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Reform party leader Nigel Farage and newly elected Reform MP Sarah Pochin, with fellow Reform MPs Richard Tice, James McMurdock and Lee Anderson, 6 May 2025. Toby Melville/Reuters

Opinion: Reform Is the Political Arm of the Fossil Fuel Industry

Harriet Williamson

Nearly half of Reform’s donations in 2024 came from fossil fuel investors and climate deniers. No wonder the party wants to bin net zero, writes Harriet Williamson.

Committed: Was Prison Worth It?

The series concludes with a burning question for Just Stop Oil cofounder Roger Hallam.

Feature: What’s It Like to Love a Political Prisoner?

Opinion: Heathrow’s Third Runway Would Make Regional Inequality Even Worse

Adam Ramsay

Forget the climate change impacts. Expanding Heathrow is a bad idea, even on the chancellor’s own terms: the economy. Adam Ramsay explains.

Opinion: Rachel Reeves Has a Miracle Cure for Britain: ‘Growth’

James Meadway

Two percentage points of economic growth would mean an extra £24bn in taxes - but Britain’s public services need an extra £142bn a year just to restore 2000s standards. Put this way, the chancellor's fixation on growth appears delusional, writes James Meadway.

A house lies aslant on grass having been devastated by a hurricane. Caution tape in the foreground.

Opinion: Home Insurance Will Not Save the USA

Moira Birss

Hurricane Helene, which left North Carolinian entire towns underwater last month, exemplifies the rot at the heart of America’s home insurance industry, writes Moira Birss. It needs rebuilding from the ground up.

Keir Starmer announces the government’s carbon capture plans at a factory in Merseyside, October 2024. Darren Staples/Reuters

Opinion: Labour’s Plans to Capture Carbon Are Designed for Fossil Fuel Giants, Not the Climate

Edward Donnelly

With its promises to ‘reignite’ Britain’s industrial heartlands, the government’s £22bn carbon capture scheme will do exactly that: burn through large amounts of natural gas and public funds under the guise of climate action, writes Edward Donnelly.

Report: Palestine and Climate Activists Are Joining Forces at UK University Encampments

Clare Hymer

Students from climate and Palestine campaigns are working together to highlight universities’ links to arms and fossil fuel companies and share lessons in how to hold occupations. Clare Hymer reports.

A grey-haired man with short hair a blue shirt and a navy jumper hung around his shoulders

Long Read: An Oil Baron Wants to Build Over a Local Park for His ‘Green’ Energy Project

Rivkah Brown

Sir Ian Wood plans to “greenwash” his oil billions with a new “energy transition zone”. The plan involves concreting over a third of the local park. Rivkah Brown reports.

A Jewish settler and Israeli soldier patrol together in the West Bank settlement of Horsha. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen

Report: UK Fossil Fuel Giant Sends Millions of Pounds to Company That Helps Illegal West Bank Settlements

Andrew Kersley

Exclusive: Ithaca Energy, one of the main operators of Rosebank, paid out hundreds of millions of pounds to a company accused of human rights abuses in Palestine.

A man hugs a child besides a firetruck, with smoke and fire visible in the distance

Report: Years Later, Wildfires Blaze on in Survivors’ Minds

Charlie Hertzog Young

Three-quarters of survivors of Australian bushfires struggle with anxiety two years on. Charlie Hertzog Young reports.

a white woman with blonde hair, sunglasses and a thermos holds up a fake number plate with the words 'NO 2 ULEZ' written on it

Analysis: The Public Wants to Save the Planet – As Long As It Doesn’t Personally Inconvenience Them

Ell Folan

The backlash to Just Stop Oil has exposed Britons’ contradictory attitude to the climate crisis, writes Ell Folan: sure, it’s a problem, just not ours.

A man in a high vis yellow jacket and a black baseball cap, with a grey short beard, holds a sign on which is painted in graffiti-style font 'stop ulez'

Analysis: Polls Show Most Londoners Back Ulez, So Politicians Can Untwist Their Knickers

Ell Folan

57% of Londoners support the supposedly controversial scheme, writes Ell Folan.

Explorer Robert Swan on a south pole expedition with a Shell-branded flask

Analysis: Fossil Fuel Companies Are Paying Influencers to Do Their PR

Sam Bright

In a leaked document, BP lamented being seen as ‘one of the bad guys’ and said it would pay influencers to help rebrand the oil company as more ‘relatable, passionate and authentic’.

Analysis: Britain Already Has Its Own Climate Refugees

Nicholas Beuret

Along England’s coast, people are being forced to move because of climate breakdown.

A firefighter cries in front of white vans with plumes of smoke from a wildfire in the background

Opinion: Losing Your Mind Is a Proportionate Response to the Climate Crisis

Charlie Hertzog Young

Those who buckle in the face of climate collapse are entirely in tune with reality, writes Charlie Hertzog Young.

Tag: climate crisis

Opinion: Reform Is the Political Arm of the Fossil Fuel Industry

Harriet Williamson

Opinion: Heathrow’s Third Runway Would Make Regional Inequality Even Worse

Adam Ramsay

Opinion: Rachel Reeves Has a Miracle Cure for Britain: ‘Growth’

James Meadway

Opinion: Home Insurance Will Not Save the USA

Moira Birss

Opinion: Labour’s Plans to Capture Carbon Are Designed for Fossil Fuel Giants, Not the Climate

Edward Donnelly

Report: Palestine and Climate Activists Are Joining Forces at UK University Encampments

Clare Hymer

Long Read: An Oil Baron Wants to Build Over a Local Park for His ‘Green’ Energy Project

Rivkah Brown

Report: Years Later, Wildfires Blaze on in Survivors’ Minds

Charlie Hertzog Young

Analysis: Polls Show Most Londoners Back Ulez, So Politicians Can Untwist Their Knickers

Ell Folan

Analysis: Britain Already Has Its Own Climate Refugees

Nicholas Beuret

Opinion: Losing Your Mind Is a Proportionate Response to the Climate Crisis

Charlie Hertzog Young

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Opinion: Reform Is the Political Arm of the Fossil Fuel Industry

Harriet Williamson

Committed: Was Prison Worth It?

Feature: What’s It Like to Love a Political Prisoner?

Clare Hymer

Committed: How Do Climate Activists Cope in Prison?

Committed: What Kind of Person Goes to Prison for Their Politics?

Opinion: Heathrow’s Third Runway Would Make Regional Inequality Even Worse

Adam Ramsay

Opinion: Rachel Reeves Has a Miracle Cure for Britain: ‘Growth’

James Meadway

Opinion: Home Insurance Will Not Save the USA

Moira Birss

Opinion: Labour’s Plans to Capture Carbon Are Designed for Fossil Fuel Giants, Not the Climate

Edward Donnelly

Report: Palestine and Climate Activists Are Joining Forces at UK University Encampments

Clare Hymer

Long Read: An Oil Baron Wants to Build Over a Local Park for His ‘Green’ Energy Project

Rivkah Brown

Report: UK Fossil Fuel Giant Sends Millions of Pounds to Company That Helps Illegal West Bank Settlements

Andrew Kersley

Report: Years Later, Wildfires Blaze on in Survivors’ Minds

Charlie Hertzog Young

Analysis: The Public Wants to Save the Planet – As Long As It Doesn’t Personally Inconvenience Them

Ell Folan

Analysis: Polls Show Most Londoners Back Ulez, So Politicians Can Untwist Their Knickers

Ell Folan

Analysis: Fossil Fuel Companies Are Paying Influencers to Do Their PR

Sam Bright

Analysis: Britain Already Has Its Own Climate Refugees

Nicholas Beuret

Opinion: Losing Your Mind Is a Proportionate Response to the Climate Crisis

Charlie Hertzog Young

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