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The discovery of a new great ape species – the Tapanuli orangutan – has not stopped a Chinese state-run hydropower company from clearing forest for a planned dam...

As the country rushes to cut carbon emissions by 26%, campaigners worry that forests and wildlife are being trampled

Bruce Kent of CND and Linda Rogers respond to Owen Jones’ article on Jeremy Corbyn and the UK’s nuclear weapons. Plus letters from Mike Clancy of Prospect, Frank Jackson and David LowryCan Owen Jones (Corbyn has to lead...

Despite promises of revitalisation from Japan’s government, seven years on from the nuclear disaster the area is still desolate

Seven years after the nuclear disaster, 50,000 people have yet to return to their homes, but the dream of going back endures

The treaty determines entitlement to Timor Sea oil and gas reserves, including in the Greater Sunrise basin

New deal replaces previous attempt at treaty torn up after it emerged Timorese negotiators had been bugged

Australia sells South Korea $6bn of coal a year, so Canberra unease over the governor’s anti-coal message is unsurprising

Scientists say consumers should be wary of buying any seafood that may have passed through the area until the toxic impact of the spill has been assessed

Satellite imaging shows four large slicks spreading amid concerns for the marine ecosystem

Britain should follow China’s example on renewables, writes Feargal Dalton, and Ian Paul urges the UK to step up to the recycling challenge. Neil Sinclair wants a fossil fuel-free February, while Grace Hewson wants a plastic-free...

IEEFA report says China will dominate international investment in renewable technology over the next several decades

Panels which lie under transparent concrete are dug up in what is believed to be a case of technology theft

China and South Korea mount search operation for crew of Iranian tanker spilling oil east of Shanghai after collision with Hong Kong freighter

Jenny Jones says the UK must respond proactively to news that China has banned imports of millions of tons of plastic wasteThis could be the year we start burning more of our waste than recycling it (China’s plastic waste...