Shadow chancellor George Osborne has indicated how the Conservatives would tackle climate change and stimulate investment in new green technologies and jobs
The South Downs, from Beachy Head in East Sussex to the Winchester border in Hampshire, has been officially inaugurated as England’s ninth national park
The UK is still bottom of the European Union dustbin league, the Local Government Association has said while praising the doubling of the recycling rate in the past five years
If governments prove incapable of agreement on limiting climate change at Copenhagen, individuals will need to slow it through their own actions. An accounting approach to sustainability can help...
Environment officials have shown ‘scant regard’ for protecting public money in their administration and management of the farmers’ payment scheme in England, the National Audit Office has said
The government has finalised plans for a carbon emissions reduction scheme aimed at forcing major public and private sector polluters to take action on climate change
Three local authorities have issued a tender notice for a £1bn waste management scheme, leaving the method of financing, contract structure and technology to be used up for negotiation
Batten down the hatches, the worst is yet to come. Even if the recession is now over, there are mounting social and financial pressures on the UK. Only radical government action can avert disaster,...
Rivers in England and Wales are the cleanest they have been for a century - but most are still failing the European Union standard, the Environment Agency has said
Welsh councils look set to avoid European Union financial penalties for sending waste to landfill after achieving their targets a year early, according to the Environment Agency
Public sector bodies have been urged to look at the lifetime cost of projects after a report criticised a ‘large inefficiency’ in spending caused by waste of resources
The Rural Services Network has given details of its manifesto for next year’s general election in an effort to keep countryside issues high on the political agenda
