UK needs a clear energy policy to boost renewables growth
According to an International Energy Agency (IEA) report, renewable energy will become the world’s largest source of new power generation over the next five...
Companies should be more open about climate change footprint, says Carney
The governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, said that companies across the world need to be more transparent about their “climate change...
Renewables supplied a record 25% of UK energy in Q2
In the second quarter of 2015 renewables accounted for 25.3% of electricity generation in the UK.
This is up from supplying only 16.7% of power...
Northern Ireland bans GM crops
Northern Ireland has just banned the growing of genetically modified (GM) crops.
Mark H Durkan, Stormont’s environment minister, said that he was "unconvinced of the...
Osborne makes £2 billion guarantee for nuclear power station at Hinkley Point
George Osborne just signed off a £2 billion pound government subsidy for a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point in southwest England.
The Chancellor...
California’s Central Valley is sinking at a record rate
According to research by NASA, ground is sinking in across areas of California’s Central Valley at a record rate as farmers pump out as much groundwater...
City of Hull under water within 100 years, senior town planner warns
The City of Hull in the Northeast of England could be under water within 100 years, a senior town planner said at the Hay...
New human ancestor species, Australopithecus deyiremeda, discovered
A new human ancestor species has been discovered. Called Australopithecus deyiremeda, this hominin lived alongside the famous ‘Lucy’ species 3.3 to 3.5 million years...
Evidence of 430,000 year old murder discovered on a human skull
Scientists have found evidence of what looks like a murder that occurred 430,000 years ago, after examining what appear to be lethal wounds on...
NASA to check out Europa for signs of life, selects nine scientific instruments
Does Jupiter’s icy moon Europa harbor life as we know it? This is something NASA wants to find out after selecting nine scientific instruments...