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Novara FM: A Simple Plan to Save the World

Mass rewilding, worldwide socialist planning and universal veganism? It won't be easy but it's our best shot at the good life, say the authors of Half-Earth Socialism.

Opinion: The Government Is Using the War in Ukraine to Abandon Its Climate Targets

Sam Knights

In response to the war in Ukraine, Boris Johnson has ordered more fossil fuel extraction in the North Sea. But weaning ourselves off Russian oil and gas shouldn’t mean drilling for fossil fuels at home, argues Sam Knights.

Long Read: What Will It Take for the Climate Movement to Win?

Nicholas Beuret

Everything we’re doing to tackle the climate crisis is failing. In order to make real progress, we need to build blockades, argues Nicholas Beuret.

Opinion: Stop Using Disabled People As an Excuse Not to Ban Cars in Cities

Charlie Hertzog Young

Accessible solutions to car-free cities are out there. We just need to care enough about disabled people to implement them, writes Charlie Hertzog Young.

Opinion: Putin’s War is Bad News for the Climate

Paul Rogers

Russia’s attack on Ukraine will likely provoke major upheavals in the global economy - and pro-carbon lobbies have spied an opportunity. Paul Rogers explains.

Image shows a man standing on top of a white van with the word 'police' printed on it in blue letters. The man is wearing black trousers and holding a red and blue sign that reads 'insulate britain' printed in white block capitals.

Opinion: Cold Homes Kill 10,000 People a Year. Why Isn’t Retrofitting Higher on the Agenda?

Alex D King

Insulate Britain’s tactics might be divisive, but they’re right about one thing, writes Alex D King: retrofitting should be one of the climate movement’s central demands.

Green party co-leader Carla Denyer sits on a red seat in Bristol city hall

Interview: Could This Be the Green Party’s Second MP?

Aaron Bastani

The Greens have quietly tripled their councillors since 2018. With new co-leader Carla Denyer eyeing a second seat in Westminster, Aaron Bastani went to Bristol to discover how she plans to overturn a thumping Labour majority.

Ash Wednesday: Why Do Rich People in Cities Drive Gas Guzzling SUVs?

SUVs are polluting, tacky, and more likely to result in a fatal collision than any other kind of car. So why do rich people like them so much? Ash Sarkar goes to Kensington and Chelsea – home to more SUVs than any other part of the country – to find out whether posh people can […]

Analysis: Cambo Has Been Halted – But Britain’s Love Affair With Oil and Gas Isn’t Over

Tessa Khan

Last week Shell pulled out of the Cambo North Sea oil field. With the project now officially halted, Tessa Khan explains how much work remains to end the UK state’s addiction to oil and gas.

Novara Docs: Is Britain Leading on Climate Change?

Since the days of Margaret Thatcher, Britain has claimed to be a ‘climate leader’. But when we look at the country’s record both past and present, this really couldn’t be further from the truth.

Downstream: How the Mainstream Media Enabled Climate Denial

Aaron Bastani speaks to George Monbiot about COP26, which countries are climate change leaders and how the mainstream media enabled a culture of climate denial when it mattered most.