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- Fires of Jharia spell death and disease for villagers Mon, 11 Mar 19, 4:00pmThe inhabitants of a remote village at the heart of India’s coal industry brave deadly sinkholes and toxic gases simply to survive
- Chinese dam project in Guinea could kill up to 1,500 chimpanzees Thu, 28 Feb 19, 5:00pmPlanned Koukoutamba dam to be built in reserve established to protect chimps from mining
- The barefoot engineers of Malawi – in pictures Mon, 11 Feb 19, 6:00pmEight women from rural Malawi travelled to India to train as solar engineers. Now they are lighting the way for their communities, in a country where just 10% of households are powered by electricity
- Toxic mud swamps fortunes of Niger Delta women years after oil spill Wed, 19 Dec 18, 6:00pmOgoniland women produce most of the family’s food but the twin pressures of land grabs and pollution are making it impossible for them to survive
- A billion people without electricity ‘missing out on pledged climate funds’ Tue, 4 Dec 18, 12:03amUN climate summit in Poland will hear public money available is not enough to provide clean energy for those living off-grid
- Singapore, the City in a Garden, sets an example for a green planet Thu, 16 Aug 18, 5:00amSingapore has transformed itself from a hub of pollution to an environmental dream-city in the past 50 years. From afar, the country's landscape looks like any other modern city with abounding skyscrapers etched into its...
- Rich countries pushing 'dirty energy' in Africa, report claims Mon, 23 Jul 18, 3:00pmStudy finds that while wealthy nations advocate renewables at home, 60% of aid to African energy projects went on fossil fuels
- UK must take lead on nuclear weapons | Letters Wed, 18 Jul 18, 2:43amThe tide towards annihilation can be turned if the political will is there, writes CND general secretary Kate HudsonAs your article on nuclear weapons states (All you wanted to know about nuclear war but were too afraid to...
- Jeremy Corbyn puts new focus on inequality but the old challenges loom Tue, 27 Mar 18, 2:18amLabour’s vision to reshape the world order will require political will to end tax evasion and create a fairer global economy
- Blockchain: so much bigger than bitcoin… Sun, 28 Jan 18, 6:00pmFrom voting to healthcare, music to energy production, blockchain may just change the way we run our livesA blockchain allows the authentication of transactions without them needing to be administered or guaranteed by a central...
- How investing in solar energy can create a brighter future for Africa Sat, 16 Dec 17, 6:11amA new scheme aims to lighten the lives of millions who live without electricity, with the promise of a possible 6% return
- Invest in solar for a brighter future for Africa Sat, 16 Dec 17, 2:34amA new scheme aims to lighten the lives of millions who live without electricity, with the promise of a possible 6% return
- The World Bank will stop funding oil and gas projects after 2019 Wed, 13 Dec 17, 5:34amOne of the world's leading financial institutions just announced plans to stop financing oil and gas projects. Today at the One Planet Summit, the World Bank officially announced that it will quit financing upstream oil and...
- Battling a tide of sewage in Brazil: ‘For 17 days we lived with our feet under water’ | Ciro Barros and Iuri Barcelos Mon, 11 Dec 17, 10:25pmResidents near the world’s fourth largest hydroelectric power plant say the Belo Monte dam has made their houses prone to floods of waste water
- In the shadow of Brazil's Belo Monte dam, the homes battling a tide of sewage | Ciro Barros and Iuri Barcelos Mon, 11 Dec 17, 10:25pmResidents living near the world’s fourth largest hydroelectric power plant say it has made their houses prone to floods of waste water, with dengue fever rife