The Climate Emergency

Stuart Spray speaks to the residents of Great Plumpton, close to a shale gas exploration site, about the realities of fracking – as Westminster descends into chaos over banning it

The country is following a familiar pattern of environmental, energy and economic-driven state failure – and if the next government refuses to break with neoliberal orthodoxy, it will only accelerate this downwards trajectory, writes Nafeez Ahmed

Government cuts have hamstrung the regulator at exactly the wrong moment, reports Andrew Kersley

A dynamic collaboration could turn two of England's largest cities into green technology leaders in the race to net zero, reports Stuart Spray

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shaken an already precarious consensus on climate action, says Thomas Perrett