We jump on a plane as a matter of routine. Yet the climate-changing emissions from aviation are now a major concern. Chris Brazier wrestles with one of the trickiest issues of our time.

As the world faces a prolonged food crisis, George Monbiot argues that If you care about hunger, you should eat less meat.

Shareholders and accountancy firms are the biggest beneficiaries of the privatisation of public transport in Britain. Unjum Mirza, RMT rail union member and Left List candidate in the GLA elections, proposes a different vision of a publicly run, environmentally friendly and efficient system.

Paul Kingsnorth explains how he copes with the thought of imminent apocalypse.

Enthusiasm for biofuels is misplaced. It’s not too late for Gordon Brown to change his mind about them – and he must, writes Mark Lynas.

Spanning the globe in search of new sources of profit and fuel, oil companies, banks, agribusiness, biotech companies and governments have joined in a ‘green gold’ rush. Corporate Watch looks at the role of UK agriculture and corporations in the agrofuel frenzy.

Julian Dobson is sceptical about the Government’s new policy on ‘lifetime homes’.

Environmentalists have been voicing their concerns about biofuels for ages – Mark Lynas among them. t’s about time the EU and other governments started to listen.

All the talk in Bali about cutting carbon means nothing while ever more oil and coal is being extracted and burned, writes George Monbiot.

Andy Rowell considers the dangers ahead if Gordon Brown’s support for nuclear power and aviation continue.

The numbers show that this should be the real question at the Bali talks, writes George Monbiot.

Mary Mellor poses some socialist questions for the Greens, and considers whether Green really is the new Red.

Are we already shutting our minds to the consequences of climate change? If so, writes George Monbiot, our civilisation is in deep trouble, and not just from the dangers of global warming.

The construction of new golf courses is big business worldwide, writes George Monbiot, but it leads to dispossession and huge environmental damage.