A Manchester social enterprise has launched a community share offer to fund its efforts to use local timber resources that would otherwise be wasted as low-carbon...
In 2025, solar will be the largest source of energy on the planet, electric air transport will be a mainstream consideration and food shortages will be...
Cheese producer Wyke Farms has opened a facility in Somerset to recover up to 95% of its wastewater and reduce its ecological footprint, as part of...
We may not be quite ready yet, but there seems to be signs appearing in nature that point towards an early autumn, with conservationists saying this...
Manufacturers of cosmetics in China are no longer be legally bound to test on animals for ordinary products sold in the country, after changes to laws...
Environmental campaign group Greenpeace launched a global campaign against Danish toy company Lego over its advertising partnership with Shell on Tuesday. The campaign group has requested...
In its final report on fiduciary duty the Law Commission has acknowledged that the current law on the issue is “confusing and inaccessible” and clarified that...
Barclays and investment firm MSCI have announced the creation of a new tool to expand environmental, social and governance (ESG) fixed income benchmark index group, for...
Eight electric Formula One-style racing cars drove over London Bridge on Monday for an electrifying photoshoot ahead of the inaugural Formula E championship, which starts in September. ...
From Tuesday, all individual savings accounts (Isa) will become new ISAs (Nisa) as government reforms come into force. The changes aim to provide greater flexibility and...
Kiribati has finalised the purchase of 20 sq km of land on Vanua Levu, a Fijian island, in order to give its people somewhere to grow...
Plastic pollutants afflict all of the world’s oceans, but a new study has found that the quantity of floating waste around the world is lower than...
A coalition of campaigners have urged prime minister David Cameron to uphold a ban on bee-killing pesticides, as his cabinet decides whether to grant an emergency...
The UK’s ageing infrastructure needs £375 billion of investment to ensure that it is up to the task of meeting the needs of a growing population...
Nasa has launched the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) satellite to measure where carbon dioxide (CO2) comes from and where it goes. It is hoped the new...