Friends of the Earth has welcomed a call on the coalition government to introduce a windfall tax on the operators of existing nuclear power plants.

Environmental NGOs and energy campaigners around the world have welcomed a decision by the German government to phase out their country's nuclear energy.

Two leading environmental campaigners will go head-to-head in Glasgow, Scotland tomorrow, to debate the pros and cons of nuclear power.

Green Party of England and Wales leader Caroline Lucas says the nuclear lessons of the unfolding tragedy in Japan must be learned in the UK.