A group of protesters occupied and halted work at the Ffos-y-Fran opencast coal mine in Wales yesterday morning, barricading the main entrance to the site, climbing on the roof of the coal washery and chaining themselves to machinery.

The government must provide clearer leadership on fossil fuels and demand that new power plants are climate change accountable, writes James Hansen.

Britain’s first coal-fired power station in 30 years has come a step closer to being built. To allow it to go ahead would be shameful, writes Joss Garman.

The government’s latest drive for offshore wind power, say the Centre for Alternative Technology, is laudable, but insufficient: we need more than four times the proposed number of turbines, and a serious reduction in consumption.

Britain’s new claim for sovereignty in Antarctica is all about energy, but we should now expect a sharp backlash and criticism from around the world, writes Michael Bravo.

A vast new opencast pit will ruin local people’s lives and wreck the government’s climate change policies. How was it allowed to happen?

Addressing climate change can seem a colossal task. Melanie Jarman reports on the emerging ‘transition town’ movement, which is encouraging citizens’ participation in long-term planning to change energy use at a local level.

We have had plenty of warnings about the consequences of an early peak in global oil production, writes Jeremy Leggett, but no one in Westminster seems to be listening.

The way Gordon Brown’s public consultation on nuclear power is being run makes it a monologue of the deaf, writes John Sauven.