Alex Randall argues that those who claim nuclear is necessary in order to deal with climate change in a feasible manner are misguided. The Zero Carbon Britain report points instead to a future based on renewables.

The coal industry of last century is the prime reason Merthyr Tydfil has the worst health in the UK. Now, with more coal and cash to carve from one of Europe’s largest opencast mines, developers and the local authority are back to finish the job, writes Amy Scaife.

The global economy is facing a ‘triple crunch’: a combination of a credit-fuelled financial crisis, accelerating climate change and soaring energy prices underpinned by encroaching peak oil. The Green New Deal Group presents a groundbreaking, holistic means of tackling them.

Next wednesday, the Guardian will be collaborating with prominent fossil fuel industry sponsors in its “Climate Change Summit 2008”. If the paper’s own marketing hype is anything to go by, however, this latest venture appears simply to be building on earlier projects subsidised by the industry.

How far is the government really prepared to back renewable energy sources, asks George Monbiot.

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

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

All too often, write Media Lens, the underlying conviction remains that there are no credible alternatives to the current, ad-based system of media funding. The point being that a problem without a solution is not a problem; it is a fact of life. But is it true?