Students at Edinburgh University staged a sit-in on Wednesday over management’s ‘reckless and irresponsible failure’ in maintaining investments in fossil fuels. Anger was sparked on Tuesday...
Rescue teams have continued the search for victims of the latest earthquake that hit the devastated region of Nepal on Tuesday. The death toll now stands...
The UN has expressed grave concerns over the ‘tsunami’ of dumped computers and smartphones that is expected to reach 50m tonnes by 2017. PCs, smartphones and...
Theresa May is on a collision course with EU leaders over a quota scheme for EU countries to take an equal share of migrants coming to...
An ice shelf twice the size of Wales depleted by 4 metres between 1998 and 2012 and is at risk of collapse, according to a study...
Student campaigners at Edinburgh University have accused staff of being ‘in the pockets of the fossil fuel industry’ after the University Court refused to divest from...
A major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 has hit the South Asian country of Nepal, just two weeks after a quake devastated the region killing...
We’re interested in all aspects of sustainable government. Amber Rudd and Elizabeth Truss have taken the two portfolios we’re most interested in – energy and environment....
Efforts to mitigate the risks of financial chaos within the banking sector have been insufficient, a report published on Tuesday concludes. The report published on Tuesday...
The US Interior Department has given its approval to the oil giant Shell to begin drilling in Arctic waters, subject to safety conditions being met. But...
A crackdown on multinational corporations by Australian authorities has been described as “the first of its kind in the world”, with Google, Apple and Microsoft firmly...
Sea level rises across the planet have been accelerating over the past two decades, not declining as previously thought. A new study has found that sea...
Tech giant Apple has announced new measures to increase responsible forest management in China and expand clean energy projects across its manufacturing facilities in the country....
Elizabeth Truss MP was appointed Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 15 July 2014. She was elected as the Conservative MP for...
Newly-elected Prime Minister has appointed Amber Rudd as the new Energy and Climate Change Secretary, with many praising continuity with previous climate commitment. Maria McCaffer,...