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What is Labour's Great British Energy plan – and will it really bring down bills and ease cost of living?
Keir Starmer addressing a business conference in London, February 2024
Great British Energy

What is Labour's Great British Energy plan – and will it really bring down bills and ease cost of living?

UK's top 0.1% earners emit 22 times more transport greenhouse gases than low income households
Climate change

UK's top 0.1% earners emit 22 times more transport greenhouse gases than low income households

Rewilding is bringing creatures great and small back to UK – but a lack of funds is holding it back
Rewilding

Rewilding is bringing creatures great and small back to UK – but a lack of funds is holding it back

She-Hulk star Tatiana Maslany: 'Fear is not necessarily the worst thing to feel'
Tatiana Maslany Image: Alexei Hay
Film

She-Hulk star Tatiana Maslany: 'Fear is not necessarily the worst thing to feel'

Shell just made £6.2bn in quarterly profit. Here's how that money could be better spent
Environment

Shell just made £6.2bn in quarterly profit. Here's how that money could be better spent

Earth Day 2024: Big businesses must take responsibility for environmental impact, retailers say
Earth Day
Earth Day

Earth Day 2024: Big businesses must take responsibility for environmental impact, retailers say

Inside the Big Issue: Earth Day 2024
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Earth Day 2024

Sunak's government slammed for 'protecting' frequent flyers amid calls for a new green tax
Environment

Sunak's government slammed for 'protecting' frequent flyers amid calls for a new green tax

'The image says it all': The meaning behind Banksy's new London tree mural, revealed
Art

'The image says it all': The meaning behind Banksy's new London tree mural, revealed

'Missed opportunity:' From taxes to airline fees, what does Hunt's Spring Budget mean for the planet?
Spring budget

'Missed opportunity:' From taxes to airline fees, what does Hunt's Spring Budget mean for the planet?

The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler review – the mammoth risks of playing God with nature
Books

The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler review – the mammoth risks of playing God with nature

Liz Truss blaming 'trans activists' for her failures shows how detached she is from reality
Liz Truss, trickle down economics
Politics

Liz Truss blaming 'trans activists' for her failures shows how detached she is from reality

Angry about raw sewage being dumped into rivers and the sea? Sign this petition with actual s**t
sewage
Sewage pollution

Angry about raw sewage being dumped into rivers and the sea? Sign this petition with actual s**t

Why have we fallen out of love with Greta Thunberg? It's because she's hitting the system where it hurts
Nadeine Asbali

Why have we fallen out of love with Greta Thunberg? It's because she's hitting the system where it hurts

Why Starmer's £28bn green pledge U-turn is bad news for the climate, economy and his path to power
Politics

Why Starmer's £28bn green pledge U-turn is bad news for the climate, economy and his path to power

Kevin McCloud: 'We've got the coldest homes in Europe – and cash-strapped families pay the price'
kevin McCloud
Kevin McCLoud and Miriam Turner

Kevin McCloud: 'We've got the coldest homes in Europe – and cash-strapped families pay the price'

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Jodie Comer: 'I really want women to see themselves depicted in a truthful light'
Jodie Comer carrying a baby
Film

Jodie Comer: 'I really want women to see themselves depicted in a truthful light'

'Death certificate': Why COP28 climate summit is hanging by a thread over fossil fuel deadlock
Climate change

'Death certificate': Why COP28 climate summit is hanging by a thread over fossil fuel deadlock

'Silent war on bus users': Bus routes outside London cut by up to 80% since 2008
Transport

'Silent war on bus users': Bus routes outside London cut by up to 80% since 2008

COP28: What is it, why is it important and why is an oil boss in charge?
climate crisis

COP28: What is it, why is it important and why is an oil boss in charge?