International development minister Alan Duncan has visited survivors of the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh, and announced that the UK will work with the overseas manufacturing...
Australian renewables developer CBD Energy has unveiled a £7.5m bond issue for wind and solar projects, which will pay investors interest at a fixed rate of...
The House of Commons international development committee has called on Britons to tackle food waste and eat less meat, and suggested regulation over agriculturally produced biofuels...
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has questioned the legitimacy and ethics behind so-called ‘killer robots’ – fully autonomous lethal weapons that campaigners say can go...
Solicitors involved in property transactions will have to deal with increased flood risks in the future, affecting the saleability of homes, according to the profession’s trade...
Ernst & Young’s latest Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Indices (RECAI) says the UK is the most attractive country in the world for offshore wind investment, and the...
The majority of EU member states have voted against imposing tough import duties on Chinese solar panels, which EU trade commissioner Karel De Gucht said were...
The European commission has confirmed that an EU-wide ban on three neonicotinoid pesticides, that research shows are harmful to bees, will come into place on December...
The number of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that are innovating in low-carbon technologies has doubled in the last two years, rising from 37% in 2011...
There’s a quote by Thomas Edison, inventor of the lightbulb, the motion picture camera and many other things, about renewable energy. Speaking in 1931, he said,...
There’s a quote by Thomas Edison, inventor of the lightbulb, the motion picture camera and many other things, about renewable energy. Speaking in 1931, he said,...
A recent report by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) estimated that if no further precautions are taken by 2050, floods are likely...
Homeowners who have taken out a green deal energy efficiency loan may need to settle their debts in order to sell their property, according to consumer...
The World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) has published its 2012 report on wind power’s growth, and says the UK currently dominates the offshore sector with a...
The government’s energy bill will enter its report stage on June 3 and 4, with MPs given the chance to have their say on how the...