China’s largest oil firm is being blamed for the contamination of drinking water that has led to over 2.4m residents scrambling to buy bottled water. It...
April 24 2014 will mark the first anniversary of the collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory in Bangladesh, which claimed the lives of 1,129 people....
The first episode of an eight-part documentary series looking at climate change and featuring a range of well-known Hollywood stars is set to begin on Sunday...
Two separate studies looking at how wind farms affect house prices have drawn contrasting conclusions. The impact of wind farms on communities has been debated, with...
A national strategy to adapt Britain’s coastlines to the rising sea levels and extreme weather that are expected as a result of climate change is “urgently...
A ‘clean revolution’ of renewable energy could provide the global economy with a major boost while also preventing devastating climate change, according to a coalition of...
Residents in Lanzhou, China, have flocked to supermarkets in a desperate bid to buy bottled water, after authorities warned the city’s drinking water contained high levels of...
Green cities are good, but blue cities are even better, argues Ken Hickson. We can turn blue with cold or become “true blue”. We can sing the...
Aeronautical firm Airbus has won a contract to build Europe’s next generation of satellites, which it hopes will improve forecasts of major storms and extreme weather...
Over 600,000 UK current account customers have changed providers in the first six months of the new Current Account Switch Service, according to new statistics. The...
In this week’s featured TED talk, filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg reveals the unseeable beauty of the natural world in jaw-dropping detail. The man behind the 3D film Mysteries...
Taking Responsibility for Tourism, Harold Goodwin’s 2011 book, is an engaging and interesting read. In the context of a rapidly growing and increasingly wealthy global population,...
Unity Trust, a specialist bank for civil society, social enterprises, councils and trade unions, has reported an 8% growth in total assets and a considerable increase...
The boards of the Association of British Insurers (ABI) and the Investment Management Association (IMA) have agreed in principle to merge their investment activities, the organisations...
The End of Poverty? is a documentary looking at what caused poverty in the past, what is causing it now and why it should be an...