The government’s proposed lobbying bill will prevent charities and lobbyists from campaigning on political issues in the 12 months preceding the general elections, contradicting with the...
US Secretary of State John Kerry has said that the existence of climate change is undeniable but it is not too late to prevent some of...
President Putin has been criticised for the construction of ski resorts and infrastructure for the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games that campaigners say have devastated the Caucasus...
The pithily titled Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration bill sees the coalition government attempting to silence perceived and actual criticism during general...
Increasing amounts of money are flowing into national climate funds, but conflicting aims and confused policy making are holding back progress, writes Nick Harrison, a senior...
They kill good trees to put out bad newspapers. James G. Watt, quoted in Newsweek 8 March 1982
The president of a Pacific island has said that western countries should do more to fight climate change as sea levels rise and extreme weather threatens...
Churning is the rate by which traders within the markets execute transactions in order to generate commission. It is sometimes referred to as an attrition rate....
Poverty can hinder the ability to complete mental tasks, which can ‘further perpetuate poverty’, a new study has claimed. The study, a joint venture between academics...
A new scheme has been launched to help solve the country’s housing shortage by providing cheap loans to the owners of England’s 710,000 empty properties in...
Chancellor George Osborne’s weekend Observer article calling for Britain to be the best at ‘technology’ rings slightly hollow, when you realise he’s talking about digital technology. Digital...
Top beauty firms have been criticised by environmental campaigners over the use of unsustainable palm oil as a key ingredient in their products. A survey by...
A canyon almost twice as long as the Grand Canyon in Arizona has been discovered buried under miles of ice in Greenland. It is thought that...
There are renewed concerns over the Fukushima radioactive water spill as the operator of the nuclear power plant has warned that it may consider discharging radioactive...
Pests and diseases are moving fast towards the poles thanks to warmer temperatures, a new study has revealed. Crop pests are spreading towards the North and...