environment
What puts up your energy bill?
Greenpeace UK's Damian Kahya investigates the reasons behind households' soaring energy bills.
Lab 2012: Balls must challenge the anti-green chancellor
Ed Balls must do more to challenge the anti-green George Osborne, writes Liz Hutchins, Friends of the Earth’s political co-ordinator.
Transport poverty is real, pervasive and must be tackled
Liz Thorne, policy adviser at Sustrans, examines whether a family car is a necessity or is transport poverty the real issue.
‘Greenest government ever’ ditches “dirty fossil fuels” pledge
The coalition, the self-styled ‘greenest government ever’, is ditching its “dirty fossil fuels” pledge.
Going green since the 70s? Introducing the Energy Consumption Guide
As the topic of energy consumption takes centre stage at the Rio+20 summit, a new interactive tool sheds new light on UK energy consumption since the 1970s.
The government has no ambition on carbon reporting
From yesterday’s announcement on carbon reporting, it looks like the coalition are trying to divert attention from its own domestic record on the environment.