The BT pension scheme, which has around 320,000 members and is the UK’s largest corporate pension fund, has taken steps to protect itself from the risk...
It may be best known for its many shops, but Oxford Street in London is also home to the world’s highest levels of the toxic compound...
Shareholders, including a number of London councils, are suing BP in Texas over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, after a...
The government’s shared ownership taskforce has set out draft proposals to improve community investment in renewable projects and make this approach the norm by 2015. The...
Official figures have classified 80% of California as in “extreme” drought, with an estimated 36% in “exceptional” drought – the most severe of five categories. Droughts...
Environmentalists have criticised Glasgow city council for failing to implement low emission zones around the Commonwealth Games venues, despite this being a key part of the...
A report by the Association for the Conservation of Energy has blamed the government’s policies for the steep 60% decline in home energy efficiency installations. Research...
Coastal development and other human activities are affecting two species of dolphins, the Australian snubfin and the Indo-Pacific humpback, forcing them to live in isolated groups...
The opening stage of the 101st Tour de France starts in Leeds on Saturday, with the question on most people’s lips being whether British hopeful Chris...
As concern grows about the health of the world’s oceans, threatened by rising temperatures, acidification and overfishing, a new report has claimed there is at least...
Deposits of shale gas overlap with almost half of the UK’s primary water aquifers, presenting significant potential risks of water contamination if these areas were exploited,...
Andy Coulson, the former editor of the News of the World, has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for conspiracy to intercept communications. Coulson had...
America’s national parks are already experiencing “extreme” climate change, affecting visitors’ experiences and threatening the legacy of the historic sites, according to a new report. The...
Joining Apple, Fiat and Starbucks, the online retail giant Amazon is next in line to be investigated for tax avoidance, where countries like Luxembourg are used...
The employee ownership business model is a rapidly growing force in the UK’s economy, according to data published by the Employee Ownership Association (EOA). To coincide...