Campaigners have criticised British retail giants after a 13-year-old Bangladeshi girl was forced to leave school to work in a garment factory, following the Rana Plaza factory collapse...
There’s an old Faroese saying – betri er at vera fyrivarin, enn eftirsnarur (it’s better to be prepared than swift afterwards) – that can be used...
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has announced that from next September, free school meals will be available for all infants in primary schools across England. The announcement...
With a year to go until Scotland votes over its future as part of the UK, the country’s government has approved the largest tidal power array in Europe, capable of powering the...
We need to think of empty spaces as blank canvases, rather than shadows of what they once were, argues Fiona King of Healthy Planet. Empty retail...
The European commissioner for environment, Janez Potočnik, is to be given a Champion of the Earth award from the United Nations. Potočnik, who took office in 2010, has...
Global warming will expose an additional 668 million people worldwide to new or aggravated water scarcity, according to new research. The study, published in the journal...
This is a beautiful planet and not at all fragile. Earth can withstand significant volcanic eruptions, tectonic cataclysms, and ice ages. But this canny, intelligent, prolific,...
The carbon emissions reduction target (CERT) is a target enshrined in law that imposes targets on gas and electricity companies to reduce the carbon emissions they...
Her name is Aurora and she’s the biggest polar bear in the world, standing 5 metres tall, 2.5 metres wide and 12.5 metres long. OK, she’s not...
The short-haired bumblebee, declared extinct in 2000, has begun nesting at the Dungeness reserve in Kent, as part of a reintroduction plan by the RSPB. Two...
The Liberal Democrats have voted in favour of Britain’s nuclear weapons programme, Trident. The party’s conference, which is being held in Glasgow, heard submissions from academics,...
Barclays bank has revealed it is facing a £50m fine from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) over a deal with Qatari investors in 2008. The FCA...
Gerald Kutney picks out some of the highlights from his upcoming book, Carbon Politics and the Failure of the Kyoto Protocol, to be published by Routledge in...
A leading social enterprise has teamed up with sustainable bank Triodos to raise £5m in bonds that will help preserve the legacy of London 2012, just...