WWF have launched a new three-year project to raise awareness and funds to help conserve the home of the polar bear and create a positive future for the Arctic. The Arctic Home project will combine WWF’s extensive scientific network and conservation expertise with Coca-Cola’s marketing experience and resources. read more...

An experimental project in India is combining solar photovoltaic panels with an irrigation system in an attempt to save water while generating electricity. A 1 MW array has been built over nearly half a mile of the Narmada Canal in the state of Gujarat. read more...

More than 800 jobs in the UK’s insulation industry have been lost because the Westminster government has delayed the start of its Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation (ECO) funding schemes, according to a specialist trade body. read more...

Momodou Keita, town chief of Sanogola, a small village 300km north of Bamako, Mali's capital, stands proudly beside the community's solar-powered lamp-post – a shiny, blue, enamel-coated construction of welded bicycle parts and water pipes. read more...

The challenges of keeping the lights on while achieving a steady reduction in carbon emissions has lead to worrying reports that the government is considering increasing nuclear power generation through the use of local mini-reactors. read more...

Supermarkets are replacing the open refrigerators in their stores, which chill milk, meat and shoppers alike and which waste huge amounts of energy. The Co-operative, which already has 100 stores with doors on its fridges, is saving £50m a year in energy bills and cutting its environmental impact. read more...

A shocking report announced last week that the UK’s bird population has declined by 44 million since 1966. However, national charity the Land Trust has found that many rare and threatened bird species are thriving on its former brownfield sites. read more...

Suggestions that the urbanised area of England should be increased made by Planning Minister Nick Boles are provocative and unnecessary, and cast a shadow over at least 25% of our undisturbed countryside, say countryside campaigners CPRE. read more...