Politics And Economics

Climate change could destabilise countries and force US military intervention

Lack of market for wind power in UK exposed as protest ends

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

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

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

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

Current oil consumption is unsustainable and supplies are likely to reach a peak within the next decade, says IEA

In the cut-throat world of clean energy investment, is it more important that things are done for the right reason, or that the right thing gets done? We may not like the answer...

Giant wind farms may grab the headlines but plans to develop local off-grid electricity will have bigger impact on Africans and carbon emissions

Climate Camp activists are expecting more aggressive police tactics this summer

This easy-to-understand guide demystifies the economic system and explains how the 'eco' can be put back into 'economics'

Vedanta Resources plc, the company behind a devastating new mine in India, is facing disruption to its London AGM over its actions

Are we ready to trust policymakers and scientists as they judge the potential and acceptability of nanotechnologies?

MP's report leaves environmentalists facing a dilemma, should they allow GM crop trials or not?

Too much political grandstanding has been done with Eco-Towns - the basic idea is sound, but poor planning and a lack of local involvement will doom them to failure, says Dr Gareth Potts

Scaled-back, out-sourced or privatised, there's no doubt that the Post Office - the hub of many rural communities - is in a sorry state. Is there a way that local communities can band together to preserve local facilities?

Turkey's plans for a hydroelectric dam on the Tigris have been scrapped as Europe withdraws funds for a failure to meet environmental obligations, while plans for the trans-Europe Nabucco gas pipeline are ratified

New research has revealed that a lack of finance and political commitment lie at the heart of the slow take-up of renewables, as a UK think tank calls for cash for low-carbon technology to be ringfenced

The outgoing chief of the Government's independent sustainability watchdog, Jonathon Porritt, has criticised the Treasury and Department for Business for a failure to advance the sustainable development agenda

Note to politicians: surviving the current financial crisis means accepting that capitalism is broke

Eager to placate disgruntled Senators and world leaders alike, Barack Obama has said he has no plans to levy charges on goods from countries that have not signed a post-Kyoto climate change agreement

Land victory will allow Borneo’s indian tribes to fight palm oil industries, although use of sustainable palm oil sits at a mere one per cent.