Adopting a more ambitious EU greenhouse gas emission reduction target would sacrifice only a small fraction of economic activity, a new study has found. The EU’s...
Blue & Green Daily finds and summarises the top sustainability stories around the web every morning. We start with our picks from Blue & Green Tomorrow....
European commissioners remain split on how far the European Union’s renewable energy goals for 2030 should go. Some sources have speculated that a binding renewables agreement...
In some areas of the US, where below-freezing temperatures are driving up energy demand, the lights have been kept on thanks largely to the contribution of...
Ministers from some of the EU’s largest economies have called on the European commission to set an ambitious 2030 target for renewable energy use. The UK,...
The speed limit on one of the UK’s busiest motorways could be lowered to 60mph in a bid to reduce dangerous levels of air pollution. According...
Seven out of 10 European cities have no formal plans to adapt to climate change, and one in three have no plans to reduce greenhouse gas...
A particularly blustery December in the UK proved to be beneficial for wind power, as a surge in energy generation saw a number of records broken,...
In March last year, the last phase of the European Union’s ban on animal testing for cosmetics came into force. Does this mean consumers can be...
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...
£3.5 billion will be taken from the government’s farming subsidies budget for efforts to improve England’s environment, it has been announced. On Thursday, the Department for...
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...
The position of the City of London as the main financial services centre in the European Union (EU) is “uncertain”, according to a new report. This...
The European commission has said it is imposing fines on eight financial institutions – including the British-based Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) – over accusations that...
David Cameron has backed a European Union and China trade deal, as he visits the Asian country on a trade mission. However, he has admitted that...