Early consultation about wind farm proposals between local communities and developers are to become compulsory, giving local people a much greater say over wind turbine placement....
Marketing guru Seth Godin sent out two posts last week about bullying (first; second). “He’s a bully, but he’s our bully” was the gist of the first...
Search engines Google and Microsoft’s Bing are to overhaul the way their sites respond to child abuse searches. The move follows mounting pressure from the public,...
Despite small signs of recovery in previous years, the Amazon rainforest – the ‘lungs of the Earth’ – is in danger after an increase in deforestation...
A public opinion survey has demonstrated that most US citizens think that the country’s government should be doing more to tackle climate change. The poll, which...
The political, economic and cultural climate in Britain makes it an appealing place to make investments in the waste and recycling industry. These reasons help explain...
In one of her first in-depth interviews as chief executive of the Renewable Energy Association, Nina Skorupska speaks with Alex Blackburne about taking over a leading...
HMRC has announced that it will be launching an initiative to provide guidance for young people in an effort to strengthen their certainty about pay rights....
A “radical course of correction” in the banking industry, to boost shareholder returns, could lead to 20% of the world’s biggest banks being broken up or...
By subsidising the production and consumption of energy generated from fossil fuels, the British government is undermining international efforts to avert climate change while draining its...
The idea of government intervention to influence the composition of a country’s output has long been derided by economists for breeding inefficiency, reducing competition, encouraging lobbying...
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has said there is “no legal or economic basis” to change the UK’s fourth carbon budget, which covers the period...
The government has issued a response to the Kay review, which urged longer term thinking in the investment world. Its feedback outlines plans to act on...
Broadcast from the beautiful Cornish town of St Austell, two leading renewable energy suppliers got a mention on Question Time, the BBC’s flagship political debate programme, on...
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has confirmed it will not split into a ‘good bank’ and ‘bad bank’. Instead, it will create an internal ‘bad...