The public has been invited to download a free smartphone app that allows them to count and identify bees. It is hoped that the data will...
Tom Steyer, the US hedge fund manager and climate change activist, has launched the Climate Disaster Relief Fund in partnership with his wife. Managed by the...
Tesla chief Elon Musk has suggested that the “freeing” of patents could help speed up electric car development – helping move sustainable transport to the mainstream....
US president Barack Obama has acknowledged the warnings of climate scientists and financial analysts that the majority of known fossil fuel reserves must never be used...
Forty-five species could become extinct, with a further 955 under threat, because of the irreversible tree disease known as ash dieback, leading ecologists have said. Speaking...
Four in five investors have looked at sustainability issues in one or more investment contexts in the last year, according to research from PwC. However, investors...
Environmental campaigners and local and central government must do more to encourage activism at home, according to a new report that calls for “a revolution in...
Construction has begun on the first new metal mine to be opened in the UK in 45 years. The Drakelands tungsten and tin mine is expected...
The UK’s science minister has said that technology to develop self-driving cars, such as the concept Google unveiled in May, can be developed in Britain, but...
Exposure to air pollution from traffic and power plants in early life may increase the risk of a child developing autism, according to a new study....
Co-operative Bank customers are to be given an opportunity to voice their opinion on the bank’s ethical criteria and policy, its CEO has said. The announcement...
The Social Mobility and Child Poverty (SMCP) Commission has released a response to the government’s draft child poverty strategy 2014-17, describing it as a “missed opportunity”....
With just 100 days until Scots go to the polls and vote on whether they want to become an independent country, the latest polls suggest the...
Charities, social enterprises and other businesses are invited to bring their stories to life through the medium of video, at a one-day course in Birmingham this...
The government has reshaped its flagship energy efficiency scheme the green deal in an effort to make it simpler, after the project received criticism. The changes...