society, Tag

The island is being sued by a mining company over its decision, and faces paying nine times its annual budget in damages if it loses

While millions live with regular blackouts and limited energy, plants are being built to satisfy the global demand for digital storage and processing – piling pressure on an already fragile system

Designer Nina Woodcroft has created an energy-efficient family home that is also a useful conversation starter

Geneticist who discovered hotspots of illnesses in Scottish islands calls for redirection of community benefit funds

Call for means-tested grants or loans to cover upfront costs that prevent poorer households from benefiting

Solution to stop River Severn fish stocks being sucked into cooling systems taking too long to resolve, EDF says

Women with little formal education trained to become solar technicians, transforming villages and tackling patriarchal norms

Conflicts around the globe and domestic policies on immigration and vaccinations are likely to face upheaval

Months after devastating rains displaced 420,000 people in Rio Grande do Sul, an unusual consensus has formed around the need for a faster transition to renewables

If Trump’s re-election is getting you down, these innovations in medicine and technology should cheer you up

A roundup of the government’s work, from its early moves on energy and housing to Thursday’s workers’ rights bill

Labour will bring in regulations that apply to social as well as private housing, says energy secretary

Solar power could enable 400 million Africans without water to tap into groundwater aquifers. However, we must ensure smaller projects do not lose out in the rush for new technology

The next government should give councils devolved powers to create new investment ecosystems for renewable energy based on local needs, says John Merry, deputy mayor of Salford city council

Unlikely alliance of unions and climate groups call for ‘clear and funded’ transition plan for communities reliant on dwindling industry