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Whatever happened to Cameron, the idealistic young eco-warrior?

Sat, 12 May 2012 23:00:01 GMT

David Cameron is today accused of doing no more than pay lip service to his boast that he would lead the "greenest government ever" and of leaving Britain vulnerable to the economic and environmental dangers of failing to tackle climate change.

Protestors target energy conference

Thu, 03 May 2012 14:14:30 GMT

Climate protesters and anti-cuts demonstrators have targeted a summit of major power firms over high energy bills and greenhouse gas emissions.

Picture preview: Gideon Mendel – Drowning World

Thu, 03 May 2012 12:09:39 GMT

In an attempt to search for ways to show the world the effects of climate change through a Drowning World, Gideon Mendel's only other camera on his journey was, alongside the lives affected, paralysed by flood waters.

Asian mosquito 'could bring tropical diseases to Britain'

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:00:01 GMT

An Asian mosquito that can transmit potentially dangerous tropical diseases could soon become established in southern England, according to scientists who have mapped changes to Europe's climate over the past 50 years.

Danger from the deep: New climate threat as methane rises from cracks in Arctic ice

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:00:01 GMT

A new source of methane – a greenhouse gas many times more powerful than carbon dioxide – has been identified by scientists flying over areas in the Arctic where the sea ice has melted.

The weatherman caught in a media storm

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 23:00:01 GMT

It's surely one of the more sensational weather forecasts of the last few years – the prediction that next month will be the coldest May in Britain for a century.

UK pollution 'outsourced overseas'

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 07:57:13 GMT

Carbon emissions from goods imported and consumed in the UK are rising more quickly than greenhouse gases are being cut domestically, MPs warned today.

How the Supergrid could help keep the lights on

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:00:01 GMT

It may not be the magic solution to all our energy problems, but it may well help solve the main ones – and it's called the Supergrid. The principle is simple: connect up the electricity supply networks of half a dozen countries or more, and you can shunt the current around, from where it is in surplus to where it is badly needed. In particular, you can do it with electricity provided from renewable sources, such as wind, solar and tidal power.

Painting roofs white is as green as taking cars off the roads for 50 years, says study

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:00:01 GMT

Painting roofs white and using light-coloured materials to surface roads and pavements would not only make cities cooler in summer, it would save the same amount of carbon as taking all the cars in the world off the roads for 50 years, a study has found.

Achim Steiner: 'We haven't even begun to understand the damage we are bringing to bear on the sustainability of our planet'

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 23:00:01 GMT

It's a question many people have probably asked themselves, seeing the ever-increasing environmental degradation around the world: why aren't we doing more to protect our planet? And it's not that easy to answer, as it seems such an obvious course of action, given the parlous state the Earth is in. But Achim Steiner has an answer of sorts. He thinks things are so bad that people can't quite grasp it.

Global warming issue 'on par with slavery'

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 23:00:01 GMT

Dealing with climate change is a moral issue on a par with ending slavery, the world's most celebrated climate scientist, James Hansen, of Nasa, believes.

Matterhorn disintegrating in the face of global warming

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:00:01 GMT

With its four steep faces reflecting the compass points, the mighty Matterhorn has proven an irresistible and often deadly challenge to mountaineers.

Sydney switches off lights for 60 minutes

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 23:00:01 GMT

Landmarks and buildings around the world were plunged into darkness yesterday as part of a campaign against climate change.

Rivers at lowest for 36 years

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 23:00:01 GMT

River levels are as low as in 1976 after another very dry week across England and Wales, the Environment Agency said.

Heathrow: Tories’ secret plot to build third runway

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 00:00:01 GMT

George Osborne is secretly pushing for a third runway at Heathrow airport in a dramatic move that threatens to break apart the coalition and overturn a Conservative manifesto promise.

Government 'not keeping green vows'

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 06:47:59 GMT

Just 2 per cent of people think the coalition is living up to Prime Minister David Cameron's promise to be the “greenest government ever”, a poll revealed today.

Cable says green tax must be cut to save companies

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:00:01 GMT

Vince Cable is pushing Chancellor George Osborne to scrap a £740m environmental burden on British business in this month's budget. It is understood that business department officials have asked the Treasury to remove the carbon reduction commitment (CRC).

America's favourite tree-hugger hawks gas-guzzlers

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:00:01 GMT

For more than 40 years, liberal America's children have been enchanted by the Lorax, a furry Dr Seuss character, with an extravagant moustache who sums up his role in life with an oft-repeated catchphrase: "I speak for the trees!"

Now horses are threatened by deadly foreign virus

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:00:01 GMT

A severe disease of horses may be the next new infection to hit Britain after the Schmallenberg virus causing birth defects in sheep and cattle on English farms, scientists said yesterday.

Xena Rainbow Warrior Princess arrested in oil-ship protest

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT

Lucy Lawless, best known for her star role in Xena: Warrior Princess, and five Greenpeace activists were arrested yesterday, four days after scaling a tower on a Shell oil exploration ship to stop it leaving Taranaki.

Gardening turns out to be very eco un-friendly

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT

Gardening: surely few things could be more eco-friendly? Not so, it seems. Scientists have produced new research which suggests that, far from doing their bit to save the planet, Britain's green-fingered army may be damaging it.

Drought alerts remain despite rain and snow

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT

Much of eastern England remains in a state of drought, despite winter rain and snow, the Environment Agency warned yesterday.

Cutting up rough: Trump and Salmond's love-in blown off course by wind farm plan

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT

Donald Trump has more reason than most to fear the Scottish wind.

UK to press for global green accounting system

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT

Britain will be pressing for governments everywhere to adopt "green accounting", formally putting a value on environmental assets such as forests as much as on economic output, at a major world conference on sustainable development to be held in Brazil in June.

Billions of tons of water lost from world's glaciers, satellite reveals

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT

The total volume of water that has melted from all of the world's polar ice sheets, ice caps and mountain glaciers over the past decade would repeatedly fill Britain's largest lake, Windemere, more than 13,000 times, according to one of the most comprehensive studies of the Earth's frozen "cryosphere".