Failure to insulate UK homes costing thousands of lives a year, says report

The government’s failure to insulate the UK’s cold and leaky homes is costing thousands of lives a year, according to analysis. The report from Greenpeace…

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Shell sues Greenpeace for $2.1m in damages over fossil fuel protest in North Sea

Shell is suing Greenpeace for $2.1m in damages in one of the biggest ever legal threats against the group after its campaigners occupied a moving…

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New North Sea oil and gasfields will emit as much carbon as 14m cars, report says

New oil and gas licences for the North Sea that the UK government has approved in the past two years will produce as much carbon…

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Ministers ‘ignored’ own adviser over weak targets for restoring English nature

The UK government ignored scientific warnings from Natural England that its nature restoration target was inadequate and would not meet its commitments, new documents show,…

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Greenpeace protesters board Shell platform bound for Shetland

Greenpeace protesters have boarded a Shell floating oil platform which is being transported over 12,000 nautical miles to the Shetland Islands with signs demanding that…

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Greenpeace accuses Treasury of distorting its stance on biomass burning

Greenpeace has accused the government of misrepresenting its stance on burning trees for electricity, giving a minister the impression of public support for the highly…

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