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Starving the world with biofuels 24 April 08

World cereal stocks are at an all-time low, food-aid programmes have run out of money and millions face starvation. Yet wealthy countries persist with plans to use grain for petrol.

Why Greens should vote for Ken 16 April 08

Livingstone is by far the best-qualified candidate to run London – and from an environmental perspective, this is even more the case, argues Mark Lynas

Darling ducked the difficult decisions 31 March 08

The Chancellor can no longer afford to ignore the contribution of international aviation and shipping to our carbon footprint

Can Blair be our champion? 17 March 08

The former prime minister may have a mixed legacy, but we should welcome his efforts on climate change

Britain is stealing the US crown of No 1 climate villain 17 March 08

If it fails to stand up to BAA on Heathrow, Labour will be cast as the enemy in the environmental battle of the decade

Stop the biofuels bandwagon 10 March 08

Enthusiasm for biofuels is misplaced. It’s not too late for Gordon Brown to change his mind about them – and he must.

The power to save Britain 07 March 08

Our island could be supplying Europe with green electricity. Instead we’re lagging behind in the renewables revolution.

The good news from America 15 February 08

Most environmentalists are indeed leftists who support the redistribution of wealth and believe in a simpler lifestyle

Admit it: Environmentalists were right about biofuels 15 February 08

Environmentalists have been voicing their concerns about biofuels for ages – it’s about time the EU and other governments started to listen

If the cap fits, share it 02 February 08

Instead of setting up a new currency in carbon, cap and share utilises the oldest rationing system in the book: the price mechanism

Why Britain doesn't need nuclear power 21 January 08

Nuclear power is fine in principle, but here in the UK we should be making better use of our massive renewable energy resources.

Has global warming stopped? (Clue: no) 15 January 08

In late December the New Statesman caused some ripples by publishing online an article claiming that global warming has stopped, that the planet’s temperatures have stabilised, and that therefore greenhouse gases cannot be causing warming. Etc, etc. You know the story. This time the author was someone called David Whitehouse, who I’d not heard of, but who seemed to have some credentials as a science writer.

From Bali to Copenhagen 07 January 08

Bali convinced me that agreeing a new phase of Kyoto is by far the most important objective for climate-change stabilisation

Vote for your favourite climate framework 14 December 07

Should the incremental approach of Kyoto be extended, or ditched for something more ambitious? Read the arguments for and against and vote in the New Statesman’s climate choice poll