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
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
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
New research shows dolphins learning to walk on water from one another. Could this passing fad teach us more about cultural behaviours in dolphin communities? MARIANNE BROOKER reports
Diplomats from around the world have gathered in Thailand's capital this week for an additional round of UN climate negotiations. The Bangkok Summit will establish the Rules for the Paris Agreement. ARTHUR WYNS reports from the negotiations
Council-run pension funds are investing billions in overseas fracking industries, new data from 350.org, Platform and Friends of the Earth has shown. MARIANNE BROOKER 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
