More than 50 NGOs from all over the world have signed a letter asking World Bank president Jim Yong Kim to take urgent action against climate change....
It’s a new tax year, and the opportunity to apply for 2012/13 ISAs has been and gone. But worry not; for Rebecca O’Connor, editor of Trillion...
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has joined a group of investors in renewable energy storage research and development, after pledging towards a $35m investment in cleantech firm...
Energy firm Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) has been fined £10.5m by energy regulator Ofgem for deceiving its customers about the true costs of its services....
A secretive cross-industry lobby group has criticised the renewable energy policies in the energy bill, as it says these will boost consumer bills. With the energy...
The New Energy & Cleantech Awards have come and gone for another year, with Ecology Building Society scooping the sought-after Company of the Year award in 2013....
The UK’s greenhouse gas emissions increased in 2012, primarily thanks to the residential and energy sectors, statistics from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)...
Following a budget significantly short of green measures, the government last week announced a new wave of investment to boost the oil and gas industry. Improved...
A report published yesterday by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) explains that governments should reform their policy on subsidies if they want to see long-term economic...
Asian countries are cutting their emissions faster than many European nations, according to the Climate Institute/GE Low-Carbon Competitiveness Index. The Climate Institute’s report, analysing data from...
Technology giant Apple has announced plans to run its iCloud data centres on 100% renewable energy. While the company’s sustainability commitments have historically not been as...
The Scottish government has approved an 11-turbine offshore wind farm near Aberdeen, ignoring threats of legal action from US billionaire tycoon Donald Trump. Trump, an ardent...
The government has published its nuclear strategy, which it says will make the UK a “leading civil nuclear energy nation” and bring about the creation of...
A number of reinsurance companies – the insurers of the insurance firms – have started to address climate change issues, but many still ignore the importance...
Climate change and extreme weather conditions pose huge risks to investors, so mitigation strategies are necessary to avoid future losses, according to a report by a...