Source: New Statesman Magazine

Articles from this source (9)

The natural world is vanishing before it has even reached our eyes

  2022-10-19 by in New Statesman Magazine

From resentful crows to narwhal tusks, we understand only a fraction of the Earth’s beauty. And now we risk losing it all.

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Greta Thunberg: “Our politicians will not come to the rescue of planet Earth”

  2022-10-19 by in New Statesman Magazine

The UK has a special responsibility to lead on the climate crisis. But it prefers to deny, delay and distract.

  Tagged under: Greta Thunberg

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Why an end to economic growth is inevitable

  2022-06-29 by in New Statesman Magazine

Fifty years after the Limits to Growth report was published, the concept of post-growth remains largely taboo.

  Tagged under: Economics | Economic Growth

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“We’re staring down the gun barrel”: singer Feargal Sharkey on Britain’s polluted rivers

  2022-06-02 by in New Statesman Magazine

The Undertones frontman sees echoes of Northern Ireland’s Troubles in today’s environmental struggles.

  Tagged under: Rivers | India

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The age of plutocracy

  2022-02-23 in New Statesman Magazine

In an exclusive extract from her new book, the New Statesman columnist explains how Western democracies were captured by the rich.

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Will the lights go out in Europe if Russia invades Ukraine?

  2022-02-14 in New Statesman Magazine

Energy experts in Kyiv warn a full-scale invasion could push energy prices even higher and derail climate action.

  Tagged under: Russia

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The flood of Covid headlines are drowning out red alert climate warnings

  2021-12-16 in New Statesman Magazine

As Covid hogs attention, worrying news about melting glaciers is ignored, with potentially devastating consequences.

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North Sea oil companies receive more money from the government than they pay in taxes

  2021-09-28 in New Statesman Magazine

The UK has given firms including Exxon and Shell hundreds of millions of pounds in rebates.

  Tagged under: Shell | Exxon

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Our biggest political crisis isn’t Boris Johnson: it’s a warming planet

  2021-06-07 in New Statesman Magazine

There was a time when it seemed more likely that hell would freeze over than Boris Johnson would become prime minister. But as the furore over his new

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