Nearly 80% of directors on the boards of five of the UK’s largest banks have connections to highly polluting industries.
Nearly 80 per cent of directors from five of the UK’s top banks have links…
Alok Sharma sets out UK’s aims as host of climate talks, including new emissions targets for 2030.
The world must be put on a path to reaching net zero by 2050 if the goal of holding global…
ICE has announced the publication of the auction calendar for the UK's new Emissions Trading Scheme, to increase the climate ambition of the nation’s carbon pricing policy.
A UK Emissions Trading…
Call comes at event hosted by UK government, which is under pressure over planned coalmine in Cumbria.
All planned coal projects around the world must be cancelled to end the “deadly addiction” to…
‘Ending coal use, whether for power generation or for industry, is crucial for facing down the climate emergency,’ said one campaigner.
The government has been accused of “rank hypocrisy” as it…
Research produces ‘very broad estimate’ of the number of deaths from the 2003 and 2018 UK heatwaves that can be attributed to human-caused climate change.
At least 1,500 heatwave deaths in the UK…
Thousands of homes could soon be heated by human waste in a first-of-its-kind “poo-power” system.
Thames Water plans to use excess heat recovered from the sewage treatment process to warm more than…
A panel of 23 citizens from Tees Valley and County Durham also said the UK’s journey to net zero should ‘increase equality in society’.
The UK’s biggest emitters should be made to pay carbon taxes…
Government says two properties in Gateshead will offer public a glimpse of the ‘potential home of the future’
The UK’s first homes to be fitted with boilers and hobs that run on hydrogen rather than…
The flooding caused by Storm Christoph is a harbinger of worsening “climate shocks” in the UK, the chair of the Environment Agency has warned.
England and Wales faced a deluge this week as the storm…
New measures of success needed to avoid catastrophic breakdown, landmark review finds.
The world is being put at “extreme risk” by the failure of economics to take account of the rapid depletion of…
Having a home flooded may cause post-traumatic stress disorder and extreme heat inflates risk of heart disease, researchers say.
More than 12 million people in the UK face serious health problems –…
BP, Heathrow and Jaguar Land Rover are among the companies represented in new business council launched by Boris Johnson.
The government is facing criticism for including big polluters over green…
In 2020 wind turbines provided almost a quarter of electricity, and in EU renewable energy outperformed fossil fuels.
The UK’s renewable electricity outpaced its fossil fuel generation for the first…
Rigs burn off enough unwanted gas to heat 1m homes, UK regulator said last year.
The UK’s North Sea oil rigs release as much carbon dioxide as a coal-fired power plant every year by deliberately…
An auction of offshore plots for future windfarms is being held by the Crown Estate.
The Queen’s ownership of the British coastline is as old as the monarchy itself. But her right to collect…
(Bloomberg) — Oil majors are poised to develop the next generation of major British offshore wind farms after BP Plc and Total SE won contracts in an auction ahead of many of the utilities that have…
‘Bizarre’ decision to go ahead with Cumbrian mine criticised as UK prepares to host climate summit.
Pressure is growing on the government over its support for a new coalmine in Cumbria, as the UK…
We must do more to combat effects of global heating on housing, says climate expert.
Substantial work still needs to be done to protect houses from flood damage and to ensure homes do not…