Tech giant Apple has banned the use of two hazardous chemicals in its production line, after investors urged the firm to better protect the workers in...
Investors, asset managers and businesses have signed an open letter to Lisa Jackson, vice-president of environmental initiatives at American tech giant Apple, urging her to eliminate...
The government is set to launch a review of the solar industry’s subsidies, which may favour industrial rooftop installations over large-scale solar farms. The sector is...
Renewable energy investment firm Low Carbon has announced plans for a 20.9 megawatt (MW) solar park in Suffolk – one of seven new facilities that the...
After enduring five days of choking smog, Beijing is to remain in a state of high alert as dangerous levels of pollution are forecast to hang...
Western countries are outsourcing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to countries like China through the production of cheap goods that are exported to the US and Europe,...
As eastern China suffered record high levels of air pollution, Chinese fossil fuel shares slid whilst environmental protection stocks received a boost. Authorities in Shanghai ordered...
The collapse of the Rana Plaza on the 24th April in Bangladesh has once again focused attention on poor working conditions in the factories that supply...
The European parliament has rejected a plan to make polluters pay more as part of a carbon trading scheme designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Three...