yesterday that the controversial gas extraction technique, hydraulic fracturing (or fracking), would be restarted in the UK. Reaction has been mixed within the...
The House of Commons environmental audit committee has tabled evidence that links common insecticides to the declining number of bees. An inquiry was arranged in order...
Energy secretary Ed Davey has revealed the government’s plans to allow hydraulic facturing (fracking) operations to restart in the UK, despite fears that the natural gas...
Waitrose has revealed that its planned partnership with Shell, which would have seen the pair collaborate at petrol stations across the UK, has been put on...
David Cameron is set to answer questions on the government’s environmental credentials at 4pm this afternoon, when he faces the House of Commons liaison committee. The...
Boris Johnson’s Telegraph column yesterday lauded fracking as “an answer to the nation’s prayers“. But, in a piece that originally appeared on his blog, Tim Fenton unpicks Johnson’s article, which...