The government has opened a consultation over the UK’s national pollinators strategy (NPS), aimed at protecting bees and another insects that are essential to agriculture –...
“Conservative instinct” is at the heart of environmental stewardship, the education secretary Michael Gove said in a speech at Westminster last week – the full text...
The wettest winter on record, which caused floods across the south, has resulted in small firms losing more than three-quarters of a billion pounds, according to...
The majority of MPs agree that clean energy drives economic growth and creates significant employment opportunities, according to a new report that asks the government to...
Oil giant ExxonMobil has unveiled plans for 10 major new oil and gas projects in Russia, Canada, the Gulf of Mexico and Papua New Guinea, which...
Leading renewable energy supplier Good Energy and solar entrepreneur Jeremy Leggett were among the winners at the annual Climate Week Awards this week, which took place at Ecobuild...
Renewable energy firm Ecotricity has accused Eric Pickles of having “double standards”. The company argues the communities secretary prioritises local voices in wind farm planning decisions...
Stock markets are at risk of serious instability because fossil fuel assets can become overvalued when the need to tackle climate change is factored in, a...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched a consultation on its draft guidelines for country health institutions, which recommend cutting sugar intake by half. The amendment to...
A campaign lobbying for a more sustainable banking sector has urged people to move their money out of banks that fund the fossil fuel industry and...
A new study has revealed that 136 out of 720 world heritage sites, including the Tower of London and the Statue of Liberty, could be lost...
Campaign groups in Manchester are organising a protest against fracking and are hoping it will be the largest demonstration against the controversial gas extraction method in...
Around one in ten financial services firms has incentive schemes that have higher risk features, a report from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has found. The...
Fracking firm Cuadrilla has said that shale gas reserves in the north-west of England are around 50% larger than previous assessments in licence areas suggested. The...
Tourism professionals have highlighted the crucial role of tourism in helping restructure the Philippines’ economy in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan. Delegates at the rescheduled World...