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Applauding Themselves to Death

Why the UN climate talks have wasted 23 years, and how this can change.

The government has torpedoed its promised community energy revolution – to the benefit of big business.

As soon as an animal becomes extinct, a new bill proposes, it will be classified as “non-native”.

Why collapse and salvation are hard to distinguish from each other.

Ill-informed and incoherent: the head of the National Trust talks nonsense on fracking.

The governments of Britain, Canada and Australia are trying to stamp out scientific dissent.

Could fracking prevent climate change denial?

Promoting extractive industries is seen by politicians as a proper, manly pursuit, even if it makes no sense.

Why are we exploiting unconventional gas when we can’t afford to burn existing supplies?

We were wrong about peak oil: there’s enough in the ground to deep-fry the planet.

It looks as if the UK government is allowing shale gas fracking companies to regulate themselves.