The UK is the fourth most attractive country for clean energy investment according to Ernst & Young, moving up one place in the ranking since May....
The minimum price is, quite simply, the minimum price that a buyer of a Fairtrade-certified product has to pay to a Fairtrade certified producer. Minimum prices...
Today’s 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s seminal speech in Washington is a timely reminder of the lack of progress in racial equality globally. What racism...
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has called on the government to act on “overlapping policies” which it claims deter investment in the energy efficiency industry....
Campaigners have called for “urgent” action to safeguard the countryside, after figures showed that planned building on green belt land is up 84% in a year....
The Lake District became the second national park in the UK in 1951, just weeks after the Peak District was named the first. At 885 square...
Crowdfunding, an increasingly popular form of financing for individual projects and small businesses, is set to be tackled by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), in an...
Fifty years ago today, civil rights activist and clergyman Martin Luther King Jr talked to 250,000 supporters at the Lincoln memorial in Washington, calling for the...
Climate change could lead to a greener Greenland by the end of the century, scientists have said. As temperatures in the Arctic rise, plant life in...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued preliminary findings from an investigation into mobile banking services, and has warned that users may face fraud and security issues....
Increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is causing oceans to become more acidic, with potentially devastating consequences, a new study has claimed. The research,...
Citizens Advice reported last week that enquiries made to food banks had increased by an average of 78% in the last six months. Nicky Stubbs takes a...
Greenhouse gas emissions from China’s energy industry will peak in 2027, as renewable energy and gas take on a dominant role in the country’s energy mix,...
US-based climate action group 350 Action has proposed that hurricanes should be named after politicians who deny manmade global warming. The group has launched a petition aimed...
The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river. Ross Perot