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Sunset over Longannet: Existing coal-fired power station and the site of a proposed pilot project, cancelled in 2011

Greens warn of a return to era of 'dirty coal'

Coal-fired power stations trialling 'carbon capture' technology could be exempt from regulations

Happy days: David Cameron in Svalbard, Norway on a 2006 trip designed to expound his green credentials

Whatever happened to Cameron, the idealistic young eco-warrior?

After spending five years in opposition trying to detoxify the Tories' image, David Cameron promised to lead 'the greenest government ever' when he entered No 10, exactly two years ago. Matt Chorley investigates what became of that pledge

Protestors target energy conference

Climate protesters and anti-cuts demonstrators have targeted a summit of major power firms over high energy bills and greenhouse gas emissions.

Picture preview: Gideon Mendel – Drowning World

In an attempt to search for ways to show the world the effects of climate change through a Drowning World, Gideon Mendel's only other camera on his journey was, alongside the lives affected, paralysed by flood waters.

The Asian Tiger Mosquito could survive year-round in southern England as aresult of milder winters

Asian mosquito 'could bring tropical diseases to Britain'

Continent's changing climate raises fears that dengue fever could come to South of England

A polar bear surrounded by melting ice in the Arctic

Danger from the deep: New climate threat as methane rises from cracks in Arctic ice

Scientists shocked to find greenhouse gas 70 times more potent than CO2 bubbling from deep ocean

Piers Corbyn's unconventional forecast was splashed on the front of the Daily Express

The weatherman caught in a media storm

Rogue forecaster brands Met Office 'lying scum' after spat over his latest apocalyptic warning

UK pollution 'outsourced overseas'

Carbon emissions from goods imported and consumed in the UK are rising more quickly than greenhouse gases are being cut domestically, MPs warned today.

The all-white homes of Santorini

Painting roofs white is as green as taking cars off the roads for 50 years, says study

Painting roofs white and using light-coloured materials to surface roads and pavements would not only make cities cooler in summer, it would save the same amount of carbon as taking all the cars in the world off the roads for 50 years, a study has found.

The planned Supergrid may be able to solve Britain's main energy problems

How the Supergrid could help keep the lights on

Plans for a 900-mile cable linking the UK to Iceland could be part of a remarkable European effort to fight climate change and rising energy

Achim Steiner: 'We haven't even begun to understand the damage we are bringing to bear on the sustainability of our planet'

Achim Steiner, the UN Environment Programme's boss, fears for our future. But, he tells Michael McCarthy, it is not too late

Global warming issue 'on par with slavery'

Dealing with climate change is a moral issue on a par with ending slavery, the world's most celebrated climate scientist, James Hansen, of Nasa, believes.

Icy crevices on the Matterhorn are creating more rockfalls

Matterhorn disintegrating in the face of global warming

Cycle of freezing and thawing sees lumps of rock falling off the mountain, say scientists

Sydney switches off lights for 60 minutes

Landmarks and buildings around the world were plunged into darkness yesterday as part of a campaign against climate change.

Rivers at lowest for 36 years

River levels are as low as in 1976 after another very dry week across England and Wales, the Environment Agency said.

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