Environment
Issue 168 March 2010
The case against the hockey stick
10th March 2010 - Issue 168
The "hockey stick" temperature graph is a mainstay of global warming science. A new book tells of one man's efforts to dismantle it—and deserves to win prizes
Comment (42)The overpopulation myth
10th March 2010 - Issue 168
The idea that growing human numbers will destroy the planet is nonsense. But over-consumption will
Jonathan Safran Foer on eating animals
10th March 2010 - Issue 168
The prize-winning American novelist talks about why it's weird to eat meat, his move from fiction to journalism, and why eliminating ignorance will lead to more vegetarianism
Too hot to handle
10th March 2010 - Issue 168
Before we embark on drastic plans to combat climate change, we must be sure of the facts
Issue 167 February 2010
How slums can save the planet
10th March 2010 - Issue 167
Sixty million people in the developing world are leaving the countryside every year. The squatter cities that have emerged can teach us much about future urban living
For richer, for poorer
10th March 2010 - Issue 167
Forget aid—people in the poorest countries like Haiti need new cities with different rules. And developed countries should be the ones that build them
Issue 165 December 2009
How I'm going to feed the 5,000
10th March 2010 - Issue 165
Waste is a huge problem that is easily solved by eating food rather than chucking it away
Issue 164 November 2009
A case of green fatigue
10th March 2010 - Issue 164
Obsessing about lightbulbs and air miles is not going to make a big enough difference
Eleven days in December
10th March 2010 - Issue 164
The climate change caravan has arrived in Copenhagen. But who are the people doing the actual negotiating—haggling over every word—and what are they likely to achieve?
The human time bomb
10th March 2010 - Issue 164
To cut emissions we have to curb world population. So why isn’t this Copenhagen’s top priority?
Enlightened self-interest
10th March 2010 - Issue 164
The world’s fastest developing countries are doing more about climate change than we think
Burden-sharing made simple
10th March 2010 - Issue 164
Who should foot the bill for saving the planet?
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