Countries most vulnerable to climate change have attacked rich nations for rethinking the global treaty timetable that would enforce legally binding emissions cut targets.

The courts have been urged by a watchdog to issue tougher fines for environmental pollution.

Environmental campaigners have claimed the Government's "obsession" with carbon trading as a solution to climate change is "irresponsible and dangerous" and could trigger a sub-prime style financial collapse.

Rains have flooded the homes of more than 200,000 people along Mexico's Gulf coast, leaving authorities struggling to reach all those affected.

A £9 million project to develop a new, all-electric affordable urban car has been announced.

A bald hedgehog abandoned by his mother is being treated by experts so his spikes will grow, a wildlife centre has said.

Conservationists are celebrating the first successful steps in an attempt to save the world's rarest duck from extinction.

A complete blueprint of the domestic horse's genetic code has revealed remarkable similarities with humans, say scientists.

Australian authorities have launched an investigation into an oil rig leak that dumped thousands of barrels of fuel into the Timor Sea over more than two months before being plugged this week.

Alistair Darling has said that a deal to tackle climate change is "essential", as he prepared for a summit with finance ministers and bankers.

A population of tropical butterflies could be evolving into two separate species, scientists believe.

Countries most vulnerable to climate change attacked rich nations for rethinking the global treaty timetable that would enforce legally binding emissions cut targets.

Britain's biggest cities have joined forces to cut their greenhouse gas emissions.

An attempt to stop a controversial badger cull has failed, after Welsh Assembly members voted in favour of plans to shoot badgers to eradicate tuberculosis in cattle.

The first Bewick's swans of the year to make the winter trip from Arctic Russia to a British bird sanctuary have been captured on camera.

Climate change is set to make insurance more expensive and harder to obtain, experts have warned.

Disney says it will spend seven million US dollars (£4.3 million) in partnership with three conservation groups to protect tens of thousands of acres of forest in the Congo basin, the Amazon basin and two regions of the US.

Nests made by the formidable hairy northern wood ant - the UK's biggest - have been given a unique GPS address and plotted on hi-tech maps to protect them during forestry operations.

The bosses of two of Britain's best known companies have played host to industry colleagues to highlight the potential of a renewable energy source.

Plans have been unveiled for a compulsory charge to customers in Wales who use plastic shopping bags.

A car-cum-scooter "green" concept vehicle has been unveiled in London by car giant Peugeot.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said that he is working hard to ensure a global deal on tackling carbon emissions at next month's environmental negotiations in Copenhagen.

An alarming vision of UK air travel in 2040, with airports closing and passengers reluctant to fly for fear of being "ungreen", has been unveiled in an Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) report.

Householders and businesses are hoping the worst is over after forecasters said showers will clear in the worst-hit flood areas of the UK by Tuesday night.

A conservation charity has said it is seeking a judicial review of a decision to order a badger cull in parts of Wales.

A tornado caused damage to cars and buildings when it swept through Hampshire, the Met Office has said.

An environmentalist has won his fight to take his former employer to tribunal on the grounds he was dismissed for his green views.

Tropical Storm Mirinae brought severe flooding to parts of central Vietnam, killing at least 11 people, leaving two missing and forcing a number of families onto rooftops.