Sewage map shows potentially illegal “dry spills”
An investigation by the campaigning charity Surfers Against Sewage has identified sewage dumping even when there’s been no rain.
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The vast majority of scientists agree that human activities, such as the burning of fossil fuels that release greenhouse gases, are now the main driving force behind climate change, which is raising global temperatures and affecting weather patterns. Here you can find the New Statesman’s expert coverage on climate change as well as our analysis on activism, climate justice and the overall crisis.
The end of BEIS: why mixing business and energy didn’t work
Grant Shapps’s new Department for Energy Security and Net Zero will need clout and cross-government reach to turn around the…
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Why Rishi Sunak is complicit in Shell’s “greenwashed” mega-profits
The prime minister says he “understands” people’s anger, but his tax loopholes and lack of a green investment plan suggest…
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Environmental utopias can save the planet
Stories about better futures inspire humanity to make them happen.
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How universal public services can end the cost-of-living crisis
Government provision of basic human needs, like healthcare and housing, can fight price shocks and save the planet.
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“Spawn of the devil”: the dangerous escalation in Tory climate rhetoric
Climate campaigners are the ones with perspective, no matter the misrepresentations of some Conservative MPs.
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Are we there yet with electric cars? The EV story – with Wejo
A special podcast from Spotlight, the New Statesman’s policy supplement.
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George McGavin Q&A: “All species live on the knife-edge of survival”
The entomologist on lush prehistoric forests and inescapable doom.
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The legislative battles to watch out for in 2023
UK policymakers and experts reveal the legislation and policy initiatives they have their eye on as parliament returns.
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The UAE must show political leadership in its Cop28 presidency
The former UN climate head asks what it will take for the UAE to successfully lead this year’s climate negotiations.
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New Year promises won’t resolve our meat problem
Just under a third of Brits say they are going reducetarian this year, but we need more to meet climate…
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What Greta Thunberg’s arrest means
Climate activists are facing dark times with courage.
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Sherif Tawfik: The Middle East and Africa are ready to lead on the climate
Microsoft’s chief sustainability officer for MEA on why the region is key to growing the green economy.
“Nothing green” about soaring waste incineration, says former Defra chief scientist
Burned waste is marketed as “renewable” energy, but it produces more carbon emissions than natural gas and is no substitute…
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How many floods will it take for the Tories to take net zero seriously?
“We need more wetlands,” says chair of Natural England, as Chris Skidmore’s review of the government’s climate response is released.
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The climate forecast for 2023: El Niño and more record-breaking temperatures
Last year was the UK’s hottest and climate change heralds further destabilising extremes.
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“We have an open goal”: how Labour plans to unlock the climate vote
A new party forum including leading MPs wants to build consensus and challenge the Tories’ rural dominance.
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Ten crucial questions about the world in 2023
The New Statesman’s writer at large identifies important global trends for the year ahead – and makes some predictions.
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Vivienne Westwood: “I don’t think about posterity at all”
The fashion designer on environmental activism, her friendship with Julian Assange and why punk was just a ”marketing opportunity”.
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Meet the shipping engineer transitioning from oil and gas
Seafarers are having to adapt to new sources of energy.
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