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Jordans cereals founder Bill Jordan says his company's method of farming can feed the world and safeguard biodiversity

Many plastic bags end up as waste on our streets, parks and beaches. Rosie Barnes' photographs capture these blots on the landscape

Campaigners say the Government is underestimating the potential of small-scale renewable electricity generation in the UK

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In this month's newsletter we look at the implications of a plan to privatise Indonesia's coastline; we ask whether fossil carbon and tree carbon are equivalent; examine whether the Arctic will become more dangerous as it melts; and wonder whether evolution has anything to offer environmentalists. To download, scroll to the bottom of the page...

Ecologist Editor Mark Anslow explores the fallout from the leaked email exchanges between climate scientists

Rising emissions and support for tar oil sands leads prominent figures to call for suspension

Major setback for nuclear energy plans as watchdog's report finds flaws in US and French models

Sundance Renewables in Wales is a pioneering workers' co-operative and social enterprise converting used cooking oil into a low emissions alternative to diesel

It may look pretty, but the unmistakable odour of nail polish betrays a cocktail of toxic ingredients

Climate radio meets the activists who will be attempting to set a different agenda at the climate summit in Copenhagen

UK citizens are confused by the current publicly available information on GM foods and want clearer facts made available in shops and supermarkets

India has a substantial part to play in a climate deal, but failing to acknowledge historical responsibility is akin to giving the US 'squatters' rights' to the atmosphere

Rewarding recycling distracts attention from the real issue of packaging

A former colleague of Teddy Goldsmith pens the Ecologist founder a sonnet...