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The Government has approved plans to build England’s first carbon-neutral village, near Bristol. Instead of wind turbines and solar panels, such as the ones installed at the homes of David Cameron and Gordon Brown, a central generator fired by wood chips will provide all the electricity and heat needed to power the 200 eco-homes.

The age of sail could be staging something of a comeback as part of an imaginative attempt to cut greenhouse gases on the high seas.

The vibrant colours of healthy coral reefs will vanish within half a century unless global warming is controlled, according to researchers.

Cranberry sauce, Brussels sprouts, Nintendo Wiis and digital photo frames have been condemned for their negative impact on climate change.

Climate change is set to hit the tropics as badly as the polar regions, according to a seris of new studies unveiled at the American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) annual conference in San Francisco.

As the politiicans in Bali debate how to deal with climate change, scientists on the other side of the world were reporting ever more devastating impacts from global warming.

European leaders and environmental campaigners reacted angrily yesterday after the United States rejected guidelines for reducing greenhouse gas emissions intended to check global warming

Britain is to launch a huge expansion of offshore wind-power with plans for thousands of turbines in the North Sea, Irish Sea and around the coast of Scotland.

From Jeremy Clarkson on polar bears to Camilla Cavendish on the greening of the Conservative party, we look back at the most popular climate change stories of 2007

A tropical rainforest that was in danger of being destroyed within ten years is expected to win legal protection as a nature reserve today, thanks to the efforts of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.

WHO would have thought that saving the planet could be such a lucrative business? Al Gore, the former US vice-president turned environmental campaigner, has made more than £50m in just seven years from his books, speeches and shrewd investments in technology and green ventures.

Environment ministers from more than 180 countries were arriving in Bali this weekend for a second week of climate change talks as a stand-off emerged between the main negotiating blocs.

Homeowners in UK who generate their own electricity would supply 5 per cent of the nation’s needs in little more than a decade under plans to be announced by the Conservatives today.

Nominate your company!Enter the Sunday Times Best Green Companies Awards – a project designed to encourage, acknowledge and publicise businesses and other organisations, which are striving to improve their environmental performance. Anyone can nominate, cleaner, manager or owner!

Drinking a double espresso a day and taking regular exercise may help to prevent skin cancer, researchers say.