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Help the Campaign for Better Transport push for cheaper, greener, less crowded trains by filling in a simple online form

All hail the rise of the Fair Trade Panama hat. Laura Sevier meets ethical fashion pioneer Carry Somers of Pachacuti

Ewan journeys south through China, lapping up culture and language, but all the while aware that any train he boards is likely to be effectively coal powered. Coach is it, then...

Hostile police tactics at the Kingsnorth and G20 camps has not put protesters off as climate camp goes global

Former Minister's call to triple the contribution of nuclear power in UK dismissed as scare tactics

When it comes to playing cards, this is a rigged deck. Rigged, that is, with information on pretty much every single important social, environmental and economic issue humankind is ever likely to face...

Consumers encouraged to have their say on what is wrong with the current global food system

Food Ethics Council policy director Sean Roberts explains why a debate on fairness in food and farming is long overdue

Climate change campaigner Dan Glass explains why he and other protesters have set up camp on the site of a proposed coal mine

Biogas - a methane-rich fuel made from rotting food waste or sewage - has huge potential as a clean, green fuel for the UK. But a perverse web of subsidies, rules and contracts could mean UK councils are about to kiss goodbye to the real power of waste...

Suppliers rejoice at calls for an independent Ombudsman but supermarkets already lobbying against the decision

Government-owned Royal Mint admits it has no ethical sourcing policy

Fighting a mine funded by foreign investment in Gabon has seen Marc Ona Essangui spend time in prison, but his only response, he says, is 'serenity'

Climate Camp 2009 looms... so what better than to look back on last year's event and marvel at how misreported the whole thing was

Survival International says holiday resorts are putting tribal peoples' lives at risk.