'Eco-towns' target doubled by PM
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The number of "eco-towns" to be built across the UK is to be doubled from five to 10, it has been announced.
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PM launches drive to avert 200,000 deaths a year in new attempt to regain initiative from Tories
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PM tours worst-hit areas and pledges Â£14m to help with clean-up, but unions warn of spending cuts.
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An MPs' report calls for taxes on air travel and high polluting cars to be increased to cut CO2 emissions.
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Communities and schools are forging ahead with projects to create and improve green spaces throughout the North-East.   The Big Lottery Fund has handed out grants worth a total of pounds 181,010 to grassroots organisations to transform local spaces for the benefit of people and wildlife.
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Plans for a large increase in the numbers of wind turbines around the UK coast have been set out by ministers.
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Northern ice cap is warming at twice the global rate and that will lead to serious consequences for the planet, according to the eight-nationâs scientific report.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard announces a new policy on climate change, pledging pollution limits.
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Urban sprawl is gobbling up open spaces in fast-growing metropolitan areas so quickly that it could spell extinction for nearly 1,200 species of plants and animals, environmental groups say.
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With all the hand-wringing about the economic perils of falling populations, there could be one beneficiary: the environment.
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DAVOS, Switzerland -- Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain and President Jacques Chirac of France urged political and economic leaders yesterday to take drastic action against poverty and global warming as the World Economic Forum began its annual meeting here.
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Electricity prices could double in Europe, if power firms are to meet emissions reduction targets, says a report.
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Ireland&#39;s leading expert on climate change, Dr John Sweeney, has warned that both the Government and the public urgently need to do more to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Business & money: First meeting of PM's advisers will discuss globalisation, climate change and skills.
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The city of 8.2 million people must start planning and building now for the expected growth of 1 million more over the next 25 years, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and a panel of experts warned.
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Pacific Rim business leaders say governments must make polluting more costly to businesses and make investing in expensive energy-efficient technologies more attractive if they want to reduce global warming.
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BEING environmentally-conscious is no longer an option for developers.  According to Real Estate and Housing Developers Association (Rehda) president Ng Seing Liang, it's a must if developers want to maintain a competitive edge.