In the first six months of 2017 enough power was generated to supply more than all of Scotland's national demand for six days

Environment Secretary says 'It’s our planet too and America needs to know we can only resolve this problem together'

Firm says Government licences give the company a legal obligation to investigate shale gas deposits in areas around the country

Some of the biggest polluters will pay less, so ordinary customers will end up making up the difference, say campaigners

The record-breaking heat of summer 2003, when mortuaries over-flowed with bodies as 15,000 people died, may be only a taste of things to come

Humans have produced about 8.3 billion metric tonnes of plastic since 1950, according to first global estimate

'Applications continue to come in every hour,' says French official

The planet has seen five ‘mass extinctions’ over the past half billion years, but each was followed by an explosion in biodiversity

One of the first scientists to warn of the dangers of climate change, Professor Jim Hansen, warns the 's*** is hitting the fan'

Bad air is the source of 'huge illness which is entirely preventable if we take the issue seriously', IPPR researcher says

Sea level rise could be ‘disastrous for coastal regions and displace hundreds of millions of people worldwide’, scientist warns

Four Native American nations have joined together to 'aggressively address climate change'

With technology, humans can now control temperature, humidity, water and light, creating new ‘outdoor’ environments, inside

'Fracking is a failed industry in the UK. The sooner our Government acknowledges that and throws its weight behind the booming renewable energy sector, the better for us all,' says Greenpeace

Nearly four people were killed every week across 24 countries in 2016 

'The UK can't possibly be left answering ‘two degrees’ to a question about how we plan to ... tackle climate change,' says WWF

'You can only be smacked in the face by evidence so many times and not see some kind of pattern,' says scientist

The 'panda survival crisis' remains serious, scientists say, despite the animals' recent reclassification as 'vulnerable' rather than 'endangered'

Tiny fibres from washing machines are being eaten by a multitude of marine species