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Coal power has rebounded in Europe

Coal generation has risen by 30 per cent compared with 2020 as the war in Ukraine hits energy supplies.

By Nick Ferris

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Discovering Britain's lost rainforests

Discovering Britain’s lost rainforests

India Bourke

Winter Reflection: Fellowship of the flock

Helen Macdonald

Not Zero: Meet the world’s aspiring new oil nations

Nick Ferris

Chart of the Day

A new renewables boom is coming

Ben Walker

Cop27: Everything you need to know about the Egypt climate summit

Cop27: Everything you need to know about the Egypt climate summit

Daniel Cody

Can the Amazon rainforest be saved from environmental destruction?

Nick Ferris

Climate

Live carbon emissions tracker: How do countries compare?

Live carbon emissions tracker: How do countries compare?

Nick Ferris

Importing US gas is hypocritical – but not in the way pro-frackers think

Importing US gas is hypocritical – but not in the way pro-frackers think

India Bourke

Is nuclear energy actually sustainable?

Is nuclear energy actually sustainable?

Philippa Nuttall

Away from Cop27, Big Oil is dramatically expanding

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Away from Cop27, Big Oil is dramatically expanding

Nick Ferris

Nature

On the eradication of species

On the eradication of species

Biodiversity is not just an asset from which humans gain. We have complex social relations with all non-human life.

By Richard Seymour

Just transition

Rishi Sunak should remember prime ministers are replaceable, species are not

Rishi Sunak should remember prime ministers are replaceable, species are not

India Bourke

The Tory “attack on nature” will undermine UK security

The Tory “attack on nature” will undermine UK security

India Bourke

Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act is the biggest climate victory since the Paris Agreement

Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act is the biggest climate victory since the Paris Agreement

India Bourke

Fuel price protests can't just avoid the climate question

Fuel price protests can’t just avoid the climate question

India Bourke

Food

“As a farming family, we have a part to play in sustainability”

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“As a farming family, we have a part to play in sustainability”

Dead birds falling from the sky is a bad omen for the planet

Dead birds falling from the sky is a bad omen for the planet

India Bourke

How much raw sewage is being released into the sea?

How much raw sewage is being released into the sea?

India Bourke

James Rebanks's Diary: Drought in England, sweat in Italy, and what Liz Truss gets wrong about farming

James Rebanks’s Diary: Drought in England, sweat in Italy, and what Liz Truss gets wrong about farming

James Rebanks