Renewable revolution

New Zealand is to stop issuing permits for oil and gas exploration in a bid to reduce the country’s carbon footprint.

The boss of UK fashion retailer Asos has revealed he hopes to ditch plastic and switch to reusable packaging.

French police clashed with protesters early this morning as they attempted to clear the site of a halted airport project.

In a bid to halt its free-falling share price, electric car marker Tesla has released a statement saying it produced 2,020 of its Model 3 sedans over the last week.

German car manufacturer Volkswagen is to face trial over allegations of emissions fraud at London’s High Court today in what has been described as “the biggest consumer class action in England and Wales history”.

The decreasing cost of wind and solar renewable energy farms could lead to a $28 billion investment boost in the UK by 2030, a new study by Aurora Energy Research has found.

Plastic waste in the oceans will treble in the next decade, according to a new report conducted by the UK’s Government Office for Science.

Royal Dutch Shell is to leave New Zealand as part of a wide-reaching divestment plan, bringing to and end more than 100 years of operation in the country.

Amid a global plastic waste epidemic which sees rivers deposit 2.75 million metric tonnes of plastic into the sea each year, the waste that doesn’t enter the ocean is finding its way into our bottled water.

Under 1,000 new electric cars have been sold since the beginning of the year in the UK, down 33.7% on a year ago, industry figures have revealed.

German car-maker Volkswagen is planning to give employees a 40% bump to their bonuses after profits and sales rose in 2017.

People in London and the south east of the UK have been urged to use as little water as possible after severe weather conditions led to burst pipes across the country.

London-based food delivery startup Deliveroo wants to do its bit in the fight against mounting plastic waste.

What’s claimed to be the “world’s first” plastic-free supermarket aisle is set to be unveiled at an Amsterdam branch of the Dutch chain Ekoplaza today.

The Federal Administrative court of Leipzig has ruled in favour of allowing local authorities to impose bans on heavily polluting diesel cars.

In a landmark report for environmentalists, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has revealed over 100 cities around the world are powered on at least 70% renewable electricity.

The Hiscox share price has fallen this morning after the Lloyds of London underwriter blamed natural disasters for a 90% fall in yearly profits.

A German courts could today decide to ban heavily polluting vehicles from the city centres of Stuttgart and Düsseldorf to improve air quality.

Some British members of parliament (MPs) have pledged to stop using plastic during Lent.

The UK is enjoying a long-term decrease in the emissions of some of the major air pollutants, including nitrogen oxide and sulphur dioxide.