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Everyday Philosophy: The short-term fix that is bad for bees
An imminent bee-light future should be a cause for concern
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Germansplaining: Greta v the Greens
The infighting between climate activists may be entertaining to watch but it has a tendency to detract from the point
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The children of the revolution
One generation of world leaders has failed to halt climate change. The next generation intend to change all that
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Is this the greenest government ever?
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Germansplaining: Have climate combaters got it right?
There is enough pseudo-martyrdom going on as it is without the rise in climate activism
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What if oil executives had actually taken seriously the climate warnings given by their own scientists?
In an extract from his new book, Geoff Dembicki asks how the world would be now if the oil sands industry had not been so successful in blocking action to stop the climate emergency
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The art of protest
Climate campaigners are blocking roads and defacing artworks. But is anyone listening?
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The biggest shitheap in Europe
Europe’s largest landfill site is just outside Belgrade – and it’s a factory of poison gases
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How important is COP27?
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Migration is not the problem — it is the solution
We are running out of time to manage the coming upheaval before it becomes deadly. We need to change our thinking
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The new Cold War at the top of the world
The Arctic is no longer frozen, remote or harmonious. This should concern us all
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Caroline Lucas: ‘We’re staring climate catastrophe in the face and Sunak is looking the other way’
The Green Party MP hits out as the PM dithers over whether to attend COP27, and points to real environmental leadership elsewhere
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Germansplaining: Olaf Scholz goes nuclear
For the moment, Scholz's plan appears to have worked. But, Germany's energy problem isn't solved yet
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If her own MPs don’t finish off Truss, the environment movement might
The prime minister’s reckless plans continue to radicalise even the least militant organisations
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Germansplaining: Germany’s falling Green star
All eyes are on Robert Habeck. Unfortunately, his energy crisis polices are only snatching the surface of Germany's problems
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Europe’s vanishing winter
A 3,000km cycle ride across the continent reveals the consequences of climate change – and what we can do to stop it
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Europe’s future is in drought
Rivers and reservoirs are shrinking, the land is parched. Welcome to Europe in 2050 – if we don’t act now
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Solar farms aren’t the only way to beat climate crisis
There are better places to generate electricity than farmland, writes one reader
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Literature’s changing climate: The responsibility of raising awareness
The ‘cli-fi’ genre looks set to play an important role in raising awareness of the environment emergency
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Germansplaining: The death of Germany’s forests
There are few things Germans have a closer bond to than the woods and now they're under threat. However, there is hope...
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Slasher Truss scares the Greens with her climate illiteracy
As she adds more fossil fuel drilling to her portfolio of environmental insults, Liz Truss, PM, is shaping up as a threat for a world facing climate disaster
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Rediscovering old secrets of life under the sun
At the end of another summer of heatwaves in Europe, could the Islamic architecture of Spain help in the ongoing battle against climate change?
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Is clean energy the silver lining of these clouds?
Renewables aren’t just about saving the planet any more – they’re a means of helping to loosen Russia’s grip on the continent and preventing future fuel price hikes
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Rooted in history: What ancient trees tell us about time and life
An olive tree older than the Old Testament is a reminder it is hard to get a handle on the real meaning of time
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What’s our new approach to climate disaster?
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The future is now: driving the car-free city revolution
Transport is the only sector where greenhouse gas emissions have increased in the past three decades. Now a backlash is growing, with forward-thinking mayors spearheading new visions of urban centres
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Evil is patient: why soaring temperatures won’t shift policymakers
Will a catastrophic summer in Europe deliver real change on climate policy? Not while states remain captured by fossil fuel interests
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‘I don’t know if being an MP is the best route for me…’: eco entrepreneur Dale Vince makes his move into politics
Dale Vince is selling his green energy firm Ecotricity to enter the world of politics. He tells MATT WITHERS why (if not necessarily how)
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Nigel Farage’s call for a net-zero referendum is a final, desperate bid for relevance
A recent biography demonstrates how the former Ukip leader doesn't believe anything beyond the fact that Nigel Farage should get a lot of attention
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The market cannot control energy prices, we must control energy
A perfect storm is upon us. Either society must start to control the energy market, or the energy market will control society
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The US heatwave that shifted the climate change debate
As the US once again swelters through a record-breaking hot summer, climate change historian Alice Bell looks back at the events in mid-1988, when the debate over global warming decisively shifted