Whether in recycling or energy policy, a deeper crisis in long-term thinking is apparent in Scotland. With the new Budget looming, MATT KERR wonders if we can move beyond shallow, headline-grabbing measures
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Unseen heat: is this the ‘end game’ of the climate?
To save the world from climate calamity, a complete energy transition is needed that is much bigger and faster than any previous one in world history, writes MARC VANDEPITTE
From mass protests to plummeting poll numbers on immigration and health policy, and from devastating cuts to Medicaid and Medicare to the anti-science upheaval at federal health agencies, the president’s agenda is radicalising voters against him, argues JOHN LISTER
Ahead of elections next year, Scottish Labour is seeking to jump-start its political fortunes – but without bringing wealth and wealth production under democratic control, the party’s future looks in doubt, says VINCE MILLS
In part IV of a serialisation of his new book, JOHN McINALLY tells how austerity minister Francis Maude’s attempt to destroy the PCS Civil Service union totally backfired
Building is the solution for much of our housing crisis – and will also help to address poverty, ill health, and even anti-social behaviour and alienation, writes KENNY MacASKILL
MAT COWARD advocates cultivating blackberries, a growing in popularity crop for gardens and allotments
WE have been experiencing a very hot and dry summer. Some people quite like it and for our governments there is nothing wrong yet.
But actually, we should sound a big alarm. According to experts, if we do not change course soon, we risk ending up in the “climate end game.”
In the meantime, the orchestra on the Titanic is continuing to play.
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