Clean energy can become cost-competitive by 2025 without the need for subsidies, if the best locations are exploited effectively, according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory...
Some of the largest cities in the US and Asia, such as New York, Miami and Mumbai, are among the most at risk of severe coastal...
US-based climate action group 350 Action has proposed that hurricanes should be named after politicians who deny manmade global warming. The group has launched a petition aimed...
The controversial multi-billion pound HS2 rail line has come in for further criticism, after an influential business body described it as a “grand folly”. The Institute...
Wildlife living along the coasts in the UK is being seriously affected by climate change, a study by the National Trust has warned. Changes in weather...
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has commissioned a study to find out the effect of energy projects – including shale gas and...
Investment into North Sea oil and gas will reach record levels in 2013, with £13.5 billion pumped into an industry whose production has dropped off significantly...
Britons are more likely now to buy Fairtrade goods, organic food and environmentally-friendly products than they were in 2011, according to a new study. A survey...
Environment secretary Owen Paterson is said to have commissioned a report into the negative effects of wind farms on the rural economy, which has been met with opposition from the...
A new report from the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) claims that the concept of impact investing has been widely embraced by the industry....
Researchers have planted flower meadows in four UK cities in an effort to understand the effects of urbanisation on insect pollinators such as bees and butterflies....
The ethical footprint of the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund is “severely limited” according to a major new review of its investment strategy. The Government Pension...
Shareholder revolts within FTSE 350 companies, on issues such as remuneration reports and the role of auditors in the organisation, have increased since 2010. According to...
David Cameron has said the UK “cannot afford to miss out on shale gas”, in an article written for the Telegraph on Sunday. The prime minister...
The latest renewable energy projects financed by crowdfunding firm Abundance Generation have attracted £700,000 of investment in just 35 days – taking the total raised by...