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EXCLUSIVE University Deal with Oil Giant Leads to Student Anger
Exeter University announces new, five-year funding arrangement with Shell, as students urge campuses to divest from fossil fuel interests, reports Max Colbert
‘Big Agricultural Firms are Plunging the Food System into Crisis’
Influential agribusiness monopolists and food producers appear to be cynically using the war in Ukraine and the aftermath of the pandemic to exert political influence, writes Thomas Perrett
Cumbria Coal Mine: ‘A Subterranean White Elephant’ in the Works
Stuart Spray reports on the reaction by politicians, environmental groups and climate activists to the Government's go-ahead for the country's first coal mine in 30 years
Cumbria Coal Mine: Climate Sacrificed Again Over Divisions in the Conservative Party
Approving Britain's first coal mine in 30 years will reap negligible economic benefits and cause significant environmental damage - but the decision was taken for reasons closer to home for the Tories, writes Thomas Perrett
COP15: Environmental Groups Call Out Government’s Failures on Reversing Biodiversity Loss
As the UN Biodiversity Conference kicks off, Stuart Spray reports on the UK's lack of progress in combating biodiversity loss over the past 12 years on the Conservatives' watch
The Sewage Scandal: ‘The Worst We Have Seen in Years’ - Why British Bathing Water is the Dirtiest in Europe
With its budget halved, the Environment Agency has seen a dramatic drop in enforcement actions against utility companies that continue to pollute our waterways
The Government’s Energy Price Guarantee is Subsidising High Carbon Lifestyles
Thiemo Fetzer, Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick, argues that the Government’s response to the energy crisis is wasting a unique opportunity
EXCLUSIVE The Great Contraction: How the End of Cheap Money and Energy Will Degrade or Renew Civilisation
Nafeez Ahmed predicted the 2008 financial crash. But it was not resolved and has led to a more profound crisis which will require a major restructuring of the global economy to survive
‘Stubborn Optimism Will Pave the Way to Climate Disaster’
We can’t seriously address the climate emergency until we admit that some of our hopes have died, writes Rupert Read
Fossil Fuel Giants Set to Avoid More than Half of the Government’s Hiked Windfall Tax
The UK’s rigged energy market will do little to restrain the cost of living crisis or promote renewables, says Thomas Perrett
A City Caught Between Industrial Change and Climate Change
Sam Bright examines how Britain can learn from the city of Groningen in the Netherlands, and how our recent political history provides a warning to the Dutch establishment
EXCLUSIVE Sponsor Microsoft Partnering with Egypt's Big Oil Drive to ‘Increase’ Fossil Fuel Investments
Documents reveal Microsoft is working with the Egyptian Government to use COP27 to maximise fossil fuel exploitation – and the owners of the Daily Mail are helping them
‘“Some Sort of Reparations” Cannot Be Out of the Question’
COP27 has exposed the hypocrisy of world leaders who refuse to acknowledge it is incumbent on wealthier nations to invest in worldwide climate adaptation, writes Thomas Perrett
EXCLUSIVE Boris Johnson’s Ex-PR Guru Lands Role at Fracking Giant
The appointment raises fresh questions about the 'revolving door' between energy companies and the Government, reports Sascha Lavin
‘I Saw Many Prisoners Led Away to be Hanged’: A Britain Pensioner Inside an Egyptian Prison
As COP27 continues in Egypt, Duncan Campbell talks to Charles Ferndale, sentenced to death in Cairo in 2013
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