Two of the three deep mines left in Britain are about to shut down amid lack of funds and coal-hostile environment, leaving 1,300 workers unemployed. UK...
Wales has become the first place in the UK to consider a ban on the use of electronic cigarettes in public places, amid fears of normalising...
Solar power charity SolarAid, which sells portable solar lights in Africa, has reached the one million milestone, benefitting local families, communities and driving renewables forward. SolarAid...
The ten most popular equities in ISAs this tax year fail to deliver on the sustainability front. Investors still have three days to use up their...
New research by Greenpeace has praised efforts by Apple, Facebook and Google to run a clean energy revolution on the internet, while Amazon is being left...
Friends Life has announced that Schroders will assume responsibility for £12.2 billion Friend Life’s multi asset and equity portfolios, replacing Friend Life’s current provider F&C Asset...
Wealth manager Rathbone Brothers has acquired private client businesses from Jupiter Asset Management and Tilney Asset Management, boosting its assets under management. Rathbone will pay £43.1...
Social enterprises in the health and social care sector saw massive growth in 2013, according to a new report from the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)...
By the end of the decade, private investment in the green and sustainable economy will almost double, reaching $10 trillion (£6 trillion), according to new research....
Both the government and the BBC must improve their communication of climate science and the risks of climate change to the public, according to a new...
A tsunami warning has been put in place in Chile after an earthquake of magnitude 8.2 killed five people and forced thousands out of their homes....
The Renewable Energy Association (REA) has announced the finalists for the 2014 British Renewable Energy Awards, which honours those that have developed, innovated and invested in...
The Conservative party could pledge to cut back on onshore wind farms in its next manifesto, a senior party source has told a national newspaper. The...
Ahead of the 2013/14 ISA deadline, research has shown that a fifth of stocks and shares ISA investors are selecting their investments “blindly”. This is despite...
Warm spring weather, combined with dust storms and strong winds, is increasing pollution levels, especially in urban areas, according to the government’s latest forecast. A dust...