Mining associations and civil society groups in Canada have set up new payment transparency standards for the industry, which they say will enable citizens, governments and...
Ed Miliband has promised a major reform of the banking sector if Labour wins the 2015 general election, saying there will be a “reckoning” among the...
People in Beijing have been told to stay indoors, as dangerous levels of air pollution are recorded in the city. Pollution levels were said to be...
Global investment in renewable energy fell for the second year in a row in 2013, with green investment in Europe down by 41%, new figures have...
Resonance Asset Management has completed a major investment into four UK wind farms, worth a total of $100m (£61m). The firm said its British Wind Energy...
Quakers, churches and charities have the chance to purchase 100% clean energy for their buildings through a new scheme launched on Thursday. The Renewable Energy Group...
India has celebrated its third consecutive year with no new polio cases reported – a milestone that sees it declared a polio-free country. A number of...
Former US vice-president Al Gore has said there is no quick fix to the issue of climate change, branding the idea of geoengineering as “insane”. This...
Global carbon emissions will rise by 29% over the next two decades, according to BP’s Energy Outlook 2035. The increase is expected to be driven by...
The government must show political leadership to push forward ‘back-to-nature’ flood defence schemes that could protect flood-threatened properties at a fraction of the cost of conventional...
FirstEnergy, one of the largest investor-owned electricity suppliers in the US, has agreed to assess its carbon emissions, after shareholders asked the company to become more...
A leading US investment analyst has downgraded his rating of Apple, Amazon and tobacco firm Philip Morris on moral and ethical grounds. Ronnie Moas of StandPoint...
The environmental audit committee has criticised the government for failing to adequately protect biodiversity in UK overseas territories (UKOTs). These areas are seeing “immediate and significant...
The government’s controversial lobbying bill was defeated in the House of Lords on Wednesday, as peers voted in favour of amendments relaxing some of the restrictions...
More than 500 investors have been told by the UN’s climate chief to invest in low-carbon technologies in order to avoid losing money over the long-term...