The UK was among the countries which signed up to the Powering Past Coal alliance, launched at the Bonn climate talks. But with coal generating just two percent of power in August, meeting the target of 2025 is all to easy. For other European countries - Poland and Spain included - phasing out coal will be an even greater challenge. NATALIE BENNETT investigates.
Michael Gove, the environment secretary, will today announce plans to radically reform the payment of farm subsidies - in the wake of Brexit. If the promise is kept and the changes implemented well these changes could support a growing minority of farmers attempting to end soil depletion and economic destruction.
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Agroecology for Food and Farming has warned poor international trade deals made following Brexit could have a significant impact on British farmers - and in turn the regional and global environment. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports.
This Boxing Day hunts will take place across the UK. But over all, 2017 has already been a bad year for those who like to chase and kill animals for fun. CHRIS PITT, deputy director of Campaigns at the League Against Cruel Sports, is on the scent.
JONATHON PORRITT was the key speaker at the official launch of ClimateKeys during the at Markson Pianos Concert Series in London during October this year. The concert was a call to action on climate change. This is the speech he gave, edited for The Ecologist.
Shopping is about to reach frenzy levels as the to-do list gets ever longer. And then there is that wonderful person in your life whose present cannot be fur, meat, plastic - or boring. BRENDAN MONTAGUE asked ethical companies for their best gift ideas this Christmas.
The Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy is empowering a new generation of Kenyans to reclaim the conservationist narrative. HUMPRHEY KARIUKI, a patron of the society, explores how wildlife conservation in Africa is harmed by a Western dominated approach.
Theresa May's party made a commitment to delivering the lowest cost power in Europe. The Conservatives also promised utter impartiality in deciding between power generation technologies. So how can it now justify a pro-nuclear energy policy that could cost each household £12,600? OLIVER TICKELL investigates
Green party deputy leader AMELIA WOMACK tried to cut plastic out of her life after witnessing haunting images of a bird struggling because its stomach was lined with waste. But the ingrained nature of plastic in modern society made the task much harder than expected. This is her story.
The building of the proposed Chutka nuclear plant in the tribal-dominated Mandla district in central India will mean the local population will be displaced - for the second time. It will also contribute to global greenhouse gas emissions. Faced with injustice and threats to their safety and livelihoods, villagers have started a two-month long campaign. KUMAR SUNDARAM reports.
The number of hedgehogs in rural areas has halved, and in cities fallen by a third. If we ignore the plummeting decline of our much loved native hedgehog we won’t be seeing them in the near future, warns CLIVE HARRIS
Ethical shopping could reach record levels this Christmas if trends continue, with growth of sustainable products up across the board. CATHERINE EARLY reports.
The latest report from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit shows how the understanding of the connections between climate change and extreme weather events is evolving rapidly. JACK ALEXANDER reports on how the links between weather and climate change and its impact on policy making is more important now than ever.
