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Climate change

We don’t need nuclear power to tackle climate change

I’ve always kept an open mind about nuclear power, but after four decades working on this issue, I’m still waiting for someone to prove me wrong.

by Jonathon Porritt June 1, 2021

A person looks at a distant oil platform through binoculars.

Climate change

Can the UK really stop drilling new oil and gas wells?

Five tough questions about Greenpeace’s campaign - answered by an expert.

by Philip Evans June 1, 2021

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Climate change

Revealed: the UK’s worst carbon polluters aren’t who you think

Regulating the finance sector is probably the biggest single thing the government could do to stop the global climate catastrophe.

by Bryony Walker June 1, 2021

A humpback whale leaps out of a blue ocean

Climate change

Why a Global Ocean Treaty is the best hope for saving our seas

We all rely on the oceans for our survival, but they’re in serious trouble. Luckily there’s a new UN treaty in the works that could transform how our oceans are…

by Jack Bullett May 18, 2021

Air travel

Airlines are selling carbon offsets as the solution to climate change. Here’s why they’re wrong

Offsetting can't make flying ‘carbon neutral’, no matter what the airlines say.

by Helle Abelvik-Lawson, Sam Wockner May 10, 2021

Climate change

Sacrifice zones: the places being destroyed by our toxic system – and the dangerous ‘climate solutions’ that could make them worse

The existence of sacrifice zones shows how our system values some lives over others. But some climate solutions are set to sacrifice even more places to environmental crises.

by Maja Darlington April 19, 2021

Climate change

The oil and gas industry is failing its offshore workers. It’s time to give them a way out

The government's new wave of oil and gas licences keeps us tied to a declining industry. Offshore workers deserve better.

by Helle Abelvik-Lawson March 31, 2021

Climate change

Cold weather and climate change explained

The polar vortex isn’t something out of science fiction – it explains why we sometimes get freezing cold weather from climate change.

by Helle Abelvik-Lawson March 22, 2021

Climate change

World Water Day: What water means around the world – and how communities are fighting for it

All across the world, clean water is becoming increasingly scarce. Here’s how people are fighting for our most precious resource.

by Helle Abelvik-Lawson, Angela Glienicke March 19, 2021

Climate change

Government finally intervenes in plan for Cumbria coal mine after climate backlash

People power works! In a dramatic twist of events the government has announced it will intervene in the decision on a new climate-wrecking coal mine in Cumbria.

by Sam Wockner March 17, 2021