Significant changes to the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) proposed today by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) pose a 98% and 78% reduction in...
The environmental impacts of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster will last decades to centuries, warns a new Greenpeace Japan report. Man-made, long-lived radioactive elements are absorbed...
Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Food and the Environment Richard Lochhead today announced that up to an additional £1 million will be made available to fund...
Responding to today’s National Infrastructure Commission Report on Smart Power, Emma Pinchbeck, Head of Climate and Energy at WWF-UK said “The Commission has outlined a progressive and...
Many EU Environment Ministers discussing implications of the Paris Agreement for EU climate and energy policies today acknowledged that the EU must ramp up its climate...
The Biodiversity Committee of the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR) that met this week in Gothenburg, Sweden, has...
Dr Jenifer Baxter, Head of Energy and Environment at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, said in response to the National Infrastructure Commission’s report on Smart Energy: “This...
A new report released today by the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) shows the huge potential for consumer savings by adopting a more flexible and storage-oriented energy...
Today a major new coalition of businesses, cities, trade unions and NGOs, are calling on EU leaders to act on the Paris Agreement and ensure that...
Christian Aid has today welcomed the call by the UK and ten other countries for the European Union to ramp up its climate targets for 2030....
Last week the green carpet was rolled out at Mansion House for the Sustainable City Awards where businesses from across the UK won ‘Green Oscars’ for their...
The assassination of indigenous leader Berta Cáceres this week showed that even internationally renowned environmental activists are unsafe in Honduras, the deadliest country in the world...
It may seem surprising, but Mother’s Day is just round the corner. Instead of running out at the last minute to pick up a generic Mother’s...
These days most people at least put some thought to creating less waste, living healthier and smarter, and lessening their carbon footprint. While there are ways...
Climate change could kill more than 500,000 adults in 2050 worldwide due to changes in diets and bodyweight from reduced crop productivity, according to new estimates...