Owen Paterson to call on government, industry and scientists to join forces to convert the public in the face of widespread fear and scepticism

Bleak assessment of climate change means world was facing 'a lot more unanticipated events'

Shell's persistent claims that theft and sabotage are responsible for almost all the oil spills at its operation in Nigeria could have been exaggerated, an international watchdog has found.

Climate change may be intensifying the natural cycle and may prolong it, says expert, but it is too early to say

Never mind horse meat...llama, crocodile and chimp are now part of our food chain

The battle against the deadly ash dieback disease has received an important boost after scientists unscrambled the genetic blueprint of a tree with an extremely rare resistance to the killer fungus.

Organic farming fell to its lowest level on record last year, as struggling consumers continued to desert a sector that had been booming until the financial crisis set in.

Never mind horse meat...llama, crocodile and chimp are now part of our food chain

Lord Lawson’s climate-change think tank faces being dismantled or even wound down after a formal complaint that it has persistently misled the public prompted the statutory regulator to probe into the group.

It follows the coldest spring in more than 50 years