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Around 100 kilometres south-east of Berlin, in what was formerly East Germany, lies the region of Lausitz. Once a coal heartland, it has changed substantially in the three decades since [...]

World leaders have been told they need to reduce carbon emissions to nil by 2050 to avoid environmental disaster. But their plans fall dramatically short of the radical lifestyle changes [...]

In 2006 I travelled four hours by plane from Rio de Janeiro and then six hours by jeep, along highways that began with broken asphalt and ended in rutted trails. [...]

In a properly edited publication, the letters page is of central importance. So, thank you to Mike Brown of New Galloway who chastised me for omitting climate change as part [...]

Charles III is a disappointment. Many thought he would be unable to restrain himself from meddling in politics and expressing his contentious opinions on architecture, education and medicine. But he [...]

The author discusses the role of the political left and the problem of climate change. He mentions the time no longer available to decrease carbon emission, the role of capitalism in setting environmental policies,, and the lack of a complete response by the world's elite.

Climate scientists got it wrong. If we kept average global temperatures at 1.5[degrees]C above pre-industrial levels, they assured us, we would be 'safe' from catastrophic results. Efforts to halt global [...]

Perhaps because they had nothing better to do, or perhaps because I have now reached a particular age, a lot of my friends had babies during the pandemic. This is [...]

Ed Davey is running for the Liberal Democrat leadership and it's all the fault of an advert in the Guardian. Having newly graduated from the University of Oxford in 1988, [...]

Namgye Chumbi was weeding his potato garden in the village of Phakding in the Khumbu region of Nepal, below Mount Everest, on the morning of 4 August 1985. Because of [...]

Scrap Trident OK, let's cut to the chase--let's not get bogged down in statistics or projected spending figures or discussions about 'initial gates' and 'main gates' (more about them later): [...]

In An Inconvenient Truth, perhaps the world's first film based on a PowerPoint presentation, Al Gore plays himself: a sometimes brooding, sometimes funny ex-politician come to deliver a message about [...]

The first warning signs would have come from the sunsets. Weird splashes of red, yellow and purple-painted evening horizons all around the globe. Only those living near the eruption site […]

It's common knowledge that Donald Trump was not the first presidential candidate to use the slogan, 'Make America great again', though he was probably the first to print it on [...]

Over the past decade, the general public has started to look at bees differently. In response to the Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) crisis that emerged in the Noughties, when huge [...]

Brazil elects Jair Bolsonaro, the 'Trump of the tropics', as president and the Amazon rainforest goes up in flames. If Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva or somebody similar from the [...]

The article describes persons and organizations that the magazine considers heroes or villains of environmental protection. The article praises a number of environmental activists including Al Gore, James Lovelock and Marina Silva. Subject to criticism are several people including Donald Trump, a television personality, and Ian Plimer and Vàclav Klaus, academic figures who deny the existence of climate change.

The author discusses the significant role of natural gas in achieving the net-zero carbon dioxide emissions goal of Great Britain. Topics explored include the recommendations outlined in the May 2019 net-zero report published by the British Committee on Climate Change (CCC), the intention of Great Britain to end usage of fossil fuels by 2050, and the flow testing of the horizontal shale gas exploration well in the region by shale exploration operator Cuadrilla.

The author explores how nuclear energy may help achieve the net-zero carbon emissions target of Great Britain. Topics discussed include the clean energy recommendations outlined in the environment policy report "The Green Transformation," published by the British Labour Party, the low-carbon technology options which may be considered to meet said goal, and the power production capabilities of nuclear energy.

Comments on environmental policy in Great Britain as of May 9, 2005. Challenges to giving environmental issues an important role in politics; View that politicians fail to address important environmental issues; Impact of emissions from aircraft on environmental conditions; Comments on the potential use of nuclear power in Great Britain's energy industry; Argument that solar and wind power sources must be made available to consumers; Suggestions for short-term environmental policies to prevent further pollution; Need for cooperation between politicians and environmental activists.

Focuses on British politics, the green movement, and the Labour party's election manifesto. How the government has downgraded environmental issues; The uncoordinated efforts of environmental groups to protest road projects and airport expansion; View that Labour's political agenda lacks vision and leadership; Discussion of various versions of Labour's election manifestos, including those for 1997 and 2005; Suggestion that voters should not trust the new Labour party. INSET: How green is their manifesto? It isn't.

US environmentalists are shifting their focus. Give people more power, they argue, and they will use it to create a greener community Somewhere near the top of new Labour's conceptual [...]

Ninety minutes into our interview John Browne, chief executive of British Petroleum, says: 'I'm sorry we haven't had time to talk about BP's business strategy.' We're sorry too, but there's [...]

Royal Mail Royal Mail has introduced initiatives over the past five years to increase efficiency of the network that transports mail and packaging, with 340 double-decker trailers to transport goods. [...]

As pleasures go, looking back through old field guides may sound rather sad, but there is instruction to be found in such hobbies. Not long ago, for instance, I unearthed [...]

The article reports on the results of the European Parliament elections for the German Green Party. It mentions possible candidates for chancellor Robert Habeck and Annalena Baerbock, efforts of the party to not appear overly radical, and their work with business to develop environmental policies that will not alienate voters.

May was the month in which the west was won. On orders from President Jefferson, the great American pioneers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark left St Louis on 14 May [...]

The author offers outlook for the global establishment of a Green New Deal (GND) to address climate change. Topics discussed include the commitment expressed by the British Labour Party towards the decarbonisation of Great Britain by 2030, the need for international cooperation to ensure successful GND implementation, and the 2019 United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) report on factors that need to be considered by governments to achieve global GND.

The article comments on U.S. President Donald Trump's environmental policy. The author compares president Trump and former President Ronal Reagan's attitude towards nature. He mentions the importance of Great Basin, that spans Nevada, Oregon and Utah, which is not just a fabric of the American landscape but a nation's identity. He comments on the decision of the Trump administration to modernize the Endangered Species Act and allow fracking and other harmful programs at the Great Basin.

The author offers his thoughts on various political topics and current events, including the forest fires in Brazil and Bolivia which the author notes are governed by right-wing and left-wing leaders respectively, the possible acquisition of two newspapers by Mirror Group under chief executive David Montgomery, and cricket player Jack Leach.

'We really think there is a space for business to mobilise customers,' said Dr Jeff Hardy, head of future consumers and sustainability at Ofgem. 'It is a space created by [...]

Reports on the issue of human over-population. Domination by the human species of virtually all living systems; Doubling of the world population since 1950; Mass extinctions of other species where humans dwell; Disappearance of species 1,000 to 10,000 times the natural background rate; Rise of carbon dioxide levels in the earth's atmosphere; Destructive environmental policies of the current United States government; Conflict between scientific truth and ideological beliefs.

Focuses on the issue of genetically modified (GM) food in Great Britain and two British Labour Party politicians, Elliot Morley and Michael Meacher. Reasons that Morley was selected to replace Meacher as the environment minister for Prime Minister Tony Blair, who supports the GM industry; Discussion of the controversy caused by the European Union decision to block imports of all new bio-engineered crops; Background on Morley, career highlights, and his position on green issues; Opinion that Meacher became a figurehead for the anti-GM movement; Speculation on what Morley's environmental goals will be.

Discusses the environmental lessons from the great Greenpeace-Shell clash about the Brent Spar oil platform in 1995 for companies and environmentalists. Resonant symbol created by Greenpeace; Shell's wounded-giant status as a focus for campaigning groups; Greenpeace's challenge to the opening up of an oil province on the Atlantic Frontier; Developments in the politics of the global environment. INSET: So where's the Brent Spar now?..

Talks about the imperatives, limits and possibilities about the second Earth Summit in New York City, New York. Disrepair of the United Nations Environmental Program; Chancellor Helmut Kohl's proposed World Environment Organization; Significance of the first Earth Summit; Availability of a sophisticated environmental policy tool kit; Essential task that governments alone can perform. INSET: So what did Earth Summit I achieve?..

The article discusses the author's claim that smog is causing social unrest in places such as Beijing,China, and it mentions the political and social aspects of air pollution in China as of 2017. Journalist Chai Jing's documentary film "Under the Dome" is examined, along with Chinese industrialisation and the annual National People's Congress parliamentary gathering in China. The Chinese government's policies regarding the environment and activists are assessed.

The author calls on Great Britain to develop an environmental policy that addresses climate change and reduce carbon emissions contributing to global warming.

The article discusses international cooperation among socialists in the U.S. and Great Britain. Topics include the impacts of the 2008 financial crisis on political attitudes, the possibility of Green New Deal (GND) legislation for climate change prevention policy, and campaigns by politicians including Jeremy Corbyn, Bernie Sanders, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

The article discusses the status of bald eagles in the U.S. in relation to environmental regulations. Topics include efforts by former U.S. President Richard Nixon to protect bald eagles, the views of U.S. President Donald Trump on environmental policy, and a statement by former U.S. President John F. Kennedy on the bald eagle.

The Tories must give up saying the planet is safe, and show the right can save it. At the last general election, Friends of the Earth gave the Tory manifesto [...]

Citizenship and consumerism can be a powerful combination, argues David Nicholson-Lord One of my less anticipated insights into the American character came when I shared a flight across Asia with [...]

When Robin Harper became the UK's first Green parliamentarian, he raised a clenched fist and declared: 'Keir Hardie was elected at the end of last century and the colour of [...]

Kyoto stands a better chance without the Greens. When the historians of the future come to apportion blame for the world's disastrous failure to avert global warming, they will doubtless [...]

GM foods, a warming world, threatened trees. Which green issues should worry us most? And what can we do? Biotechnology The issue. This is the quintessential green issue, combining the [...]

The future of the world climate will be decided in Bonn and Genoa this month. These talks are without precedent. The environment ministers and officials who gather in Bonn from [...]

Tom Burke worries about ministers' desire to see more concrete in the south of England At midday on the day after the election, Jack Straw was still talking to officials [...]

Renewable energy will help rich and poor countries alike: lower emissions from the one, access to energy for the other. Most of us are prepared to recognise that the world [...]

There is a great deal of renewable energy around. Dave Elliott looks at its potential for meeting the government's climate obligations As concerns about the impact of climate change have [...]

Once a Greenpeace activist, Jeremy Leggett is now a venture capitalist. Fred Pearce met him It was pelting with rain as Jeremy Leggett took me to see his solar panels. [...]

It may seem unfair to act against a single company but, argues Andrew Warren, Exxon remains the most stubborn of all the friends of fossil fuel The sense of outrage [...]