Researchers will use the lessons of the London Olympics to identify future issues in sustainable living. Using events such as the Olympics, large scale impacts of new technologies can be identified.

With less than six months to go until the Games... Read More

Energy minister Greg Barker and Defra officials were today grilled by the energy select committee on the way the UK reports its carbon emissions.

Parliament's energy watchdog asked whether the current internationally agreed way of measuring emissions, based on territory rather... Read More

A study from research institute, Chatham House, has identified maritime "choke points" as a key issue for international policy decisions regarding the energy sector. The choke points are key passages in the global energy transport system such as the Straits... Read More

Ukraine is eyeing new alternative energy sources and could clean up its existing coal power supply, according to reports. Exploiting shale gas and using clean coal technology will be essential, said Ukrainian Energy Minister Yuriy Boyko at the World Economic... Read More

There is a potential million-pound "funding gap" for flood defence systems, claim MPs in a critical report out today. The Public Accounts Committee report adds communities in at-risk areas may not be guaranteed insurance within two years.

In the report, MPs... Read More

The benefits of recent cuts to energy prices are being "washed away" by today's water bill increase. That's according to price comparison site uSwitch.com, which is advising hard-pressed households to consider getting a water meter to combat rising prices.

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BP shut down oil production at an oil field around 200km to the west of the Shetlands on Sunday. The British oil producer confirmed the leak was caused by a hairline fracture to a fitting on a subsea pipeline on... Read More

Independent power producer, Indian Energy, has announced an agreement with Trishe Developers Private Limited to develop up to 1000MW of wind farms across India by 2016.

The agreement states that Trishe will take on the development of the projects and sell... Read More

Scottish Water is helping to train water industry staff in Canada. A team from the utility's international arm is in Alberta at the moment delivering workshops on the management of water from source to tap. The firm said handling water... Read More