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There's a popular myth that without the US Congress passing a climate change bill, President Obama can't sign up to binding emissions targets. It's wrong, says Kassie Siegel, of the Center for Biological Diversity

BBSRC-funded website backlash against sustainable watchdog’s call to reduce meat consumption

Most people love their home town. But what if you lived in a regularly flooded slum?

A new report by the Sustainable Development Commission warns that, for the good of our health and the environment, we must reduce our meat and dairy consumption. By how much, asks Louise Parry, in this exclusive audio report

The British Trust for Conservation Volunteers has created a 'Carbon Army' with marching order for hands-on action during the Copenhagen summit

Public can borrow electricity monitors for up to 3 weeks in schemes under way throughout the UK

The costs associated with sending delegates to a conference like Copenhagen are prohibitive for many countries

Listen to three high-level responses to the leak of the now infamous 'Danish text'

Previous studies have focused on the impact of acidification on coral reefs but not other marine organisms

The theory of cap-and-trade is brilliantly simple; in practice, however, it's just not moving fast enough, says Alison Smith. A runner-up in the Ecologist/nef essay competition...

Copenhagen is awash with lobbyists of all creeds and colours, but those representing big business interests have more power than most. Here are their demands...

The marine campaign group Oceana has put together a fact sheet about ocean acidification

Clean, green beauty products for the holiday season

Phil England offers his thoughts on the now infamous 'leaked draft' agreement, as well as some new positive reports from green NGOs

Former deputy editor of the Ecologist, Paul Kingsnorth, tells Matilda Lee why an obsession with CO2 has distracted environmentalists, and why we may already be beyond the point of no return...