The zero-waste revolution: how a new wave of shops could end excess packaging
by Shops that minimise the environmental impact of our consumer habits are springing up across Britain. Could they help us avert catastrophe?
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California vows to ‘fight this stupidity’ as EPA moves to scrap clean car rules
Governor Jerry Brown calls administration’s proposal to weaken Obama-era emissions rules ‘reckless’ and a ‘betrayal’
‘We can’t see a future’: group takes EU to court over climate change
Litigants from eight countries claim EU institutions are not protecting fundamental rights
UK thinktank: ban new petrol and diesel cars in 2030, not 2040
Green Alliance says ending UK sales earlier would close climate target gap and halve oil imports
Environment / Featured Stories / News / Opinion / Wildlife
Corporations key to rescuing nature, says WWF chief
“Today’s corporations inflict significant negative externalities on the planet,” said Sukhdev. “They need to recognise that responsibility.” A generation ago, the idea of a veteran …
Culture / Featured Stories / Justice / News / Opinion
Big business is hijacking our radical past. We must stop it
Ram Trucks distorted a Martin Luther King sermon to sell its cars. This is how the establishment whitewashes history
Why meeting the Paris climate goals is an existential threat to fossil fuel industries
Attacks on climate policies are not really about the science. They’re about the future of fossil fuels. Any program with a reasonable chance of meeting …
Fran works six days a week in fast food, and yet she’s homeless: ‘It’s economic slavery’
Fran Marion and Bridget Hughes are leading voices in Stand Up Kansas City, part of the Fight for $15 movement that aims raise the minimum wage across the US
Quantitative easing is like heroin, says former Treasury official
Nick Macpherson says it’s ‘time to move on’ from QE, nearly 10 years after the financial crash, because of its unwanted side-effects
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How Britain fell out of love with the free market
Under Thatcher and Blair, it looked unassailable. But now both Britain’s main parties are turning away from unfettered capitalism. By Andy Beckett