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The end of the oil age won't be a pretty thing, but a new report by Deutsche Bank suggests it could be even uglier than we feared...

UK energy company promises to use gas from food waste and sewage to provide homes with 'green' gas supplies

As the Copenhagen summit becomes shrouded in pessimism, the Edenbee Facebook application is bringing individuals and groups together to make carbon-cutting commitments.

A new project at Bath University shows that building with straw is not just eco-friendly, but cheap, easily adaptable and fully recyclable at the end of its life

How much would you have to be paid for each bullet loaded into a gun in a game of Russian Roulette? A runner-up in the Ecologist/nef essay competition...

Former Paraguayan government minister makes plea for West to intervene in runaway illegal logging situation displaced from Brazil

Although much maligned as a measurement of progress, some believe a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) measurement that includes natural capital could be the way forward

Rapping about climate change, big pharma and peak oil brings a new edge to a medium still saturated with lyrics of violence and consumerism

One of Ireland's best-known chefs, Darina Allen takes the fear out of buying fresh, whole fish with her simple preparation guide

Climate Radio reports on a hunger protest started in response to the lack of progress at recent climate talks

Using the term 'pesticides' generically can mislead and confuse

An installation featuring giant tropical tree stumps in Trafalgar square is designed to symbolise threatened rainforest trees throughout the world

Are we risking serious problems if action to tackle deforestation assumes that a tonne of tree carbon is the same as a tonne of fossil carbon?

Early falls in pesticide use on GM crops in the United States have been replaced by rapid increases according to study

Gambia needs serious adaption policies rather than monthly clean-up days to cope with rising sea levels and drainage problems