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Climate Radio gets the lowdown on the climate rally taking place in central London this weekend, 'The Wave' and also hears from a Climate Justice hunger striker

Ewan discovers that 'overland traveller' has become something of a category, but one into which he's happy to fit

Emissions under the carbon trading proposals would not have started to decline until after 2030 say campaigners

Treasury accused of writing a 'blank cheque' with taxpayers' money for bank to make environmentally-damaging investments

You can turn it into everything from fuel to plastics. But will the surge in demand for sugar end up having a serious environmental impact?

Phasing out fossil fuels, encouraging faster take-up of renewables and making radical improvements in energy efficiency would double Europe's emission cuts, says study

Jordans cereals founder Bill Jordan says his company's method of farming can feed the world and safeguard biodiversity

Many plastic bags end up as waste on our streets, parks and beaches. Rosie Barnes' photographs capture these blots on the landscape

Campaigners say the Government is underestimating the potential of small-scale renewable electricity generation in the UK

The Ecologist brings you in-depth investigations, covering some of the most important environmental issues of the day....

In this month's newsletter we look at the implications of a plan to privatise Indonesia's coastline; we ask whether fossil carbon and tree carbon are equivalent; examine whether the Arctic will become more dangerous as it melts; and wonder whether evolution has anything to offer environmentalists. To download, scroll to the bottom of the page...

Ecologist Editor Mark Anslow explores the fallout from the leaked email exchanges between climate scientists

Rising emissions and support for tar oil sands leads prominent figures to call for suspension

Major setback for nuclear energy plans as watchdog's report finds flaws in US and French models

Sundance Renewables in Wales is a pioneering workers' co-operative and social enterprise converting used cooking oil into a low emissions alternative to diesel