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,...
Energy regulator Ofgem has called on the ‘big six’ energy suppliers to explain to customers how falling wholesale costs will impact their energy prices. The call...
A new study conducted by the University of Edinburgh has concluded that global carbon emissions would be significantly reduced if deforestation in the tropics were minimised....
The Duke of Cambridge and David Beckham have launched the new #WhoseSideAreYouOn campaign, which calls on sportspeople to show support for conservation work to tackle illegal...
If A Tree Falls explores the origins and motivations of the Earth Liberation Front (ELF), an organisation of radical environmentalists that went on to be called...
The CEO of HSBC Bank Pension Trust, Lesley Alexander, has been appointed as the new chair of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF). She will...
The EDF-run Dungeness B nuclear power station in Kent will soon see its safety limits raised in an effort to prolong its life, pushing up the...
Insurance and pension provider Friends Life, which manages funds worth around £100 billion, has reaffirmed its commitment to responsible investment. In the firm’s corporate responsibility report,...
The acidification of the world’s oceans, occurring today because of manmade carbon emissions, is happening 10 times faster than it did 56 million years ago, when...
Glen Galaich and Tracy Mack Parker, respectively CEO and executive vice president of the strategic education and networking body the Philanthropy Workshop, gave advice for donors...
Conservationists and scientists in Brazil have called on football’s governing body Fifa to put more effort into protecting the Brazilian three-banded armadillo that inspired this summer’s...
Green groups have warned that plans by the government to destroy natural sites and compensate for the biodiversity loss elsewhere could easily fail and cause irreversible...
The growing green bond market needs to clarify what constitutes as ‘green’ as there is still confusion among investors and those operating in the market about...
Drinks company Coca-Cola is promoting new ways to give a ‘second life’ to its products by offering people a set of interchangeable caps that allow them...
The building society Nationwide has revealed that it is benefitting from the seven-day switching service launched last year, with a new current account opened every 50...