ethical and green living, Tag

Home owners can get help from government schemes but but do they really cut costs?

Some say proposed public funding is too little while others say key is galvanising private capital

The prime minister has correctly identified the challenge, but his record invites doubt that he can turn his rhetoric into reality

What do governments across the world need to do to shift economies away from fossil fuels?

Accreditation process putting off builders and installers from plan to improve energy efficiency of homes in England

Industry urges people not to throw out dead batteries with household rubbish or recycling

The government needs to stop subsidising high-carbon heating and use the extra revenue to support low-income homes, writes Libby Peake of the Green Alliance

Those hoping to future-proof their careers are turning to green industries such as windfarms

Firm says it wants to help Britain become ‘best place to invest in clean energy’

The city plans to build Britain’s biggest zero-carbon housing project, boasting 600 homes in car-free cycling paradises full of fruit trees and allotments...

Consumers can get vouchers to install insulation, double glazing, smart controls and more

Vulnerable 94-year-old’s boiler had to be scrapped following work by SSE

Readers respond to George Monbiot’s warning that electric vehicles are not the solution to the UK’s pollution and transport problems

Discovery of high-grade metal used for electric car batteries ‘could be enough to meet total future UK demand’

Proposals to install low-energy devices in seven coastal beacons in the north and the republic have angered campaigners, who say the enchanting ‘loom’ of the beams will be lost