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- Country diary: vanished giants of the age of coal Thu, 2 Jan 20, 4:30pmIronbridge Gorge, Shropshire: There was something monumental about these terracotta-coloured funnels, these magical vessels of rain-river-cloud
- Can we humans save ourselves from self-destruction? | Letters Wed, 8 May 19, 2:59amRichard Middleton, Robin Russell-Jones, Judith Wright, Tom Fyans, Richard Aldwinckle, John Nissen, and Mayer Hillman respond to the latest dire warnings from scientists and policymakers on biodiversity and climate changeEduardo...
- Ministers to review Durham open-cast mine decision Thu, 17 Jan 19, 3:34amGovernment admits process that allowed Pont Valley site to begin operating was flawed
- New oil threat looms over England's national park land, campaigners warn Fri, 16 Mar 18, 3:21amMore than 71,000 hectares of protected countryside in the south-east face risk of drilling
- Industrial landscape should be protected | Letters Thu, 1 Feb 18, 5:05amDonal Boyle says Historic England must preserve some of the country’s cooling towers; while David Smythe says there is no justification for fracking in the UKWe are in danger of losing a major feature of the late 20th-century...
- Towers in a landscape Wed, 13 Apr 16, 2:30pmIronbridge Gorge As the reasons for the old power station’s cooling towers being there fade from memory, they become more enigmatic, more magical
- Shenhua coalmine unearths Nationals’ lack of leadership on land usage Thu, 16 Jul 15, 3:56pmWhile Barnaby Joyce has been vociferous in his opposition to the Shenhua mine, the Nationals leader, Warren Truss, has not uttered a word
- People power has shut the doors on fracking in the UK Sat, 4 Jul 15, 1:11amRelentless local protests and a damning report have dealt a double blow to a fledgling fracking industry, but the companies aren’t going to go away
- Government ordered to publish redacted fracking report in full Fri, 19 Jun 15, 1:45amHeavily redacted report on the impact of fracking in the UK should be released in full, information commissioner tells environment department
- It’s time to talk honestly about fracking | Letters Thu, 11 Jun 15, 4:34amHaving access to gas is a matter of national security. Our homes and large parts of British industry need gas; any suggestion to the contrary is just not the real world. The truth is we are going to be using gas, including...
- Quarry threatens Cornish beauty spot | Letter from Nicholas Serota Fri, 5 Jun 15, 3:56amYou quote Tidal Lagoon Power, the company led by Mark Shorrock, as saying both “judge us on our record to date” and “no decisions have been taken” to source materials from Cornwall (Cornish up in arms over Swansea’s...
- Can bladeless wind turbines mute opposition? Mon, 1 Jun 15, 9:56pmA more efficient and less intrusive wind turbine design has been welcomed by two of the UK industry’s biggest critics and government regulators
- Vote who, go green? Parties diverge on how to save the planet Fri, 1 May 15, 4:00pmThe big issue: Each day this week we are looking at key election issues. The environment has been neglected since Cameron’s ‘vote blue, go green’ slogan – but energy problems will be back in the spotlight in the next...
- These new electricity pylons will make Britain a duller place | Flash Bristow Mon, 13 Apr 15, 6:26pmThe National Grid’s safe, boring T-pylon design is a wasted opportunity to dot the countryside with innovative structuresA new style of electricity pylon has been unveiled by the National Grid...
- Minister's claims that solar panels harm UK food security are false Wed, 18 Feb 15, 4:09amDocuments from environment secretary Liz Truss’s own department reveal they lack any data to back up claims used to justify removal of subsidies from farm land with solar panels