The government must show political leadership to push forward ‘back-to-nature’ flood defence schemes that could protect flood-threatened properties at a fraction of the cost of conventional...
The environmental audit committee has criticised the government for failing to adequately protect biodiversity in UK overseas territories (UKOTs). These areas are seeing “immediate and significant...
Good Hemp Nutrition produces food and supplements from natural hemp – one of the world’s most eco-friendly crops. While working in the film industry, Henry Braham...
European commissioners remain split on how far the European Union’s renewable energy goals for 2030 should go. Some sources have speculated that a binding renewables agreement...
Predictions that half of the British population will be obese by 2050 may actually be underestimating the scale of the problem, a new report has suggested....
French fossil fuel giant Total is to become the first major oil company to invest in the UK’s shale gas industry, it announced on Monday. The...
A new report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has found that the energy mix of member countries has “barely changed” since the...
More than a third of financial services executives agree that their peers should be held criminally responsible for reckless behaviour, as this would be good for...
The UK has too few honeybees and faces food security issues in the future as a result of this lack of pollinators, a new study has...
Ministers from some of the EU’s largest economies have called on the European commission to set an ambitious 2030 target for renewable energy use. The UK,...
The environment secretary has reaffirmed his support for genetically modified (GM) food, lauding the opportunities it offers to British farmers. Speaking at the Oxford Farming Conference,...
Multi-millionaires continued to donate large sums of money in 2013, with donations expected to grow again this year. The 10 biggest donors of the year pledged...
Sales of electric vehicles in the UK rose significantly last year, according to new industry figures that also reveal the new car market recorded its best...
The majority of investment fund managers are confident that domestic shale gas production will help lower consumer energy bills. However, of the 200 fund managers questioned,...
The Environment Agency has warned of further flood risks after the latest in a series of heavy storms shook the UK, crumbling ancient coastlines into the...