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Record-breaking round the world yachtswoman Dame Ellen MacArthur will today officially launch her latest charitable venture – one that aims to find long-term solutions for a sustainable economy.
A campaign to get landlords to display energy certificates prominently in non-domestic buildings is stepping up its efforts to get the Government to make it a legal requirement – as it already is in the white goods market.
Greenpeace has threatened legal action against the UK Government over its decision to continue to grant licences for deepwater offshore drilling before the causes of BP’s spill in the Gulf of Mexico have been determined.
Wind power growth will be slower than expected this year and next due to weak power demand, Barclays Capital and HSBC analysts said on Tuesday, contrasting wind with a forecast uptick in solar power.
Shawn Lesser, president and founder of Atlanta-based Sustainable World Capital, shares his top 10 reasons why the UK is a cleantech leader.
UK scientists have released draft sequences of the wheat genome, which they think could make a vital contribution to securing global food supplies.
The Government is to review Oftwat to ensure the water regulator is fit for purpose as the industry and consumers face the growing threat of water scarcity.
The number of carrier bags issued by UK supermarkets has fallen by more than 40 per cent since 2006, according to figures released today by WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme).
A Manhattan-sized plume of oil spewed deep into the Gulf of Mexico by BP's broken Macondo well has been consumed by a newly discovered fast-eating species of microbes, scientists reported on Tuesday.
The heads of Deutsche Bank, chemicals group BASF, and retailer Metro are part of a 40-strong phalanx of Germany’s business elite that has called on their Government to extend the life of the country’s 17 nuclear power stations.
A study has measured the amount of plastic debris found in a region of the Atlantic Ocean over a 22-year period.
UK dairy farmers operating under a Waitrose scheme set up to increase the amount of wildlife space on British farmland are exceeding the national average by 20 per cent or more.
With more mouths to feed and increasing demands on land, Duncan Graham-Rowe asks if vertical farms are the future?
A Scottish company has won the contract to build one of the world's most advanced tidal energy turbines.
A new report from the University of Georgia and the Georgia Sea Grant contends that the amount of oil remaining in the water in the wake of the Gulf oil spill is far higher than reported.