Prominent politicians and green groups have called Theresa May’s shutting of DECC ‘plain stupid’ and ‘shocking’, as the decision’s implications on future climate change action are questioned.

The Department of Energy & Climate Change is to be abolished in a rearrangement of government departments as Theresa May prepares her government for Brexit.

Theresa May has named her leadership rival Andrea Leadsom Environment Secretary, her first cabinet-level role.

Energy-from-waste plant specialist Energos has gone into administration following contractual disputes with two of its main contractors.

Do you know your EAC from your EFRA? Here’s a description of the Environmental Audit Committee and what makes it different from other committees.

Hadfield Wood Recyclers has been awarded a contract to supply biomass fuel to a new Green Investment Bank-backed £25-million plant in North Wales that could generate enough energy to power 2,400 homes.

In what is being billed as ‘an excellent example of circular economy in practice’, enzymes will be used to convert unsorted household waste into biogas at a ‘bio plant’ in Cheshire.

Pollution caused by anaerobic digestion plants in Bedfordshire and Devon have seen the Environment Agency secure fines for negligent mismanagement.

Two Northern Irish AD plants have received government-backed funds for pioneering work using poultry litter.

Revellers attending Glastonbury this weekend will be able to test-run a urinal that hopes to bring sustainable power to refugee camps.