Reading the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) feels rather as Bill Murray’s character Phil Connors must have felt in the 1993...
Fifty-two years ago today, US president John F Kennedy announced at the 1961 United Nations General Assembly a proposition to implement schemes that could effectively predict...
Clean energy supplier Ecotricity has said it will start providing electricity at a lower cost than the ‘big six’ from October. The company confirmed that it...
Former Liberal Democrat MP Chris Huhne, who earlier this year spent two months in jail for perverting the course of justice, has slammed Rupert Murdoch’s media...
Ten years ago today, the 17,000 residents of Faversham in Kent experienced the UK’s hottest ever temperatures: a whopping 38.5C (101.3F). The day before, the villagers...
London and parts of the south of England have been warned about serious rising temperatures by the Met Office, as the British heatwave continues. Some southern...
One of the criticisms of solar power and other renewable energies are their apparent status as ‘subsidy junkies’; another is their efficiency. In a recent interview,...
Seth Kirby discusses the reconfiguration of travel at festivals and how renewable energy can transform the blueprint for sustainable events –therefore influencing the industry for the...
British oil giant BP is set to capitalise on $750m (£491m) worth of annual tax breaks in Alaska by spending $1 billion on two new drilling...
Critics of renewables are often given powerful platforms to voice their opinions. This vocal minority skew the debate, especially when polls suggest the majority of the...
Inspired by plants, Scottish scientists have harnessed the principles of photosynthesis to generate clean energy from hydrogen. The breakthrough, they say, offers a potential solution to the...
A study has said that New York City could be powered by energy from wind, solar and hydro technologies with intelligent and long-sight investment into renewables. With...
Zambia vice-president Guy Scott has called for long-term sustainable investments in Africa, in order to help the continent capitalise on its unique and flourishing natural resources....
Environment Agency chairman Lord Smith has told the BBC that the UK will have to adapt to floods and droughts and be prepared to face more extreme...
After its preceding year became the ninth warmest on record, 2013 looks set to be even warmer, according to the Met Office’s annual forecast of the...