Environment
Zac Goldsmith: the London race will be tough for me – and the Conservative Party
Zac Goldsmith explains how he will sell himself to a city that’s now solidly Labour
A Supreme Court justice and the scary plan to outlaw climate change
How do you make an imaginary problem so painfully real that everyone suffers? It’s an odd question to ask, you…
We let programmers run our lives. So how’s their moral code?
A few years ago, in the week before Christmas when supermarket sales are at their highest, staff at one branch…
Perfectionism isn’t the same as integrity – as VW has shown
Not that I was much of a boy racer, but the sexiest car I ever owned was a 1982 Volkswagen…
The Volkswagen diesel scandal was driven by carbon obsession
A fixation on carbon emissions will produce many more scandals like the one that has shamed Volkswagen
My obsession with litter is bordering on mental illness
It’s no good. I’ve tried to resist it, but I’ve succumbed. I’m now a full-blown litter Nazi. Whenever I leave…
Bristol, the European capital of green nannying and bureaucracy
Environmental nannying is wrecking my beloved Bristol
Matt Ridley’s diary: Why a Guardian contributor wants me beheaded
Martin Williams, former head of the government’s air quality science unit, has declared that the reason we have a problem…
My part in a masterpiece of political correctness
Damien Hirst, Grayson Perry, James Delingpole: all winners of major art prizes. I was awarded mine last week by Anglia…
Welcome to Miliband country: how Labour would wreck rural life
A ‘progressive alliance’ would be a profound threat to rural life
How long will it be before the climate forces us to change?
As the climate changes, will we? The story of the little ice age suggests that adaptation will take years of suffering
Prue Leith’s diary: I want to be green, but I’ve got some flights to take first…
‘Please God, make me good, but not yet.’ I know the feeling. As I get older and more deeply retired,…
Who are you calling a blob, Owen Paterson?
Owen Paterson shouldn’t hold green activists responsible for his sacking. The culprit was David Cameron
Why has Britain signed up for the world’s most expensive power station?
Britain is about to buy the world’s most expensive power station
A successful obesity campaign? Fat chance
Fat chances The National Obesity Forum said that Britain is reaching a ‘doomsday scenario’ where half the population is obese.…
Global warming's glorious ship of fools
Eco-warriors stranded in the Antarctic! It’s too good to be true
Why climate change is good for the world
The current scientific consensus is that climate change is doing more good than harm
Think fracking’s bad for the countryside? Just look at farming…
I’m off to Balcombe this weekend. In fact I might even carry a placard and paint my face with a…
The world is better off without Marc Rich – but his heirs still control the price of almost everything
Marc Rich, the godfather of global commodity trading who died last week, ‘deserves credit as one of the greatest creators…
