The parliamentary watchdog is to investigate claims that ministers spent around £36 million under the Green Deal to benefit only 2,100 households. Ministers responsible for the...
Labour leader Ed Miliband has condemned the “Victorian conditions” that people are subjected to under the use of zero-hour contracts, promising to cut down their use...
An estimated 9 million animals were tested on last year as part of laboratory experiments across the globe, a 2% increase on last year, according to...
Controversial plans by the bailed-out Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) to pay bonuses twice the size of employees’ salaries have been blocked by the government, which...
The mayor of London Boris Johnson has outlined plans that will see 25% of London’s energy needs met by local sources, in an attempt to increase...
Chinese internet entrepreneur and billionaire Jack Ma is to launch a charitable trust to combat pollution and improve education and healthcare in his home country, in...
Solar energy capacity in the US has increased by 418% in the last four years alone, newly released data has revealed. Figures from the US Energy...
With the UK’s European Parliament election to be held on Thursday 22 May, the environmental charity WWF has asked the five leading political parties what a...
The British government has announced that it will invest £200m in one of the most advanced polar research vessels ever made to support scientists in both...
The Wildlife Trusts have published a report showing how “large scale restoration” along the proposed HS2 route could help “heal blighted communities and damaged countryside”. The...
Fed Up looks at what is causing obesity in the US and argues we have been misled about weight gain and weight loss. Instead, the documentary...
The World We Made: Alex McKay’s Story from 2050presents a credible, positive vision of our planet in the future. It sets out what needs to happen...
Blue & Green Tomorrow has produced a new report chronicling events from the eighth Responsible Tourism in Destinations (RTD8) conference, which took place in Manchester on...
Just 9% of UK adults say they could “realistically” live on the current minimum wage, according to a new survey. The results highlight the growing wage...
As a warming climate opens up new waters to shipping and fossil fuel exploitation, researchers have warned that the US is completely unprepared to deal with...