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There are alarming signs that global warming may have passed ‘tipping points’ of no return. This is a cause for urgent action, not despair, writes Dave Sewell

The government opened up the license bidding process to frack shale gas in about half of Britain on Monday of this week. 

Members of the Campaign against Climate Change (CCC) met in central London last Saturday for its annual general meeting.

New studies suggest the West Antarctic ice sheet is now doomed to collapse, which will raise sea levels by at least 4 metres

Two anti-fracking camps at sites where gas firms were carrying out exploratory drilling have packed up.

Noah is an epic fable of despair in the face of environmental disaster that takes liberties with more than just its Biblical sources, says Camilla Royle

There was a spike in hospital admissions last week as towns and cities across Britain were covered in toxic smog. And as Dave Sewell writes, if action isn’t taken against pollution, things could get worse

Climate change is already having an impact and unless we do something to stop it the worst is yet to come, scientists have warned.

Around 250 people protested last Sunday in Farndon Bridge, near Chester, against Dart Energy’s plans to drill there.

Public transport was made free in a number of French and Belgian cities last week, as an emergency measure to deal with air pollution. Paris also imposed restrictions on car use. Paris has the fourth worst average air quality of any city in the world. Last week’s weather briefly made it number one—despite the media’s fixation on pollution in China.

An anti-fracking camp faces eviction despite a big demonstration in its support, reports Katrina Lawrie

Environment Agency (EA) boss Paul Leinster pulled out of a meeting last week to discuss job cuts with EA staff unions. These include Unison, GMB, Unite and PCS.