A committee founded with a three-year remit to advise the government on the value of natural assets – such as forests, rivers and clean air –...
A group of 128 companies and 49 investors, worth $800 billion in assets, has sent letters of support to Barack Obama, backing the president’s new guidelines...
Britain’s knowledge and experience on offshore wind development could provide important support to China in its plans to increase its renewable energy production and phase out...
Universities should offer more degree courses focused on waste management and pollution, as there is a lack of skilled graduates available to “get their hands dirty”,...
The United Nations World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has warned that time is running out to cut rising greenhouse gas emissions, after atmospheric concentrations of carbon reached...
Reducing the carbon emissions generated by power plants in an effort to curb climate change would also reduce other atmospheric pollutants that cause premature death, heart...
Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, now in his new role as a UN special envoy, said on Tuesday that it is cities and their...
Blue & Green Daily finds and summarises the top sustainability stories around the web every morning. We start with our own picks from Blue & Green...
The electorate is often highly sceptical of politicians and the Westminster, Holyrood, Pierhead and Belfast villages. But healthy scepticism has slipped into an unhealthy cynicism and...
China has announced it is targeting 70 gigawatts (GW) of solar power output by 2017 as part of a determined renewable energy drive. A statement released...
Three new investors have put a total of €50m (£41m) into Formula E, the electric equivalent of Formula One that kicks off in September – a major...
Researchers have found that over the past 30 years the location where tropical cyclones reach maximum intensity has been shifting towards the poles. The changes have...
Doves Farm is a family-owned business specialising in organic, fairtrade and ethical flours, without using additives or genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Doves Farm Foods was created...
A freight ship carrying 60,000 litres of oil has become stranded off the coast of the Galapagos Islands after running aground. Authorities have said that “for the moment”,...
Budding green entrepreneurs are being urged to enter their ideas into an international competition for a chance to win €500,000 (£408,000) to turn their dream business...