The amount of wind and solar power being produced in the UK has risen rapidly. But industry bodies fear government plans to cut subsidies could undermine moves to a low carbon future.
Greens leader Natalie Bennett says she plans to build on the surge in party membership in the run-up to the general election, despite her failure to win the Holborn and St Pancras constituency.
The chief executive of electric car maker Tesla launches a networked battery harnessing solar power, which he thinks could herald the end of the conventional power-sharing grid.
The supreme court orders the government to prepare new plans to improve air quality within three months, whoever is in power. The UK has exceeded European air pollution limits every year since 2010.
Britons on mountaineering holidays in Nepal, as well as Nepalese in the UK, have all been affected by the huge earthquake that struck at the weekend. These are some of their stories.
Network Rail stands accused of ignoring laws designed to protect wildlife as it battles to clear hundreds of thousands of trees which line the network.
On Friday we will see the deepest eclipse of the Sun so far this century. For most of us, of course, the view will be ruined by cloud, fog and rain just as it was for the total eclipse in 1999.
Siobhan Kennedy
The energy giant Royal Dutch Shell is reviving plans to drill in the Arctic, saying the world needs new sources of oil. Environmentalists say the risks are too high.
Are they calling David Cameron’s bluff? Broadcasters say a series of TV debates will go ahead in April – whether or not party leaders agree to take part.
A ban on building schools, hospitals and care homes next to major roads must be introduced to help cut thousands of deaths estimated to have been caused by air pollution, MPs say.
What would it take to convince you to allow the mining of shale gas under your property? The giant chemical group Ineos thinks it has the answer,
Chemicals giant Ineos is to invest hundreds of millions of pounds in shale gas exploration, giving the industry a huge boost.
Attitudes have been transformed in the 50 years since the first drink-driving advert. But young people are still much less likely to be embarrassed by being caught drink-driving.
The energy secretary says there will be no UK blackouts this winter. As Ofgem presents its analysis of our energy needs this winter, we look at some of the biggest power outages of the last 50 years.
Raphael Carrondo, who was on the receiving end of cyclist-on-cyclist violence, tells Channel 4 News there is no excuse for kicking a cyclist’s front wheel – and he wants justice.