The government has launched a bid for a share of a £10 million competition for cities to host a driverless cars trial and a review of...
In 1911, the Briton Robert Falcon Scott and the Norwegian Roald Amundsen raced to the South Pole. Amundsen’s expedition made it in December, Scott’s ill-fated party –...
The government has opened the bidding process that will allow companies to apply for shale gas exploration. World Heritage sites and national parks are also open...
The Environmental Audit Committee is urging the government to take decisive action in a number of areas to encourage and support a circular economy, which would...
Food and garden waste has been used in the construction of Glasgow’s Commonwealth Games venues, boosting the sporting event’s sustainability credentials. The organisers have made commitments...
The mosquito is by some way the deadliest animal in the world. In terms of the number of human victims they claim each year nothing comes...
Australian prime minister Tony Abbott’s repeal bill to abolish tax on the country’s biggest polluters has been passed in the senate, with opposition and scientists deeply...
Owen Paterson has been sacked as environment secretary as a part of a government reshuffle, with his critics welcoming the move. Paterson has previously been the...
The UK cannot expand its airport capacity with a new runway if the government is to meet its climate change targets, according to two new reports...
Even if governments can agree on a global pact to cut carbon emissions in a crucial UN summit next year, it may already be too late...
The selective logging and burning of trees carried out to clear land for farming in the Amazon rainforest releases 54 million tons of carbon into the...
Campaigners will launch a national tour of the UK on Tuesday to protest against the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), a controversial proposed EU-US free-trade...
Oxfordshire, Manchester and Bristol are among the UK hotspots that are leading the way in community investment and activism, new research has revealed. Figures released on...
Customers living near the Big Field wind farm in North Cornwall will be able to apply for a cheaper tariff from 100% renewable electricity supplier Good...
As the group stages of the World Cup draw to a close, a report from the US has highlighted the impact major sporting events can have...