American investment bank JP Morgan has reached a deal with US regulatory body, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), over its part in the ‘London Whale’...
As many as 9 out of 10 of people living in European cities are breathing air that is so polluted that it can shorten their life...
Only one in five children in the UK has a “realistic and achievable” connection to the natural world, a three-year study by the Royal Society for...
A former manager of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig has pleaded guilty to destroying evidence regarding the explosion in 2010 which claimed the lives of 11 workers. Anthony Badalamenti, 62,...
Food poverty charity the Trussell Trust has called on the prime minister to commission an urgent inquiry into the “scandalous” levels of food poverty in the UK, after dramatic...
US students behind the fossil fuels divestment movement have responded to Harvard president Drew Faust’s announcement over her refusal to divest from fossil fuels firms, condemning...
Decision makers are being urged to focus on long-term challenges and solutions in order to deliver progress on climate change, reduce economic inequality, improve corporate practices...
The increasing risk of natural disasters may nullify efforts to tackle global poverty, as the likelihood of severe droughts and floods increases between now and 2030,...
Creativity, entrepreneurship and ingenuity helped the UK lead the Industrial Revolution. But it is now in a dangerous position where it is afraid of making mistakes...
This is the latest cartoon in our B******* as usual… series, in which we share work by Manchester-based cartoonist Polyp. For more information on Polyp, see...
Three-quarters of the population do not believe that green taxes to blame for rising energy bills, despite energy companies linking renewable energy subsidies with recent price...
It’s National Ethical Investment Week (NEIW) – a great initiative to raise awareness about green and ethical investment among the financial community and public at large....
The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) is launching a new task group to debate the definition of ‘zero-carbon’ for non-domestic buildings. In 2008, the Labour government...
National Ethical Investment Week (NEIW) is underway, and we’re publishing daily interviews, conducted by Greenhouse PR, with a different ethical investment pioneer each day until Friday. Wednesday’s pioneer...
Global investment in clean energy dropped by 14% in the third quarter of 2013, making it “almost certain” that annual investment in renewable and energy-smart technologies...