Analysis: Could Nuclear Actually Solve the Energy Crisis?
Ell Folan
Liz Truss wants to turbocharge nuclear power. As well as its environmental implications, asks Ell Folan, could it even solve our energy crisis?
Tag: environment
Report: This is How Britain Can Actually Prepare for Extreme Weather
Diyora Shadijanova
Sliding passively into a fiery hell is fun, but there are some very obvious measures Britain could try first to combat extreme weather. Diyora Shadijanova reports.
Analysis: Taxes Aren’t Driving Sky-High Fuel Prices, Profiteering Bosses Are
James Meadway
While fuel protesters blame the government for their woes, writes James Meadway, BP and Shell made £40bn last year.
Analysis: Can Colombia’s New President End the War on Drugs?
Niko Vorobyov
Colombia has been at war with cocaine, and itself, since the 1970s. Niko Vorobyov explores what freshly minted president Gustavo Petro could do to achieve peace.
Feature: The Green Revolution Could Make Cornwall a Mining Capital Again. Who Stands to Benefit?
Lucie Akerman
Lithium mining is set to spark a gold rush in Cornwall. But with past experience of extractive industries, residents hope community organisation will chart a different future, reports Lucie Akerman.
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.
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 […]
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.
Report: How We Won: The Local Activists That Took on Big Oil on the Isle of Wight
Florence Wildblood
Ending a six-year battle, a group of local activists successfully fought off an oil company’s plans to drill on the Isle of Wight. Florence Wildblood reports.
Opinion: The Government’s Net Zero Strategy Is Beyond Disappointing
James Meadway
Unless the Treasury’s attitude towards borrowing changes, the government's decarbonisation strategy is futile, writes James Meadway.
Downstream: Why It’s Eco-Socialism or Collapse
Climate change is better understood as climate systems breakdown, and it’s only through the lens of the latter that we can grasp the scale of the crisis ahead. On this episode of Downstream, Aaron Bastani is joined by Mat Lawrence and Laurie Laybourn-Langton to discuss their new book, Planet on Fire: A Manifesto for the […]
Opinion: For the People and for the Planet – It’s Time to Make Amazon Pay
Casper Gelderblom
In just a few years, Amazon has established itself as a node in the circuitry of globalism capitalism. Today we launch a common movement to pull the plug, writes the Progressive International's Casper Gelderblom.
Opinion: What Do We Owe?
Adrienne Buller
Rightwingers have spent years arguing that the cost of climate action puts an unfair burden of debt on future generations. In the third piece of a series on climate breakdown and alienation, Adrienne Buller argues we need to rethink how we understand intergenerational responsibility.
Opinion: Global Capitalism Has Pushed Our Food System to Breaking Point
Adrienne Buller
From growing food poverty to rising temperatures, our food system threatens both people and planet. In the second piece of a series on isolation, connection and climate breakdown, Adrienne Buller argues it's time to rethink global food production.
Opinion: What’s the Value of a Whale?
Adrienne Buller
The natural world, some claim, could be saved from destruction if only we established its monetary worth. In the first piece of a new series on isolation, connection and environmental breakdown, Adrienne Buller argues it’s time to free nature from finance.
Opinion: Filth: Single-Use Plastics Tell a Story of Capitalist Greed and Planetary Catastrophe
Eleanor Penny
The debate over single-use plastics has shifted from corporate responsibility to individual responsibility. We must reverse this, writes Eleanor Penny. We need an urgent reckoning with polluter impunity and its political enablers - or else we face planetary catastrophe.
Opinion: The Government is Showing Its Economic Hand – and the Left Will Need a Smart Response
James Meadway
If you're still in 'austerity autopilot', it's time to snap out of it, argues James Meadway. Johnson's government has accepted the reality of ultra-low interest rates and now intends to remake the British economy in ways that will challenge the left's comfort zones.
Ash Wednesday: Nature Is Returning 🌱… Was Humanity the REAL Virus? 🦢🌿🌾🍃 🌬
With most people staying indoors and wildlife the world over having a WTF moment; some environmentalists are teetering at the edge of the slippery, Malthusian slope of eco-fascism.