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Instead of spending taxpayers' money propping up factory farms, UK government should support planet-friendly farming• Guardian campaign Biodiversity 100• Tell us how governments should halt biodiversity lossMankind has...

Greenpeace's occupation of an Arctic rig carries a simple message: stop drilling for fossil fuelsTen days ago I received a letter from Cairn Energy, the British company at the centre of Greenpeace's current direct action...

Concerted action to tackle climate change will happen only if the public demands it for the sake of future generations"How did you become an activist?" I was surprised by the question...

As we look for alternatives to oil, our familiar pattern of meadows and pastures could become interspersed with biofuel plantationsYesterday Dustin Benton of the Campaign to Protect Rural England criticised the vision for...

Fighting climate change is not only about energy – it's about how we want our landscapes to look, work and be workedAs an environmentalist, it's easy to be discouraged by the slow progress in actually cutting carbon, but...

Nuclear energy is not on the rise – the hard facts point to a continuing, slow phase-out around the worldRepeatedly in recent years there have been calls for a revival of nuclear power...

Fighting climate change is not only about energy – it's about how we want our landscapes to look, work and be workedAs an environmentalist, it's easy to be discouraged by the slow progress in actually cutting carbon, but...

Micro-renewables do not make economic sense. Policymakers must take responsibilty for getting value from taxpayers' moneyChris Huhne's announcement that local authorities will be allowed to sell electricity to the National...

Faced by the scale of this human, economic and ecological catastrophe, can the US – and the rest of the world – begin to wean itself off oil?We thought it was big, but now we know it is huge – the greatest accidental...

Faced by the scale of this human, economic and ecological catastrophe, can the US – and the rest of the world – begin to wean itself off oil?We thought it was big, but now we know it is huge – the greatest accidental...

The BP oil spill shows our blind faith in technology – when what the US really needs is behavioural and political changeIf there is one true religion in the US, it leads us to worship at the altar of technology...

Axing the Sustainable Development Commission makes no sense – economically or environmentally. It's dogma-driven and brazenly cynicalAs the former chair of the Sustainable Development Commission (SDC), I'm clearly going...

The decision to stop funding the Sustainable Development Commission is the definitive false economySaving money can cost a fortune. The government's decision to scrap the Sustainable Development Commission will save £3m...

Experiments in fusion power have at last started to prove its viability. It would be foolish not to continue funding researchFusion is arguably the perfect way to power the world. For one thing, there is enough fusion fuel...

The oil company might give generously to arts organisations, but Tate and other museums must live up to their ethical commitments. It's time to ditch this tainted sponsorJonathan Jones has some simple words of advice for...