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Environment

How Vladimir Putin weaponised the environment in Ukraine

The Russian army has burned forests and poisoned water supplies, flouting international law. As the UN draws up new guidelines, is it possible to wage an “eco” war?

By Philippa Nuttall

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Australia's election campaign has failed its Great Barrier Reef

Australia’s election campaign has failed its Great Barrier Reef

India Bourke

Would a windfall tax really be spent on reducing energy bills?

Philippa Nuttall

Will the Australian elections finally spark action on climate change?

Tim Flannery

Chart of the Day

Pollution is responsible for one in six deaths each year

Nick Ferris

Impossible Foods’ chicken nuggets reviewed: a good imitation of a bad fast food

Impossible Foods’ chicken nuggets reviewed: a good imitation of a bad fast food

India Bourke

A renewables revolution is the best solution to the climate and cost-of-living crises

Philippa Nuttall

Climate

The pop stars tackling the climate cost of live music

The pop stars tackling the climate cost of live music

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

Why G7 leaders, including the UK, risk being complicit in a global famine

Why G7 leaders, including the UK, risk being complicit in a global famine

Kirsty McNeill

Saudi Arabia is the biggest beneficiary of the war in Ukraine

Saudi Arabia is the biggest beneficiary of the war in Ukraine

Philippa Nuttall

George Monbiot: “Agriculture is arguably the most destructive industry on Earth”

George Monbiot: “Agriculture is arguably the most destructive industry on Earth”

Philippa Nuttall

Nature

Why access to nature is broken, not the millennials who trespass

Why access to nature is broken, not the millennials who trespass

Ninety years on from the trespass of Kinder Scout, the protection of nature requires an even greater right to roam.

By India Bourke

Just transition

Psychoanalyst Sally Weintrobe: why neoliberalism leads to ecocide

The Environment Interview

Psychoanalyst Sally Weintrobe: why neoliberalism leads to ecocide

India Bourke

Why we should remain sceptical about carbon removal

Why we should remain sceptical about carbon removal

India Bourke

“You can't be a CEO without a carbon agenda”: Santiago Gowland

The Environment Interview

“You can’t be a CEO without a carbon agenda”: Santiago Gowland

Philippa Nuttall

Climate can't cope with rush for oil in the face of Russian aggression

Climate can’t cope with rush for oil in the face of Russian aggression

Nick Ferris

Food

Wrong-headed food policies will lose the Tories their rural voters

Wrong-headed food policies will lose the Tories their rural voters

Tim Lang

'We invented the cow 10,000 years ago. Lab-grown meat is just the next step'

‘We invented the cow 10,000 years ago. Lab-grown meat is just the next step’

Jenny Kleeman

Clare and Michael Morpurgo: Experiencing nature is as important as literature

The Environment Interview

Clare and Michael Morpurgo: Experiencing nature is as important as literature

Philippa Nuttall

Green policies must be prioritised to protect Britain's food security

Green policies must be prioritised to protect Britain’s food security

India Bourke