Politics: Comment

Cloud control

Drastic and immediate cuts in carbon emissions, as advocated by most of the green lobby, are an expensive way of doing very little good. They would reduce growth and especially hurt the world’s poor. But there is another, better way

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Leader: World leaders need to become green heroes too

Without the requisite political will, the prospects for our planet remain bleak

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Nurses, cricket and anti-Semitism

We should value nurses' distinctive qualities, not force them to take degrees

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Like it or not, Brown’s a war leader

Public patience with the Afghanistan war is running out. Brown may yet regret becoming a war leader

Wrong on the way down and up

The MPC has once again entered the world of wishful thinking, as it did at the beginning of the recession that it failed to spot

Uganda is sanctioning gay genocide

Sexual violence is everywhere in Uganda. A new bill punishing homosexuals is part of that culture

We’re all with the brand

What is it with brands - why do we invest these shopworn icons with such reverence?

Cuts won't cost the earth

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Bad idea: Political police

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20 green heroes and villains: Have your say

Who did we miss out from our top 10 heroes and top 10 villains? Let us know here by having your say