A new study, carried out internationally by researchers including the University of Leeds and the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, has thrown fresh...
Bees can face high levels of stress caused by pesticides, which can prevent colonies from working properly, according to a new study. Scientists from the Royal...
Londoners are becoming increasingly concerned about dangerously high levels of air pollution in the capital, according to campaign groups and politicians, after a survey found that...
Fracking poses a “serious threat” of water contamination, including in drinking water, according to a report that also claims that 280 billion gallons of radioactive waste...
New figures have revealed that the UK is making good progress towards achieving its target of having 25% of boardrooms at top companies made up of...
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and venture capitalist Vinod Khosla are part of a group of investors who have collectively pledged $8m towards the second round of...
Advocacy group Corporate Accountability International (CAI) has called on the World Bank to stop investing in private water firms, as it say they are compromising the poorest...
The chief scientific adviser to the UK government has warned that climate change experts need to learn how best to explain their findings to a wider...
Human rights group Amnesty International has called on Italy and the rest of Europe to do more to prevent further loss of life, following the death of...
Traffic fumes can affect how honeybees locate and identify flowers, seriously impacting their foraging efficiency with potentially damaging effects on already troubled bee populations, according to...
Over 50 mayors from 30 countries have pledged to scale up their efforts to tackle climate change. In the wake of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...
The president of one of the most prestigious and richest universities in the world has told students and its board that when it comes to fossil...
Ed Miliband has said that “a common line of decency” has been breached, after a reporter gatecrashed a memorial service for the Labour leader’s uncle. Miliband...
All 30 of the activists arrested during a Greenpeace protest against Arctic oil drilling have now been charged with piracy by the Russian authorities, and could now...
A range of environmentally-focused companies have financially outperformed the wider industry average over one year, bringing in returns of 29% compared to 16%, according to new...