US president Barack Obama has promised to increase efforts to tackle illegal fishing and extend the existing marine protected area between Hawaii and American Samoa. The...
The UK government has approved plans for what may become the largest offshore wind farm in the world, a 240-turbine project off the coast of Suffolk....
More than 100 leading public health specialists from around the world have signed a letter to the director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO), urging for...
Campaign group 38 Degrees has this week called for a new campaign to raise public awareness regarding the trade deal currently being discussed between the US...
A student pressure group has delivered 15,000 signatures to Universities UK, an advocacy organisation, in an effort to persuade British higher education institutions to cut their...
Abattoir inspectors have warned that diseased meat could end up in sausages and pies, as new regulation favours visual checks over more accurate inspections of carcasses....
The UK and Chinese governments have agreed to co-operate to tackle the issues around climate change and energy security, further signalling that UN climate talks next...
Hundreds of people gathered to protest against the BP-sponsored Viking exhibition at the British Museum on Sunday. The Reclaim Shakespeare Company hosted a ‘flash-horde’ protest where...
Climate change is decimating populations of tiny species that live on the seabed of the Antarctic shore, threatening ecosystem stability and life higher up the food...
The first draft constitution of an independent Scotland has been published, ahead of September’s referendum, with sustainability and the environment featuring in the bill. The bill...
British oil companies BP and Shell are expected to propose multi-billion pound trade deals to visiting Chinese premier Li Keqiang, as a way to establish a...
Investment in cancer research can deliver economic returns as well as crucial health benefits, a new study has revealed. In a paper published in the journal BMC...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Yorkshire Building Society and Credit Sussie for £1.4m and £2.3m respectively, for failing to ensure financial promotions were clear,...
Britons are becoming more materialistic and giving less to charities and good causes as the economy recovers, according to a poll conducted as part of the...
The government must increase spending on flood defences if a repeat of the floods that devastated many parts of the UK last winter is to be...