Three pubs in Wales have signed up to compete in the Climate Change Challenge, with bar staff and regulars set to see who can reduce their carbon footprint the most by the end of the year.

Thousands of homes in the Cardiff and Newport areas could be placed at higher risk of flooding should work on the proposed Severn Barrage go ahead, one local expert has warned.

Greenpeace has greeted positively the government's plans to improve the UK's high-speed rail network in order reduce the number of domestic flights.

A deepsea company based in Hartlepool has received funding from regional development agency One North East (ONE).

Over 75 million people worldwide are continuing to suffer as a result of a dramatic leap in global food prices, new research states.

BASF has published financial results for the first half of 2009, reporting a 23.3 per cent decline in sales from the first six months of 2008.

Royal DSM is to sell its urea-licensing subsidiary business Stamicarbon to the Italian engineering and construction group Maire Tecnimont in a €38 million (£32.5 million) deal.

China's three largest power companies emit more CO2 than the entire of Britain, Greenpeace said today.

The Met Office has today changed its prediction of an 'odds on barbecue summer' to say rainfall is likely.

A number of representatives from the China Power Investment Corporation (CPI) have paid a visit to the Longannet Power Station in Fife.

The government has announced plans today to invest £1.1 billion into the first big electrification of the rail network for 20 years.

E.ON has placed a bid to receive funding from the EU for a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project.

The government has named the north-east of England as a specialist region for low carbon vehicle development.

BASF has introduced a pair of new fluorocarbon-based textile finishing products designed for use in clothing, upholstery and other home applications.

Carbon trading programmes will be "vital" in the fight against climate change, a new report has suggested.

A "very clear mandate" has been sent out by the government, which will help the UK to meet its carbon reduction target, a business group has said.

Plans for the transitions to a low carbon economy will only be achievable if there is a change in "political, economic and industrial thinking", it has been claimed.

DSM is commercialising a new biologically-sourced high-performance engineering plastic which it claims to be produced with zero carbon footprint.

The government has published a new strategy for the UK's transition to a low carbon economy.

The government has been urged to take action to reduce the rate at which honeybee colonies are currently being lost.