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Red handed: A truck loaded with coal is spotted inside the Ffos-y-Fran opencast mine in South Wales on May 24, months after it was ordered to stop operating Credit: UVAG/Coal Action Network

The UK’s largest opencast coal mine has ‘illegally’ extracted 300,000 tonnes of coal after being ordered to close. ...

Vandana Shiva

The Indian physicist and veteran food sovereignty activist speaks to Amy Hall about a...

A Greenpeace activist holds a sign as he confronts the deep sea mining vessel Hidden Gem, commissioned by Canadian miner The Metals Company, as it returned to port from eight weeks of test mining in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone between Mexico and Hawaii, off the coast of Manzanillo, Mexico November 16, 2022. REUTERS/Gustavo Graf

Graeme Green reports on why this is a critical year to stop destructive deep-sea mining from taking hold of...

Large placard with '15 months in prision for a peaceful protest? "Seriously Australia?" #FreeVioletCoco ' written on it and a photo of Deanna Maree “Violet” Coco. Two people are in the background but you can only see the lower parts of their bodies.

Governments are pushing back against climate activism with violence, anti-protest laws and prison sentences. But we can resist...

A study of 10,000 young people across 10 countries found 45 per cent said climate change ‘negatively affected their daily life and functioning’. The  impact was significantly higher in the four Global  South countries surveyed: Brazil, Nigeria, the Philippines and India. MEDIA LENS KING/SHUTTERSTOCK

We don’t just need solutions – we need the courage to imagine they will succeed. Conrad Landin makes the case...

A large lighbulb floats above the planet earth - illustration

Universal, free access to electricity could be better for people and the planet. Nick Dowson explores how it...

As part of its investigation into firms cashing in on the energy crisis, Corporate Watch turns a critical...

Image description: A woman tries to keep warm with blankets in an unheated home. Photo by Pavel Danilyuk from Pexels.

As part of its investigative deep dive into energy firms cashing in on the cost of living crisis, Corporate Watch...

Image description: A person wraps themselves with a blanket in an unheated home. Photo by Q000024.

In the fourth installment of its series investigating the firms cashing in on the energy crisis, Corporate Watch...

Image description: A remote controlled light switch operated by a nearby smartphone.

In the third installment of Heat the Rich – an investigative series on energy firms profiting from the cost of living crisis...

A man holds out his hands, holiding a lightbulb with small lights coming out of it. You can't see his face.

In the first of its new series, Heat the Rich, Corporate Watch takes a critical look at Scottish Power. ...

India’s railways are frequently hailed  by defenders of the British Empire as a positive  legacy of colonialism. While the country has  an extensive network which ranks among the  world’s biggest employers, it was designed to  serve the interests of imperialism and private  profit – with the directors of the sub continent’s  first railway drawn from the ranks of the East  India Company. Here passengers prepare to eat  on board a modern-day sleeper train.  BOAZ ROTTEM/ALAMY

On every continent, the railways are experiencing a renaissance. But what will it take to reshape them in the interests of...

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In Glasgow, a new campaign has gas and electricity providers in its sights – and is taking on the regulator too. ...

Photo of Mauricio Ye’kuana, a Brazilian Indigenous leader and Treasurer of the Hutukara Yanomami Association (HAY), who work to protect Yanomami and Ye’kuana communities in the Brazilian Amazon

Indigenous activist Mauricio Ye’kuana speaks on the dangerous fight to protect his people’s land.

Satellite view of Lake Mead, US, taken on 19 July 2022 during a drought. It shows how little water there is and dry ground around it.

It’s naive to assume that rich countries will escape the impacts of a changing climate, argues Nanjala Nyabola...

Hindu women offer prayers to the sun god by venturing into the foam-coated waters of the Yamuna River (a major tributary of the Ganges) in New Delhi, India. The river is responsible for 70 per cent of the city’s water supply but is severely polluted at this stretch. Recently city authorities have taken to deploying blowers to push back the foam from the banks during festivals, so that the faithful can take a holy dip. ADNAN ABIDI/REUTERS

We need thriving rivers in order for life on Earth to flourish. But often how we treat them shows little understanding of...

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