The government could face a legal challenge from Friends of the Earth if it fails to put in place a credible plan for meeting its 2020...
Over 50,000 people have submitted responses to a government consultation calling for them to maintain support for rooftop solar. The consultation, which closed on 23 October,...
The UK Government isn’t acting quickly enough on new evidence of the threats faced by bees and other pollinators in England, the Bee Coalition warned today,...
Reacting to a new report today from the Government’s Committee on Climate Change saying that low-carbon electricity is the most cost-effective way to meet the need...
Friends of the Earth: The UK should invest in green energy solutions for the 21st century, and not the white elephant of nuclear power. Institution of...
Almost a hundred UK solar energy workers took part in a flashmob last week – KEEPFITs – to protest against the planned government cuts of 87% to...
The 5p plastic bag tax, which is being introduced in England today, will significantly reduce the billions of one-use bags handed out in England every year,...
New analysis unveiled today by the Solar Trade Association which was commissioned from the Government’s research partner on low-carbon jobs data, TBR Economic Research, has shown...
Volkswagen has appointed a new Chief Executive, Porsche boss Matthias Müller. Olaf Lies, a Volkswagen board member and economy minister of Lower Saxony says VW staff acted criminally...
The government has introduced a law which will require large shops in England to charge 5p for all single-use plastic carrier bags from 5 October 2015. They anticipate that...
Shell announced today that it was abandoning further work on the controversial Burger J exploration well, located in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea. The Burger J well is approximately 150 miles...
Both Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth have written to the government to ask if ministers knew before this month that VW was fixing emissions tests. Greenpeace has...
Data released today shows UK local authorities have invested £14 billion of their pension funds into fossil fuels. This is the first time that the £231 billion investments of all...
China is investing £2bn in the delayed Hinkley Point nuclear power station, guaranteed by the UK government. This clears the way for French energy EDF to proceed with...
As revealed in yesterday’s Sunday Herald the number of people being killed of by air pollution every year in Scotland may be nearly twice what was previously...