Rebecca O’Connor, editor of renewable energy investment platform Trillion Fund, goes through 10 good reasons for investing directly in renewable energy projects. If you can’t put...
After 15 hours of climbing, six Greenpeace protestors reached the top of the Shard, Europe’s tallest skyscraper, on Thursday evening, in a protest against Arctic oil...
Air pollution from traffic exhaust fumes can cause lung cancer and heart failure, according to two reports published on Tuesday. Levels of pollution lower than those...
New measures to advise and protect customers who use smart meters have been launched on Thursday by the energy industry’s trade association. Energy UK announced an...
Protecting ecosystems and promoting sustainable farming practices will be crucial in mitigating the effects of climate change, according to a new report. However, water scarcity and...
Senior UN officials have called on the international community to address social and economic inequalities in order to achieve sustainability. At a General Assembly debate, UN...
The EU’s commissioner for climate change has urged three large development banks to stop investing in fossil fuels and to instead promote renewable energy in the...
Climate change will continue to be taught in geography across key stages 1-3 in England, after education secretary Michael Gove scrapped plans to take it off...
Good Energy has been labelled the best green energy provider by Ethical Consumer. The firm is the first and only UK supplier to generate 100% of...
Local authorities have been challenged to make banking and investments work harder for their communities. In a new report, campaign group Move Your Money describes how...
The banking regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has said that some of the biggest UK banks are still at risk of being used by criminals...
Dutch pension fund PFZW has decided to exclude tobacco from its portfolio, after its attempts to pressure the industry to address social and environmental concerns failed. The investor announced that...
Dutch bank Rabobank has announced it will not lend money to businesses that deal with unconventional energy extraction, including shale gas, because of the environmental and...
With clean energy sources set to produce more power than gas and nuclear by 2016, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has revealed that emerging economies will eventually...
The amount of shale gas located in Lancashire and Yorkshire is actually far greater than initial estimates suggested, but it’s unclear how much can actually be...