Politics: Business

20 green heroes and villains: Villains

On 7 December, world leaders and negotiators will meet in Copenhagen to discuss the future of our planet. As the debate intensifies, the New Statesman’s panel of environmental experts have chosen their heroes and villains – politicians, activists, companies and institutions.

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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

The NS Interview: Robert Skidelsky

“Osborne gets away with it – people haven’t really nailed him”

Backtrack or derail

A pledge to renationalise the railways would be a clear vote-winner. So why do passengers’ demands fall on deaf ears?

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Q&A: Duncan Bannatyne

The entrepreneur discusses his philanthropy and anti-smoking campaigning

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Campaign spotlight: Toxic assets

Adam Ramsay, campaigner at People and Planet

Alpha mail

Until he surfaced recently Royal Mail boss Adam Crozier had stayed strangely quiet

It’s time for a few home truths

We are told that the house-price bust is over but with wages falling it is unlikely that prices have reached the bottom yet

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The postal strike is our strike

New Labour has done its best to destroy the Post Office as a public institution. Postal workers deserve our solidarity

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Metropolis now

Before the financial crisis, New York and London walked hand in hand as “the two greatest cities in the world”. But now Mayors Boris Johnson and Michael Bloomberg are rivals, each attempting to remake and rebuild his city in different ways. Who will win?