Renewable heat technologies will play a significant role in the future of a low-carbon economy, according to the Energy Savings Trust (EST). Its latest report, which...
Western society has accepted as unquestionable a technological imperative that is quite as arbitrary as the most primitive taboo: not merely the duty to foster invention...
In 1951, the Peak District was made the first national park in the UK. And after Mount Fuji in Japan, it is the most visited national...
Fair trade is a social movement that aims to pay producers, workers and farmers in the developing world fair prices for their goods and services, in...
Energy minister Michael Fallon officially opened the world’s second largest wind farm on Wednesday, which is outsized only by London Array. The new project, Greater Gabbard,...
Senior cabinet ministers, including the chancellor George Osborne and energy secretary Ed Davey, could see fracking developments begin on their doorstep, with licenses for exploratory drilling...
Not all renewable energy projects are truly ethical developments, as a couple of hydropower developments in South America show. There are plenty of good reasons to...
The Bank of England has unveiled its new inflation strategy, with governor Mark Carney saying that the Bank will not raise interest rates until unemployment has...
2012 was one of the 10 warmest years globally and caused major changes in the Arctic region, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)....
Over a third of investors who have recently bought services from an independent financial adviser (IFA) say they will “never” consider paying for investment advice in...
Amid protests at a Sussex fracking site where Cuadrilla has begun exploratory drilling for shale gas, Ilaria Bertini digs deep into just how sustainable gas is...
Environmental philanthropy accounts for less than 3% of total UK philanthropic giving. This is a staggering statistic considering the sheer scale of environmental problems the world...
Carbon trading schemes are at risk from criminal gangs and fraud, the police agency Interpol has warned. In a new report Interpol says that a lack...
A government consultation on how to transition to zero-carbon homes has been welcomed by the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC). The consultation, Next steps to zero...
We have been god-like in the planned breeding of our domesticated plants, but rabbit-like in the unplanned breeding of ourselves. Arnold Toynbee