Portugal used renewable energy alone for just over four days last week. The clean energy achievement is a significant milestone in the country’s bid to become...
Jerry Seinfeld once said: “It’s amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper.” it seems...
Turbulent times at Dundee-based, sustainable investment trendsetter, Alliance Trust. In a long-running boardroom struggle, Elliot Advisers seems to have forced a restructure by, as FT’s Jonathan Guthrie put it: “blending US activism...
A leaked draft of a new study by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reportedly outlines a worrying scenario of conflicts, food crises and...
A leading climate scientist has warned that attempts to use global financial markets in the fight against climate change are “doomed to failure”. After the release...
Leading economist has warned over David Cameron declaration that shale gas will help keeping gas prices down, but added that the environmental risks exist. Lord Nicholas...
One sixth of arguably the greatest comedy troupe in history this week spoke out on the ethics of the British press. John Cleese, the tall one...
China, the world’s largest emitter of carbon dioxide, has agreed to impose carbon reduction targets for the first time – a move that could push the...
The Roman statesman Cicero quoted Lucius Cassius’s simple maxim “Cui Bono?” or “Who benefits?” This year some excellent investigative journalism by The Independent, DeSmogBlog and The...
An investigation by The Independent has revealed details of a “secretive funding organisation” that allows the super-rich to anonymously fund the rejection of climate science. It’s said...