Dennis Hedke, Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives in the US, has proposed a bill to the country’s energy and environment committee that discourages...
Energy company E.ON, referring to a group of activists due to be sentenced for aggravated trespass at its Kingsnorth coal power station, has warned that sentences...
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has declared that an international response to challenges in the Arctic is “urgently needed” in its review of the past...
The Roman statesman Cicero quoted Lucius Cassius’s simple maxim “Cui Bono?” or “Who benefits?” This year some excellent investigative journalism by The Independent, DeSmogBlog and The...
Environmental group Greenpeace is calling on individuals to tweet MPs, telling them to support an amendment to the energy bill that would see a 2030 electricity...
Whether the businesses involved are in environment protection, human rights or clean energy, socially responsible investment (SRI) can provide the right balance between investors’ interests and...
Thousands of people rallied in Washington over the weekend, asking Barack Obama to move “forward on climate” and to stop work on the Keystone XL oil...
Arctic sea ice cover shrunk to its lowest ever point in August last year, but a team of researchers have found that the remaining ice also...
With a 3,330 word speech on Thursday, Ed Miliband managed only one mention of ‘green’ and ‘clean’ but no mentions of renewables, climate or the environment....
A new study by the WWF has said that a scenario in which the EU was 100% renewably-powered by 2050 was feasible if member states co-operated...
Ed Davey has issued a rallying cry for politicians, scientists and society to work together in coming up with solutions to fight climate change, calling those...
Welcome to our first report of the year: The Guide to Sustainable Tourism 2013, which we hope will inspire you to make responsible, sustainable and more...
Samuel Johnson once said, “When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.” So how would the threat...
Barack Obama is reshuffling his pack ahead of his second term as US president. Charlie Wood assesses how the new-look cabinet will fare when faced with...
The Scottish government has brushed off claims that the country’s independence would jeopardise its ambitious renewable energy targets. According to a UK Economic and Social Research...