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Similarities in the gestures used by children and gorillas reveal an evolutionary history of communication. MARIANNE BROOKER reports

Oil-funded lobbyists increased their attacks on climate science as Bill Clinton’s new policy era began. BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates

The campaign against fracking began with concerns about the local environment, and the impact on communities. It then took in the global issues of climate change and energy. Now local people are growing ever more concerned about democracy and state power, argues NATALIE BENNETT

Thousands of shoppers across the world will take action against single-use plastics in supermarkets this Saturday. MARIANNE BROOKER reports

The Green party in Sweden "scraped over the threshold for parliamentary representation with 4.4 percent" at this week's election. RICHARD ORANGE reports from Malmö on the problems facing the environmentalists

Fakenomics: This is the story of how John Blundell - close friend to US oil billionaires - challenged the young Roger Bate to set up the climate denying 'Environment Unit' inside free-market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs. BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates

The iconic landscape of the Norfolk and Lincolnshire coast is changing rapidly. Data suggests it's not being properly monitored and experts are worried. EMMA HOWARD reports

Data shows that 47 percent of sites of special scientific interest have not been monitored in the last six years, as is required by national guidelines. EMMA HOWARD investigates

Rural policing is overstretched and under-resoursed, and the countryside's wildlife could be suffering as a result. LESLEY DOCKSEY reports

The intimate friendship between free-market libertarian John Blundell and the oil billionaire Koch brothers was also enduring. BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates

Energy independence can have huge benefits for countries - particularly the United States. Energy independence gives economic freedom and the opportunity to branch out further into the renewable energy sector. EMILY FOLK reports

John Blundell worked for the Institute of Humane Studies in the United States - a think tank funded and controlled by the oil billionaire Koch brothers. He was then hired by the Institute of Economic Affairs - Britain's first think tank - and the birthplace of UK climate denial. BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates

People are - finally - buying electric cars. But will sales lift off as solar panel installations did? And will it make a difference to air pollution and climate change? DAMIAN KAHYA, editor of Unearthed, investigates

Party conference season is almost upon us. Politicians and lobbyists gather together hoping to shape future party and government policy. MARK BANAHAN from The Vegan Society assesses the impact the highest profile politicians have had on veganism, both in the UK and abroad

MAT HOPE, Editor of DeSmog UK, argues that fake news on climate change can be defeated, but only if those checking it are properly resourced.

FAKENOMICS: The Institute of Economic Affairs was the first think tank in the UK to promote climate denial. This is the story of how John Blunder, its then director general, recruited British students with a flair for free market economics to the US for internships at Koch-funded think tanks. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports

Rising oil prices correlate to higher compensation for chief executives, yet their pay cheques don't go down when prices fall, research shows. LUCAS DAVIS and CATHERINE HAUSMAN report

The BBC needs to better educate and inform its audience about the severities of climate change. Children's author SUE HAMPTON sets out five ways in which it can clean up its act

Biosphere 2 was a radical experiment that advanced the science of biospherics, pioneered eco-technologies and inspired with its vision of how the technosphere and biosphere can be brought into harmony, argues crew member MARK NELSON

Fakenomics: When free-marketeer, Friedrich von Hayek, died in 1992 he left a legacy of neoliberal think tanks that would work against climate change. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports

Fakenomics: Fred Smith has been a leading figure in the oil funded US climate denial industry. Here, he reveals the relationship between the energy industry funders and the free market think tanks who attack climate scientists. BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates

a group of six women campaigners defending their right to protest against a fossil fuel company which sought a wide-ranging injunction to restrict direct action at drilling sites. CHLOE FARAND reports

After a summer of heatwaves, and ahead of the Rise for Climate day of action on 8 September, PAYAL PAREKH reflects on what gives her hope for a better world

Forest fires in Indonesian palm oil concessions are destroying the local environment, polluting the air and endangering lives. The concessions belong to major household brands, such as Nestlé and Unilever. MARIANNE BROOKER reports