An exclusive look at the winner and shortlist for the Date With History video competition to find young voices on Rio+20
Big difference between miles per gallon economy achieved in lab tests and on the road, and even eco cars lag behindThe gap between the official fuel economy rating of cars and their real performance ...
The comfily flat city will see cyclists make their cheerful point on the Diamond Jubilee weekend. Tiaras anyone?Yorks annual naked bike ride will add its particular touch to the season on Saturday we...
Sir David Attenborough travels the globe bringing us extraordinary scenes from the natural world. His latest series is no less dramatic, though most of the filming was much closer to home - at the Ro...
Country plans to promote solar and wind power and develop hybrid technologies to cut carbon emissionsChina plans to spend $27 bn (£17bn) this year to promote energy conservation, emission reductions ...
Green goods and services sector valued at £122bn and now employs almost one million people, government figures showRecord growth over the last year pushed the UK green goods and services market past ...
Nigeria is the only country that has approved a bill for a similar independent body to cut emissions and fight global warmingEven as drought persists in parts of Kenyas arid north, intense rains are ...
Things arent so easy for Janice Gwilliams volunteering work just now. But at least she can sound off about the money spent on Fylingdales early warning baseAt the beginning of the month I went to Lee...
From Tracey Emin to Peter Blake, have a glimpse at some of the best booty visitors can buy at the Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair
Penguin 337 returns to Tokyo Sea Life Park after zookeepers were told it was on a river bank in the cityFirst, there was a daring breakout up a sheer rock wall and through a barbed wire fence. Then t...
When will a Chelsea show garden designer stick their neck out and build a water feature thats wildlife-friendly, asks Kate BradburyBiodiversity is a key theme at this years Chelsea Flower Show – much...
Mauro Balomaga and Leonil Relon sentenced to seven months for crashing cargo ship Rena into reef, releasing toxins into waterThe captain and the navigation officer of a container ship that smashed in...
A moving story of an orangutan who was rescued, reintroduced to the wild, captured repeatedly shot for fun
Last-ditch agreement reached in Baghdad to make another attempt at a compromise deal in Moscow next monthInternational talks over Irans nuclear programme were salvaged from collapse in Baghdad with a...
Ban Ki-moon and other United Nations officials think Rio+20 is unlikely to replicate breakthroughs of 1992 global summitThe United Nations chief, Ban Ki-moon, held out little hope on Thursday of an h...
With a sandstorm swirling around them and closing the airport, the six-party talks with Iran in Baghdad had every incentive to get a peace process worth talking about back on trackWith a sandstorm sw...
I agree with Simon Jenkins that "British energy policy is a dark underworld of fanatics" (Comment, 23 May) and I cant understand why the government is pushing for more investment in nuclear p...
Heathland, West Sussex: Male insects raise and rub their forewings on warm, early summer evenings to produce a soothing love songFinally, it is a still, warm evening. I follow the footpath across the...
Brown Argus, once rare and declining, depended on one plant species but warmer temperatures have helped it expand rangeA modest but resilient British butterfly has bucked the trend of worried predict...
Everything you need to know about the scheme that pays generators of small scale solar, wind and hydropowerWhat are feed-in tariffs?A feed-in tariff is a rate of money paid by the government to homeo...
Consumers who use solar panels to generate electricity will receive less money as government cuts feed-in tariff paymentsPayments for home owners using solar panels to generate electricity are to be ...
The UK secretary of state for the environment, food and rural affairs says the challenge for the UN Earth summit must be how to green the world economySustainable agriculture should be the UKs key ob...
Brazil has a proud record of protecting the environment, but a bill allowing deforestation would undermine the Rio+20 summitNever before has the survival of so much rainforest depended on one person....
The weeks top environment news stories and green events• If youre not already receiving this roundup, sign up here to get the briefing delivered to your inboxEnvironment news• Government announces bi...
Post your questions to our panel of environmental expertsUniversities may have good intentions – but in practice, being eco-friendly isnt always high on the agenda.Following on from next weeks launch...
Single-seater aircraft with 207ft wingspan aims to reach Morocco via Madrid and is being seen as a trial for a round-the-world flightAn experimental solar-powered airplane took off from Switzerland o...
Researchers from Imperial College London say their map of timber prices could be used to model regional vulnerability to deforestation across the Amazon rainforest• More data journalism and data visu...
The worlds best garden show presents nature in all its glory yet uses methods that harm the environmentAfter weeks of darkened skies, the Chelsea Flower Show was blessed with glorious sunshine on its...
LA becomes biggest city in America to phase plastic bags in supermarkets after pressure from environmental activistsThe second largest city in the country has voted to adopt a ban on plastic bags in ...
The government has no responsibility to protect pheasant shoots from our native wildlife, so why is Defra pushing a plan that will damage a protected species?David Cameron must have been having a lau...
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