Bank of England (BoE) governor Mark Carney has added fuel to the speculation that interest rates could rise this year after commenting it could happen “sooner...
The number of households in the UK in fuel poverty is now estimated to be 2.28 million, a recent government report has shown. Figures from the...
Geologists have discovered evidence of a vast underground ocean deep beneath the Earth’s surface, in a breakthrough that may change our understanding of the history of...
Consumer group Which? has argued that the government’s proposed renewable energy subsidy scheme does not offer value for money because offshore wind could be prioritised ahead...
A Guardian investigation has revealed a fishing industry reliant on slave labour, where kidnapped migrants are brutalised and sometimes killed – all to provide cheap shrimp....
After a nine-year wait, construction has begun on a new community-owned hydroelectricity plant on the river Gynack at Kingussie, in the Scottish Highlands. The Kingussie Community...
Crowdfunding is an increasingly popular form of financing that allows entrepreneurs to realise their ideas with the help of the crowd. Crowdfunder, the UK’s biggest crowdfunding...
Blue & Green Daily finds and summarises the top sustainability stories around the web every morning. We start with our own picks from Blue & Green...
While most people’s eyes will be on the 22 players from Brazil and Croatia kicking off the 2014 World Cup on Thursday, Hyewon Kong looks at...
Torrential rainfall has led to Brazilian state officials declaring an emergency in 130 cities, including World Cup host city Curitiba. In the Parana state some 13,000...
The banking and finance industry has come under intense pressure since the financial crisis, after scandals and examples of bad practice emerged, but it could take...
One third of the world’s corn is grown in highly water-stressed regions, raising questions over the sustainability of global food supply, experts have warned. According to...
A new study published in the Nature Communications journal has found that when scientists injected a DNA cutting enzyme into mosquitoes they produced 95% male offspring,...
US secretary of state John Kerry has called for international cooperation to protect oceans that are “under siege” from overfishing, pollution and acidification. On Monday, the...
Network Rail has reported a pre-tax profit of £1 billion for the year ending March 31, but says that severe winter weather, which caused flooding in...