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- UK cities expected to get millions of pounds for green energy projects Wed, 13 Sep 17, 3:00pmMinisters are thought to be planning to offer £3m for initiatives such as solar panels on social housing
- Britain spent 'twice as much on overseas fossil fuels as renewables' Fri, 11 Aug 17, 3:01pmNearly half of £6.1bn energy spending in developing countries from 2010-14 went on oil, coal and gas-fired schemes, data shows
- The right language to protect the natural world | Letters Thu, 10 Aug 17, 4:50amReaders respond to George Monbiot’s recent article and news that the US Department of Agriculture is censoring use of term ‘climate change’George Monbiot’s call to reconsider how we name things (Forget ‘the environment’...
- The Guardian view on air pollution proposals: too little, much too late | Editorial Thu, 27 Jul 17, 4:42amIf the UK government is serious about cutting noxious emissions, it needs to step on it. We should not have to wait 23 years to breathe easyOnly 20 years ago, it would have sounded like the stuff of fantasy: a clean, green...
- Tackling the plastic bottle crisis and our wider disregard for nature | Letters Sat, 1 Jul 17, 4:13amGreen co-leader Caroline Lucas says she hopes to build a cross-party coalition to stop bottle wastage, while other correspondents offer their thoughts on protecting the environment
- Not so green: how the weed industry is a glutton for fossil fuels Tue, 20 Jun 17, 9:00pmProducing a few pounds of weed can have the same environmental toll as driving across America seven times – harming cities’ and states’ plans to curb emissions
- The Greens would ditch Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant | Damian Carrington Wed, 7 Jun 17, 3:00pmGuardian experts give their view on the main parties’ public service manifesto pledges. Here, our environment editor looks at energy, pollution and recycling
- Sensors, plants and waste heat: Adelaide hospital's bid to be most energy-efficient Mon, 5 Jun 17, 9:19amWhen it finally opens in September, the complex will have the latest energy efficiency technology – but will it be worth the $2.3bn spent?
- Could citizens’ wealth funds halt the dominance of the financial elite? Mon, 22 May 17, 6:00pmThe Conservative manifesto pledges to create ‘Future Britain’ wealth funds, and a shale gas fund is under discussion at the Treasury. Is the UK finally waking up to the opportunity such schemes offer for tackling inequality?
- Scotland hosts groundbreaking wind energy project to build new homes Wed, 19 Apr 17, 4:30pmHousing association invests in electricity-generating turbines that will fund affordable homes in rural ScotlandAmid the rolling hills and woodland pastures of south-east Scotland, a wind of change is blowing through communities...
- The Venus Project envisions a sustainable redesign of our cities and civilization Mon, 27 Feb 17, 11:40pmPoverty, crime, and homelessness are still rampant problems in countries around the world. 100-year-old futurist Jacque Fresco and architectural illustrator Roxanne Meadows founded The Venus Project to not only address these...
- Revealed: thousands of children at London schools breathe toxic air Sat, 25 Feb 17, 2:01amExclusive: 802 schools, nurseries and colleges are in areas where levels of nitrogen dioxide breach EU legal limits
- Energy companies are cheaper and cleaner when run by the council Fri, 3 Jun 16, 4:08pmLondon mayor Sadiq Khan has pledged to follow Nottingham and Bristol in setting up a council energy company – and it could shake up the whole market
- From the favelas: the rise of rooftop solar projects in Brazil Tue, 24 May 16, 9:06pmNew regulations open up an unexplored market for solar in heavily populated areas such as favelas, led by co-operatives, social startups and small businesses
- North Yorkshire council backs first UK fracking tests for five years Tue, 24 May 16, 4:32amCouncil approves shale gas tests in village of Kirby Misperton despite receiving 4,375 objections to the plans