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Many issues are poorly understood by those involved with and affected by fracking, the US shale gas industry can offer lessonsWater is a critical but contentious resource for the fracking industry, which is booming in the...

Many issues are poorly understood by those involved with and affected by fracking, the US shale gas industry can offer lessonsWater is a critical but contentious resource for the fracking industry, which is booming in the...

This year's World Water Day focuses on water and energy, but energy companies seem complacent about water risksAll hydro, no power?Yesterday afternoon I made a list...

In a recent live online debate, panelists discussed the current state of play for nexus thinking, highlighting compelling projects and future challengesThe triple challenge of energy supplies, water stress and food security...

Brazilian electricity company developed a new business model to rebuild trust with and provide services to favelasThe city of Rio de Janeiro, surrounded by the Atlantic ocean on one side and forested hills on the other, is...

What if Bloomberg, Branson and Grantham came together to buy out the coal industry, close and clean up the mines, retrain workers and accelerate the expansion of renewable energy?Would you make a one time $50 (£31) investment...

What if Bloomberg, Branson and Grantham came together to buyout the coal industry, close and clean up the mines, retrain workers and accelerate the expansion of renewable energy?Would you make a one time $50 (£31) investment...

With predictions of up to 50% efficiency and named one of the breakthroughs of 2013, perovskites are the clean tech material development to watch right now • This is the first in a new monthly series on early stage technologies...

Join us on Thursday 13 March 12-1:30pm to discuss whether CSR is better than social enterprise in terms of social impactCorporate social responsibility schemes have now become mainstream – with large corporations such as...

Water scarcity and poor hydro management can threaten energy production. A World Bank initiative aims to tackle the problemThe UK's climate change minister Greg Barker and Nobel Laureate Kofi Annan will be among those meeting...

Arwen Colell and Luise Neumann-Cosel have set up a co-operative to buy the grid and move Berlin towards a sustainable energy strategy"If we're going to make a difference, then our only option is to buy the whole of the Berlin...

Large-scale clean energy projects shouldn't eclipse the urgent need to provide electricity to low-income and rural communitiesThe 84 wind turbines erected just south of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital, tower above an arid...

The US experience is encouraging. Introducing a new energy industry boosts jobs and cuts emissions while encouraging environmental stewardshipThe shale revolution has the potential to provide the UK with local, low cost,...

Europe's new buying rules could force energy savings, as long as governments take them seriouslyPublic procurement could save Europe a huge amount of money and energy...

Technology, skills, expectations and rules all shape people's everyday behaviour and only by considering all these factors can business really help enable sustainable lifestylesFrom Unilever's five levers for change to Volkswagen's...