Campaigners have said the “clock is ticking” on an environmental disaster in the Arctic, after oil giant Gazprom announced the first commercial production from the oil...
Scientists have discovered a huge reservoir of liquid water hidden beneath the Greenland ice sheet, which could help them more accurately predict the effects of climate...
Volcanic eruptions and greenhouse gases have driven climate variations in past millenniums, while the sun has had a minimal role and will not be crucial in...
Rebels in South Sudan have taken control of the key oil-producing town Bentiu, leading to global concerns around the output of oil. The African nation, which...
The UK government is considering building as many as 50 new nuclear power plants, official documents have revealed. According to the Guardian, in a response submitted to...
Meat should be taxed to dissuade people from eating it, therefore reducing the environmental impact of farming livestock, scientists have said. The digestive systems of ruminants...
Greenpeace has vowed to return to the Arctic and step up its efforts to prevent oil companies exploiting the region, despite the drawn-out detention of the...
US environmentalist Bill McKibben has argued that the Obama administration has continued to promote the extraction of polluting fossil fuels – the majority of which need...
A new study has found that more than half of corporations are emitting unsustainable levels of CO2 when the figures are assessed from a science perspective....
Many who know the man will find this hard to believe but, by his own admission, Will Day describes himself as a slow learner. In fact,...
Whilst two-thirds of the British population intellectually accepts the reality of manmade climate change, many deny some or all of the associated feelings and responsibilities needed...
With 2013 drawing to a close, Alex Blackburne speaks to three leading sustainable investment fund houses to gather their reflections on the last 12 months. Ethical...
The moderators of Reddit’s online science forum /r/science, which provides a space for debate between scientists and non-scientists alike, have warned that climate change deniers are...
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 new study has found that only 15 of the 521 wind farm sites it analysed suffer with noise problems – which the authors claim can...