Greenpeace activists boarded two oil rigs on Tuesday in a protest against controversial plans for exploratory drilling in the Arctic. The environmental organisation is calling for...
HRMC’s recent crackdown on tax evasion has yielded a record high £23.9 billion in additional tax revenue in the 12 months to March – £8 billion...
Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde has said that banks have not changed since the financial crisis and warned that a lack of...
Seven of the biggest 15 carmakers are set to miss EU carbon reduction targets with a deadline of 2021, according to organisation Transport & Environment (T&E)....
A number of conservation organisations have urged the government to honour its commitment to protect England’s woodlands, by creating a new public forest management body. In...
Ancient carbon-rich soils, buried deep beneath the earth’s surface, can contribute to climate change thanks to human activities, new research has shown. In a new study...
Capitalism should serve society’s “long-term interests and concerns”, and not the other way around, the Prince of Wales has said at a major financial conference in...
The Chinese government plans to decommission almost 6m cars that do not meet exhaust emission standards, in an effort to cut pollution from road vehicles and...
US drugs giant Pfizer has withdrawn its attempt to takeover British firm AstraZeneca after having its final offer rejected. The company will now have to wait...
Sixteen members of parliament (MPs) have called for changes to the recently proposed recall bill – whereby failing MPs can be ousted by voters – which...
Tuesday’s Google doodle commemorates the birth of Rachel Carson, the prominent biologist whose 1962 book Silent Spring, which revealed the deadly effects of pesticides, is a...
Heavy rain may bring flooding to parts of the UK over the next few days, with Lincolnshire, South Yorkshire and the Humber particularly at risk, forecasters...
Lloyds Banking Group is set to launch the stock market flotation of TSB, with a 25% stake in the bank open to retail investors. The sale...
Government leaders from across Europe have said that the European Union (EU) must change in order to deliver growth and investment, after a number of Eurosceptic...
The European Union (EU) has led the way on environmental issues, consumer protection and workers’ rights, but “remains mired in the last century” and needs radical...