Shares in the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) plummeted on Thursday as the part state-owned bank reported its biggest loss since the 2008 financial crisis. Shares...
The Norway sovereign wealth fund, the largest in the world with assets of $810 billion (£485 billion), recently excluded a mining company from its portfolio because...
Renewable energy supplier Good Energy, which broke the mould in November with a winter price freeze, has been forced to increase dual fuel bills by 2.2%....
Scientists have discovered a strange link between climate change and pine-scented vapours emitted by coniferous trees. Research by German, Finnish and US scientists has uncovered a...
Sixty-one out of 66 countries, including emerging economies, have so far promoted laws to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, according to the latest report by the...
Standard Life has said it would consider moving its business operations out of Scotland should the country vote for independence in September’s referendum. The Edinburgh-based financial...
Experts from the UK and the US have made it clear that the global warming ‘slowdown’, often pointed as evidence that climate change is not happening,...
The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for snow in Wales, the Midlands and southern parts of England on Friday morning, telling commuters to expect...
A shipment of more than 20,000 crops from more than 100 nations has arrived at a ‘Doomsday vault’ in the Arctic Circle, as part of a...
Scotland may be “on the cusp” of establishing the world’s first ethical finance hub, according to experts in the field. The comments come ahead of a...
“Conservative instinct” is at the heart of environmental stewardship, the education secretary Michael Gove said in a speech at Westminster on Wednesday. Read the full text...
“Conservative instinct” is at the heart of environmental stewardship, the education secretary Michael Gove said in a speech at Westminster on Wednesday. He added that conservatism...
The leaders of some of Britain’s biggest companies have urged the government to address the causes of climate change and encourage investment in low-carbon technologies, in...
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), which remains 81% owned by the government, has reported a pre-tax loss of £8.2 billion for 2013. The losses are...
US secretary of state John Kerry has called for a massive expansion of the world’s marine reserves, urging governments to work together to protect our oceans....