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From The Daily Caller 5:07 PM 11/26/2018 | Energy Michael Bastasch | Energy Editor President Donald Trump disagreed with the dire economic projections in the U.S. government’s latest climate report. “I don’t...

Readers including Fawzi Ibrahim and Caroline Lucas MP discuss ways to combat greenhouse gas emissions and tackle climate changeThe “final tick box” to limit global warming is not just political (Global warming must not...

As a wealthy, warm country, the US would benefit from implementing a carbon tax to slow global warming

In conference speech Labour leader to lay out plans to change direction of economy

Anglo-Saxon capitalism’s drive to maximise profits in the short term won’t save the planet. Perhaps the Chinese model can?

With the base rate in the eurozone still at 0%, funds are flowing back to the US using a myriad of financial instrumentsWhile governments around the world contemplate the fallout from Donald Trump’s trade war with China,...

Advances in clean energy expected to cause a sudden drop in demand for fossil fuels, leaving companies with trillions in stranded assets

A possible future that climatologists treat as the worst of the worst, because it would produce huge greenhouse gas emissions, might lead to even more emissions than believed

As countries get richer, they start replanting their forests – but this is not a big environmental gain because they “export” the deforestation to poor countries

Tourism is being blamed for 8 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions, and it emits more every year – making it harder to stop dangerous climate change

The Finnish government is planning to conclude its much-touted universal basic income experiment at the end of a two-year study period instead of extending it...

Labour’s vision to reshape the world order will require political will to end tax evasion and create a fairer global economy

If we are to reduce our consumption levels, says Linda Marriott, we must walk the walk, not just talk the talkBravo, Mark Boyle – your world sounds very beguiling to an oldie like me (I left a troubled world behind...

A Texas couple have opened a new restaurant that offers a pay-what-you-can model. Taste Community Restaurant targets middle class people struggling to get by who still deserve excellent food at a price they can afford. "Specifically,"...

The latest article in our new economics series looks at what happened when a German utilities contract expired, and one man thought his neighbours could take over