The world’s leading climate scientists have unveiled the first part of a major report, which says that the evidence for manmade climate change is stronger than...
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...
The shadow chancellor Ed Balls has said the Labour party is in favour of a decarbonisation target for 2030 and ready to provide a boost to...
Nick Clegg has announced plans to introduce a mandatory charge of 5p for plastic carrier bags in supermarkets, giving retailers the option to donate funds raised...
Seven of the biggest campaign groups in the UK have criticised the three main political parties for failing to implement strong and coherent policies that will...
The European Parliament has voted in favour of advanced biofuels and called for a 6% cap on traditional ones, in a move that the industry has...
The government has published a statement explaining that it must accept the EU ban of the pesticides linked to bee deaths, but that it rejects the...
The EU parliament is preparing for a crucial vote that could decide the fate of the biofuels industry on Wednesday. The plenary vote in Strasbourg will...
An environmental campaign group has called proposals to offset the destruction of wildlife “a license to trash nature”. The UK government has announced plans to compensate...
The Department for Communities and Local Government is considering a reform of oil and gas drilling planning applications under which companies would not be required to...
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has called on the government to act on “overlapping policies” which it claims deter investment in the energy efficiency industry....
A leading agrochemicals group has submitted a legal challenge to the European commission, over its decision to suspend the use of a pesticide that it said...
Fracking firm Cuadrilla has said that it is “unlikely” that its exploration site at Balcombe in West Sussex will be used for shale gas extraction in...
David Cameron has said that banning fracking in the UK would be “a big mistake”. Despite concerns over the environmental impact of shale gas extraction, the...
Senior cabinet ministers, including the chancellor George Osborne and energy secretary Ed Davey, could see fracking developments begin on their doorstep, with licenses for exploratory drilling...