One of the criticisms of solar power and other renewable energies are their apparent status as ‘subsidy junkies’; another is their efficiency. In a recent interview,...
An alliance of investors has backed European commission proposals to force large firms based in the continent to report material non-financial information. The group, which includes...
Telecommunications giant BT has launched a new initiative that it says will help customers reduce their carbon footprint by “at least three times” its own emissions...
The Arctic’s permanent ice, which stores enormous amounts of carbon, is warming even quicker than air temperatures, NASA scientists have warned. Over the last millennia, the...
A vote to include a 2030 decarbonisation target in the government’s energy bill has been voted down by a majority of 23 MPs in the House...
Hopes to include a decarbonisation target in the energy bill have taken a hit. MPs narrowly voted against an amendment tabled by Conservative MP Tim Yeo....
The government has called on the EU to set a 2030 emissions reduction target of 50%, but is looking like it will not push for a...
Many of us who were around at the time were big fans of Alas Smith & Jones (1984-1998). Alas, Griff Rhys Jones has recently become embroiled...
Investing in clean energy will bring about significant financial benefits, to the tune of around £1,600 per UK household, while also helping slash greenhouse gas emissions,...
There’s a quote by Thomas Edison, inventor of the lightbulb, the motion picture camera and many other things, about renewable energy. Speaking in 1931, he said,...
There’s a quote by Thomas Edison, inventor of the lightbulb, the motion picture camera and many other things, about renewable energy. Speaking in 1931, he said,...
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has criticised a publication by the Civitas thinktank, in which clean energy subsidies are blamed for “discouraging” innovation...
Investing in clean energy projects on Scottish islands would help achieve the UK’s 2020 renewables target and create thousands of jobs for the local communities, a...
The Australian government has signed a long-term partnership with a coalition of Pacific nations, in order to help the islands in their fight against environmental threats...
BT, Vodafone and biopharmaceutical firm Astrazeneca have made it into the top three of a new ranking that grades firms based on their greenhouse gas emissions,...