The Utility Regulator, Northern Ireland’s independent electricity and gas regulatory body, has confirmed that over £44m will be invested in renewable energy across the country. It...
While none of the major gun manufacturers are British, thousands are killed every year by military equipment manufactured in, and sold by, the UK. Ever since...
Twenty-six years to the day since rejecting the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (OPEC) 15% suggested oil price rise, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates...
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is expected to agree a £350m fine for its role in the Libor rate-rigging scandal that emerged earlier this year...
The UK could see plastic banknotes in circulation as early as 2015, after the Bank of England revealed details of the process by which future money...
Recent spates of extreme weather events such as flooding, wildfires and superstorms have gone some way to changing the way sceptics view climate change, according to...
Jonathan Chilvers is an ethical investor. Through a child trust fund set up for his four-year-old daughter, his motivation is to ensure he’s doing his bit...
George Latham, managing partner at WHEB Asset Management, looks back at a number of recent events in the ethical and sustainable investment sectors to determine the...
With just 11 days to go until the big man comes off his 364-day holiday to deliver presents to people around the world, we thought it...
The government revealed yesterday that the controversial gas extraction technique, hydraulic fracturing (or fracking), would be restarted in the UK. Reaction has been mixed within the...
Do you know someone making serious leaps forward in the renewable energy or clean technology sectors? Well, now’s your chance to have their efforts recognised by...
The House of Commons environmental audit committee has tabled evidence that links common insecticides to the declining number of bees. An inquiry was arranged in order...
The UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has revealed that as of today, a billion people have crossed international borders in 2012 – a new annual record –...
Chasing Ice, a documentary film by Jeff Orlowski, is released in UK cinemas tomorrow (December 14). But beneath its beautifully-crafted images of some of the world’s...
Energy secretary Ed Davey has revealed the government’s plans to allow hydraulic facturing (fracking) operations to restart in the UK, despite fears that the natural gas...