Carbon dioxide emissions related to energy consumption in the US fell to the lowest point for nearly two decades in 2012, according to a new report....
Two separate studies have found that the controversial process of fracking may cause less direct environmental damage than its critics have suggested, but might not have...
One in four households are concerned that the UK will not be able to generate enough energy to meet demand in five years’ time, according to...
Greenpeace has launched a legal challenge to stop companies from fracking in England, and to halt what it calls “reckless and presumptuous” plans for shale gas...
France’s constitutional court has upheld its national ban on fracking, ruling that the ban is necessary to protect the environment. The court decided on Friday that...
Almost 17 million investors potentially hold assets that would not meet their personal ethical preferences, new research from the ethical bank Triodos shows. The data, which...
We prefer non-fossil fuel investments but make an exception with natural gas as we believe it is a beneficial transition fuel, substituting more polluting fossil fuels...
Fracking poses a “serious threat” of water contamination, including in drinking water, according to a report that also claims that 280 billion gallons of radioactive waste...
David Cameron closed the Conservative party conference in Manchester on Wednesday with a keynote speech that gave support to business, as well shale gas extraction by...
General Electric (GE) has said it has an energy efficient process that can reduce the amount of toxic waste spills from fracking operations, and that it...
Anti-fracking protestors have begun to shut down their camp outside an exploratory drilling site near the West Sussex village of Balcombe. After two months of protests,...
Reading the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) feels rather as Bill Murray’s character Phil Connors must have felt in the 1993...
George Osborne has been criticised after delivering a speech light with positive messages for the green economy at the Conservative party conference. Speaking in Manchester, the...
A founding shareholder of Dart Energy, which works in the unconventional gas industry, is demanding the troubled company removes a number of board members. The company...
Consumer group MoneySuperMarket has warned households that they must “act swiftly” as it anticipates energy price increases of £1.4 billion within the next year. The projections...