Associated Press has reported that Haiti’s president Michel Martelly hopes to double the number of rural households that receive electricity within two years through loans to buy solar kits. Dubbed “Give Me Light, Give Me Life,” the program is...

Last month, IKEA announced plans to incorporate solar power at every single one of its stores in the Southern US. Collectively, the stores and distributions centers will account for 10.7 megawatts of solar generating capacity. Reinforcing the company’s...

Biofuels have become a victim of their own success, it appears: for the first time in a decade global production has dropped. Production in 2011 dropped a touch from 1.822m barrels a day in 2010 to 1.819m in 2011, according to IEA statistics (p30) highlighted...

After talks in Durban, South Africa, on the sidelines of global talks on a successor to the Kyoto climate pact, Australia’s Minister for Climate Change Greg Combet and his New Zealand counterpart Tim Groser said both countries were aiming to link...

Decades ago, many people didn’t care about environmentally-friendly businesses and what they had to offer. Promises of natural ingredients, sustainable practices, and social responsibility were not a priority for the average shopper. But the times have...

Bloomberg’s February issue caused quite an uproar after publishing an article highlighting the experience of a 13-year-old’s “nightmare” as she worked for Burkina Faso’s organic, fair trade cotton farm from which Victoria’s Secret purchases...