The current account switching service, launched on September 16, has made “a great start”, according to the body behind it. Campaigners, however, argue that it is...
Chancellor George Osborne is to give greater powers to the Bank of England to review the government-backed ‘Help to Buy’ schemes and prevent further housing booms....
Swiss private bank J Safra Sarasin has announced Pierin Menzli to be the new head of sustainable investment research while unveiling plans to strengthen its commitment...
The number of customers switching energy providers dropped to an all time low, according to statistics published by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC)....
The French government has said a carbon tax will be introduced in the country next year that is expected to generate some €4 billion (£3.3 billion)...
Twenty-two of the activists arrested by Russian authorities aboard the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise will be held in jail for two months without charge, a Murmansk...
The world’s leading climate scientists have unveiled the first part of a major report, which says that the evidence for manmade climate change is stronger than...
A new study by the University of Cambridge has identified new ways in which livestock could be managed and maintained in order to become more sustainable....
The UK’s political leaders must engage in an “informed, pluralistic debate” about key issues such as energy and the economy, according to a coalition of social...
Businesses, organisations and tourists are celebrating World Tourism Day 2013. Co-ordinated by the UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), the theme for this year focuses on how...
Telecoms giant BT has been placed in a quasi-monopolistic position, being the main provider of superfast broadband to rural areas while taxpayer is being “ripped off” over the...
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said it is in the public interest to prosecute former Green Party leader Caroline Lucas, after she was arrested at shale gas drilling site...
The chairman of the controversial high speed rail project HS2 has said it must be backed by all three main political parties, and that the country desperately needs it. Sir David...
Brazil’s soybean industry has been blamed for indirectly contributing to the deforestation of the Amazon, despite the introduction of a moratorium that aimed to prevent this...
New Zealand Airlines is set to become the first commercial airline to transport scientists on passenger jets to Antarctica. The firm said that planes will land...