Environment Follow

Governments and big business clamour to show their green credentials but their 'solutions' fall way short of what is necessary. George Monbiot talked to Andrew Stone about his new book, Heat, and the more radical policies he believes are essential.

An Inconvenient Truth, the new documentary based on the multi-media lecture about global warming given by former US vice president Al Gore, had its mainstream release in Britain last week. The previous day Nasa revealed that the Antarctic ice is melting 14 times faster than expected.

Halting climate change requires a change more fundamental than a series of lifestyle choices.

Hermann Scheer explains why it is time for nuclear power to be relegated to the technology museum.

John Bellamy Foster talks to Jacob Middleton about how the movement needs to respond to climate change.

Climate change may act more suddenly than we have expected till now.

After Hurricane Katrina we can't ignore the threat of climate change, as Mark Lynas explains to Tony Staunton.

Mike Davis finds that every aspect of the response to Hurricane Katrina disaster was shaped by race and class.

Mary Black and Andrew Stone attack New Labour's desire for a nuclear renaissance.

We can deal with the challenge of climate change, argues Jonathan Neale.

Urban poverty and climatic hazards are a deadly cocktail for millions, as Mike Davis explains.

The solutions put forward at a recent conference on climate change in Exeter are inadequate, writes Ian Rappel. Our interview of the month is with environment activist George Monbiot.