Ben Okri: climate change and oppression are born of the same “devouring instincts”
The award-winning writer on philosophy, mythology and the connections between racial injustice and ecological crisis.
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Biomass is billed as a “clean” alternative to coal. US forest communities disagree
As countries wean themselves off coal, the forests that are meeting surging demand for wood pellets are coming under strain.
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Progressives vowed to push Joe Biden left. What happened?
Progressives have notched up some wins but Democrats are divided ahead of November’s midterm elections.
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New Year’s reducetarians? A third of people intend to change their diets in 2022
Of those who want to change how they eat, 34 per cent want to cut down on meat, according to…
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Protests, pledges and alpacas: 2021’s environmental year in review
The progress of the natural world often evades easy categorisation, but this year contained some notable moments.
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“It was my moral duty”: why a Swiss father went on hunger strike for the climate
Guillermo Fernandez was no climate activist – but his protest outside the Swiss parliament has helped mobilise his country to…
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Exclusive polling: Britons back end to oil and gas exploration
Twice as many people in the UK support banning all new oil and gas exploration as oppose it, new polling…
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The Big Mac goes in for Big Greenwash
The first UK net-zero McDonald's restaurant hasn’t got the memo on beef.
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