The UK environment secretary has defended controversial plans to allow private sector organisations to invest in the government’s Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera). Earlier this...
Students who launched the Divest Harvard’s Day of Action have blocked the entrance of the school’s administration offices and called for a meeting with the president...
The US-based firm Pax World Management has announced that it has fully divested one of its funds from fossil fuel companies, meaning it now has two...
The House of Commons environmental audit committee (EAC) has launched an inquiry into the progress made on improving air quality, in order to find solutions to...
The Spanish city of Madrid is set to introduce a pioneering new scheme of parking meters that charge more for more polluting cars and less for...
The massive subsidies given to the production and consumption of fossil fuels must be curbed if the world is to complete a transition to a low-carbon...
When Michael Moyer, editor of Scientific American magazine, proposed the topic of climate change to a Fox News series on trends of the future, he was...
Dutch police have arrested the captain of a Greenpeace vessel, after activists tried to stop a Russian tanker delivering oil controversially drilled from the Arctic to...
Scientists have found human litter in the form of plastic, fishing nets, glass and metals in Europe’s deepest ocean depths, confirming the extent and the seriousness...
Climate change is increasing the risk of extreme rainfall and flooding in Britain, according to the findings of a pioneering new study presented at the European...
The government has launched a new green deal initiative for home improvements that will give £1,000 to people willing to install two combined energy efficiency measures...
Greencoat UK Wind, a £350m renewable energy infrastructure fund, has been named company of the year at the seventh annual New Energy & Cleantech Awards in...
An open letter from a group of over 200 organisations has called on the chancellor George Osborne to support co-operatives in order to aid “bottom up...
Big Society Capital, the world’s first social bank, made £93m of new investment commitments in 2013, boosting the social sector, according to its annual report. Launched...
Clear policy and regulatory measures from the Treasury and financial services industry can help crowdfunding and community energy share offers “thrive”, according to an influential thinktank....