Renewable energy is growing rapidly in the UK, according to the 2012 update to the Renewable Energy Roadmap, published during Christmas week by Energy Secretary Edward...
Juliet Davenport was appointed an OBE in the New Year’s Honours list. The founder and Chief Executive of Good Energy Group was recognised for services to...
In June 2008, after a 12-year planning process, five wind turbines started spinning at Westmill Wind Farm. Owned and funded by 2,300 members, many from the...
Andrew Morton, account director at Footprint Renewables, describes how renewable energy – which by definition is dependable, predictable and sustainable – can be the driving force...
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...
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...
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...
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...
On Tuesday night, Channel 4 broadcast a documentary exploring the extreme weather events of 2012 and asked the question, “Is our weather getting worse?” Weather should...
Twelve years ago today, the US Supreme Court gave a ruling that declared George W Bush the country’s 43rd president. Now that the dust has settled...
David Cameron is set to answer questions on the government’s environmental credentials at 4pm this afternoon, when he faces the House of Commons liaison committee. The...
Boris Johnson’s Telegraph column yesterday lauded fracking as “an answer to the nation’s prayers“. But, in a piece that originally appeared on his blog, Tim Fenton unpicks Johnson’s article, which...