Peat, pesticides and plastic: how British gardeners are destroying the planet
The UK government should urgently agree a ban on peat in horticultural products.
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Storm Eunice won’t be the last extreme weather event to hit the UK
If only British people talked about climate change as much as the weather it’s causing.
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Horror of the high seas comes in rogue waves or the steady rise of storm surges
The destruction wrought on coasts by rising ocean levels will in the end be far more dramatic than the odd…
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To protect net zero we must learn from the Brexit campaign, says Tory MP Chris Skidmore
The former energy minister on why Conservatives championing fracking and gas are betraying their own party.
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Why British banks are less green than they claim
HSBC and other high street banks are signed up to net-zero emissions targets, but they continue to finance oil and…
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Why we need to break up the Treasury
The fiscal, budgetary and economic powers of No 11’s super-department have acted as a blockage on sorely needed investment for…
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Will the lights go out in Europe if Russia invades Ukraine?
Energy experts in Kyiv warn a full-scale invasion could push energy prices even higher and derail climate action.
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The Brexiteer brigade are bored and now they’re coming for net zero
Without the EU for an enemy, Nigel Farage and the right-wing media have set their sights on climate action.
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