UK urged to follow Denmark in ending North Sea oil and gas exploration

Britain must end all oil and gas extraction in the North Sea as a matter of…

‘It always hits me hard’: how a haunting album helped save the whales

Roger Payne has played the sounds made by humpback whales to thousands of people – “more…

Best tech of 2020: an eco vacuum, electric car and a GBP12 kettle

A robot vacuum that deals with the unpleasant job of emptying the dust bag, a swivelling…

If we can grow cruelty-free meat in a lab, what is there to beef about? | Barbara Ellen

With the developments in laboratory-cultured meat, vegetarians and vegans need to ask themselves: is it still…

‘We’ve lost our moral authority’: Kinzinger unwilling to back off Trump

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The beauty of starling murmurations – in pictures

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Cities can lead a green revolution after Covid. In Barcelona, we’re showing how | Ada Colau

The pandemic will leave behind a very different world from that of a year ago. Thousands…

The Danish climate minister closing down the oil industry for good

Denmark’s climate minister is fairly certain that the deal to close down the nation’s oil industry…

How coal baron Trevor St Baker turned a $1m power plant into a money-making machine

If you are hoping to make your way in the energy business, you could do worse…

A change in the weather: new demand for TV presenters to include climate in forecasts

Graham Creed has spent 30 years with his head in synoptic charts, and for the past…