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- A Thousand Fires review – mesmerising study of Myanmar’s homemade oil wells Mon, 2 Dec 24, 6:00pmDocumentary shows the gruelling labour put in by a married couple wringing out drops of black gold as their son looks for a different living
- London’s Science Museum forced to cut ties with oil giant – and faces pressure over other sponsors Sat, 13 Jul 24, 10:28pmCampaigners welcome ‘seismic shift’ and urge museum bosses to review links with other fossil fuel sponsors
- Baillie Gifford will no longer sponsor Borders and Cheltenham literature festivals Wed, 5 Jun 24, 10:27pmInvestment management firm’s links to Israel and fossil fuel sector put sponsorship deals under pressure
- Borders and Cheltenham literature festivals end ties with Baillie Gifford Wed, 5 Jun 24, 10:27pmInvestment management firm’s links to Israel and fossil fuel sector put sponsorship deals under pressure
- Is Science Museum’s green power gallery tainted by fossil-fuel cash? Sat, 23 Mar 24, 11:00pmMuseum’s funding by Indian energy group sparks controversy – with activists calling for boycott of ‘tainted’ partnership but others in full support
- ‘A picture of hell’: inside the UK’s nuclear reactors – in pictures Wed, 21 Feb 24, 6:00pmArmed with a Geiger counter, Michael Collins was given access to multiple power stations across the UK – he found them tranquil, beautiful and sinister
- National Trust fits ‘pioneering’ ground source heat pump at Kingston Lacy Wed, 17 Jan 24, 5:00pmNew system should help preserve art collection at Dorset country mansion by providing a steady, gentle heat
- Britain’s 45 remaining cooling towers are architectural gems. Let’s save them Mon, 15 Jan 24, 2:00amCooling towers are some of the most majestic structures in Britain – form and function in perfect harmony – yet exempt from listed status. Even as they become redundant, those that remain deserve to be preserved as much...
- I thought most of us were going to die from the climate crisis. I was wrong Tue, 2 Jan 24, 6:00pmIn an extract from her book Not the End of the World, data scientist Hannah Ritchie explains how her work taught her that there are more reasons for hope than despair about climate change – and why a truly sustainable world...
- A Theory of Everyone by Michael Muthukrishna review – the laws of life Wed, 27 Sep 23, 6:00pmIs it possible – or even desirable – to study people with the scientific detachment of a physicist studying matter?
- Romancing the 60s on London’s Goodge Street | Brief letters Tue, 29 Aug 23, 1:14amDonovan’s Sunny Goodge Street | Seeds for success | Ethical savings | Wilko workers
- ‘It’s not just Appalachia’s problem’: imagining a future without coal Wed, 9 Aug 23, 1:10amThe rhapsodic film King Coal blurs the lines of documentary and memorializes the coal culture that has shaped Appalachia
- The Grip of Culture: The Social Psychology of Climate Catastrophism Sun, 16 Jul 23, 3:00pmdeveloping a powerful new model of public attitudes based on the interaction of traditional religion and a new culture – a new faith – of climate catastrophism
- The big idea: why climate tribalism only helps the deniers Mon, 10 Jul 23, 9:30pmFrom nuclear power to electric vehicles, battles between activists risk getting in the way of reducing emissions
- ‘Fear is motivating’ says Chris Packham as BBC series re-creates past extinction event Mon, 10 Jul 23, 9:01amEarth draws parallels between human impact on climate and volcanic eruptions that ripped through planet’s crust 250 million years ago