Energy firms may get 40-year backing after government U-turn on subsidies

UN study says horsemeat scandal exposed dark side of cheap meat and shows how farming practices destroy natural world

British firm develops colourful, transparent solar cells that will add just 10 per cent to glass buildings' cost

Development of new technology would move UK away from fossil fuels and generate two-thirds of power by 2050

As leader of a campaign being unveiled this week, the ex-foreign secretary says exploitation of the seas has led us to a crisis point

Secretary of state's meeting with Canadian foreign minister will almost certainly touch on the controversial pipeline project

Tax breaks worth almost £1bn lead FoE to accuse the chancellor of 'bending over backwards to help the big oil barons'

Three neonicotinoids, the world's most widely used insecticides would be forbidden across the continent for two years

Barack Obama's key appointment raises hopes of a renewed focus on environment in domestic and foreign policy

Author of 2006 review speaks out on danger to economies as planet absorbs less carbon and is 'on track' for 4C rise