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An Attack of the Bellamoids

James Lovelock says the government’s enthusiasm for wind farms approaches fascism. What is he on about?

The debate over biochar hots up.

Here comes the latest utopian catastrophe: the plan to solve climate change with biochar

If you think preventing climate change is politically difficult, look at the political problems of adapting to it.

Pay drivers to scrap their cars? We might as well burn ten-pound notes in power stations.

The US and British governments have created a private prison industry which preys on human lives.

How the poor were airbrushed from history

An unsentimental appraisal of our energy choices doesn’t boost your popularity.

You don’t have to be a nationalist, or English, to accept the case for an English parliament.

An open letter to Hazel Blears MP, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

Today I launch a prestigious and coveted award. Who will the lucky winner be?

A new mobilisation could revitalise politics in the UK – but only if you get involved.

This is how a government elected to stamp out sleaze became worse than its predecessor.

Here’s how we could solve the credit crunch without giving anything to the banks.

A spectacular confrontation over climate change

Here are the first five of my aggressive interviews with policy-makers, conducted for the Guardian.

In the fifth and final interview in the first series of fierce encounters with policy makers, I give the chief executive of easyJet the third degree.

How did Marxist class warriors end up fighting for the bosses’ right to fly?

The freeze got me on my skates, and brought the loonies out of their holes.

I grill the chief executive of Shell in the fourth of my aggressive interviews with policy makers.