Weekly rubbish collections do not deter householders from recycling, a survey suggests.

Swallows, symbols of the summer, have been spotted across Britian, leading to worries that many could die in an unexpected cold snap.

A huge glacial lake bursting into the Atlantic 8000 years ago did bring about a climate catastrophe, suggests new research

For more than 50 years, the name David Attenborough has been synonymous with the BBC’s ground-breaking wildlife programmes

ConocoPhillips has forged a partnership with agricultural processing giant Archer Daniels Midland Co. to develop technology to turn biomass from crops, wood or switchgrass into biocrude that can be refined into fuels, such as gasoline.

But the Environmental Protection Agency stopped short of committing to regulate the greenhouse gases that spur on global warming

Pumping carbon dioxide through hot rocks could simultaneously boost efficiency and mop up greenhouse gases

The plan amounts to a “post-industrial revolution”, says the European Commission, and aims to beat the bloc’s oil addiction and combat climate change

Europe’s largest fire incident in fifty years may have been caused by a fuel spill or leak, say experts, but the health and environmental effects should be limited

The prospect of cheap energy from tabletop nuclear reactions seems as far from reality as ever, with its biggest proponent now under scrutiny