Rear Admiral Neil Morisetti, special representative to foreign secretary, says governments can't afford to wait for 100% certainty

Defra pledges to introduce a national pollinator strategy after huge pressure for a bee action plan from scientists and public

US president says country is already paying price of inaction and backs nuclear energy and fracking in comprehensive strategy

US president will unveil blueprint for reducing carbon pollution in speech at Georgetown University

Environment minister says UK is falling behind trade partners

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority proposes use of Essex site to store intermediate level waste until 2040

Entrance of major name into British shale sector could be catalyst for fracking industry

The practice makes it far less likely that China – the world's biggest emitter – will meet its climate goals, study shows

Conservative MP and chair of energy and climate change committee is latest politician to be pulled into lobbying scandal

Centrica in talks with leading fracking company over purchase of stake in Bowland shale in north-west England