A scientist, who a quarter of a century ago found himself musing on the way plants store their energy during the night-time darkness, has made a remarkable advance along the road toward bringing solar panels in as the predominant form of domestic power supply. In doing so, he has made the shift from conventional energy sources, namely those derived from gas and oil supplies, toward renewable, green energies all the more likely.

A report on the environmental impact of former London Mayor Ken Livingstone, and the proposed plans of his successor, Boris Johnson.

New developments in the biofuel industry could mean a greater efficiency in the production of alternative energy. A brief look.

The State of the UK’S Birds, a report produced by the RSPB, Natural England and the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust, collected evidence from over 30,000 nests with the help of 500 volunteers. The study found that as well as laying their eggs earlier in the year, many birds are raising fewer chicks. The song thrush, which dines on earthworms, is struggling to find their squirmy snacks in the more parched ground caused by drier summers.

It’s a rare business plan that involves visiting the pale severity of the Arctic, but for those companies that do send their employees into the wilderness the return can be sizable. For these companies it’s not what’s visible in this fragile, remote and utterly unique portion of the world, but rather what is hidden, beneath the surface, swirling in giant lakes; the dark liquor of the deep earth that yells up to the oil prospectors through the ice, apparently desperate to be pumped upwards and put to use in our cars and factories.

No more are the days of milk lakes and corn mountains. The days of food being so cheap that almost a third of everything purchased in the UK is thrown away look similarly numbered, as rising oil prices and unpredictable, poor harvests (themselves the result of climate change) press rates of production down, and the golden age of the Green Revolution slips further and further into memory.

Grasslands are one of the world’s most vital systems, but they get minimal protection. A look into their importance.

An introduction to the E.Us environmental policy concerning global warming.

The Canadian city of Toronto announces plans for its new eco-friendly initiative ‘Live Green Toronto’. A brief look.

An introduction to the numerous types of sustainable power.