Beware ... it isn't only poor countries that will be seriously affected if we don't rapidly address the growing problem of food supply shortages.

The chief executive of the world's largest energy company has issued the most dire warning yet about the soaring the price of oil, predicting that it will hit $250 per barrel "in the foreseeable future".

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, the chef and food campaigner, has raised the money he needs to put his concerns on animal welfare to Tesco's shareholders.

The "green" jobs market continues to thrive despite economic downturn putting serious pressure on many business sectors throughout the UK, environment & sustainability recruitment specialist Acre Resources says.

Leading soft drinks makers have signed up to a sustainability strategy to improve the industry's environmental performance.The objectives of the strategy, unveiled by the British Soft Drinks Association, focus on the four areas of climate change, waste and packaging, water and transport.

Prisoners are to be trained in networking and cable installation to help tackle a skills shortage for suitably-skilled IT professionals.

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