Two-thirds of Britain's 337 species of common larger moths have experienced a substantial decline over the past four decades, a survey has shown.

The European Commission has proposed that member states restrict the use of certain classes of pesticide that are believed to be harmful to bees.

A vote is being held on whether to go ahead with a search for a site to store high level nuclear waste.

South Korea says its third attempt at launching a rocket to put a satellite in space has been a success.

Two of the Midlands' biggest cities are breathing in record quantities of nitrogen dioxide.

At least 11 people have died and several others have been injured in two separate landslides in western Indonesia, officials have said.

Householders are to be offered long-term loans to help make their homes more energy efficient and cut bills under a new government scheme.

Pollution levels rose alarmingly in the river Ganges in Allahabad on the first day of the Kumbh Mela festival, according to a study by the state pollution control board.

Health authorities in the Brazilian city of Campo Grande, in the southern state of Mato Grosso do Sul, are fighting a dengue fever epidemic.

The price of carbon hit a record low in Europe on Monday as the over-supply of emissions permits during the global economic downturn continued to undermine the carbon market.