The Scottish Government has imposed what amounts to a total ban on fracking, a decision that puts it at odds both with UK energy policy and the owners of Scotland’s biggest industrial complex.
An alliance of aid charities has urged the Scottish Government to respond to developing world climate catastrophes by ramping up its programme for reducing greenhouse emissions.
Facts and figures from the September edition of Public Finance magazine on electric cars, Theresa May’s popularity and a box office boost for the economy
Air pollution does not respect borough boundaries, so the government should take the lead on tackling it instead of dumping responsibility on councils, says Debbie Wood.
The government’s plan to end the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2040 could be hindered by public reluctance to switch to vehicles powered by alternative fuels, Office for National Statistics...
A £9m Greener City Fund has been launched as part of London mayor Sadiq Khan’s ambition to transform the capital into the world’s first National Park City.
A post-Brexit agricultural subsidy policy should be built around the needs of consumers, the centre-right think-tank Policy Exchange has recommended in a report.
Local authorities have been given eight months to produce initial plans to tackle nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution produced by diesel-fuelled vehicles.
The government’s deal for the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station has locked taxpayers and consumers into a risky and expensive project with uncertain benefits, auditors have warned.
More than 80% of the public support the idea of councils cutting grass areas less frequently to protect the nation’s bees, according to a survey by Friends of the Earth and Buglife.
EU legislation has helped clean up the UK’s act since the days when it was the ‘dirty man’ of Europe. So how will environmental issues be tackled after Brexit?
The government has failed to issue subsidy payments for farmers under the Common Agricultural Policy on time and in full, MPs on the Public Accounts Committee have found.
The government did not achieve value for money from a £100m competition intended to promote carbon capture and storage technology, according to a National Audit Office report.
Northern Ireland’s first minister Arlene Foster is under fire following claims about the mismanagement of a scheme designed to promote the use of renewable energy.
The UK Green Investment Bank has loaned £10.2m to Kent County Council to support its £40m programme to replace streetlights with energy efficient LED lights.
The Local Government Association has criticised Sajid Javid’s decision to overrule a local planning decision to give the go ahead to a horizontal fracking scheme in Lancashire.
Sustainable cities are about more than cutting carbon emissions – they involve thinking about how people live, travel and interact with the natural world. Ahead of the UN’s Habitat III...
The UK and China are to work together to grow the global green bond market after a commitment to scaling up green finance was included in the G20 communiqué for the first time this year.
Prime minister Theresa May has set out possible changes to how local shale wealth funds created from shale gas exploration will operate, with distribution of money to local residents now considered...
