Cutting up rough: Trump and Salmond's love-in blown off course by wind farm plan
11 February 2012 12:00 AM
Donald Trump has more reason than most to fear the Scottish wind.
Drought alerts remain despite rain and snow
11 February 2012 12:00 AM
Much of eastern England remains in a state of drought, despite winter rain and snow, the Environment Agency warned yesterday.
UK to press for global green accounting system
10 February 2012 12:00 AM
Britain will be pressing for governments everywhere to adopt "green accounting", formally putting a value on environmental assets such as forests as much as on economic output, at a major world conference on sustainable development to be held in Brazil in June.
Billions of tons of water lost from world's glaciers, satellite reveals
09 February 2012 12:00 AM
The total volume of water that has melted from all of the world's polar ice sheets, ice caps and mountain glaciers over the past decade would repeatedly fill Britain's largest lake, Windemere, more than 13,000 times, according to one of the most comprehensive studies of the Earth's frozen "cryosphere".
British greenhouse gases rise for first time since 2003
08 February 2012 12:00 AM
There was a significant increase in UK greenhouse gases in 2010 for the first time in several years, Government figures confirmed yesterday.
Meat trade emissions equal to half of all Britain's cars
05 February 2012 12:00 AM
Meat and cheese top the list of foodstuffs that have a negative impact on the environment, according to research
Britain joins the European single weather zone
05 February 2012 12:00 AM
Temperatures fall to -12 as freeze kicks in
Science behind the big freeze: is climate change bringing the Arctic to Europe?
04 February 2012 12:00 AM
A loss of sea ice could be a cause of the bitter winds that have swept across the UK in the past week, weather experts say
Fears over money to maintain flood defences
31 January 2012 03:01 PM
Around 200,000 homes at risk from flooding may face problems getting insurance from next year, the industry warned today.
UK told to prepare for mass floods in future
26 January 2012 12:00 AM
Study says flooding caused by climate change could affect 5 million a year by 2080
Animals can't keep up with climate change
22 January 2012 12:00 AM
Study of 11,000 bird and butterfly species shows many are at risk
Polluted air 'puts Olympic athletes at risk'
16 January 2012 12:00 AM
Olympic athletes could suffer impaired performance times and become ill as a result of London's unacceptably high levels of air pollution, leading respiratory scientists are warning.
Michael Mann: The climate scientist who the deniers have in their sights
16 January 2012 12:00 AM
He didn't court controversy, but is happy to make use of it
Exploitation of Arctic resources under scrutiny
08 January 2012 12:00 AM
An MPs' inquiry into protecting the Arctic from exploitation through oil and gas drilling has been launched.
The 12 most-read 2011 articles in Environment
28 December 2011 08:00 AM
The environment section covers issues which raise debate such as those concerning climate change, green living and nature. Here we take a look at the most popular articles of the year followed by an insight from our environment editor as he chooses his favourite story.
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