We need politicians to admit there is another way to tackle the energy crisis
Can coal be part of the solution to tackling climate change, asks CHRIS KITCHEN, general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers
The welcome news that Cuba has finally been removed from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list is tempered by the fact that Donald Trump, the man who put it there, is returning to the White House, warns NATASHA HICKMAN
Thanks to impressive progress in Britain with wind and solar generation, clean electricity now costs a fraction of the price of gas — yet the current system keeps bills artificially high to protect fossil fuels, writes TOM HARDY
By spreading race-based conspiracy theories, the billionaire tycoon turned right-wing provocateur has been seriously undermining the case against those who really did let victims of the grooming gangs down, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
Many Western countries are grappling with deep political instability. What are the causes of this, and what could be a possible way forward? asks MARC VANDEPITTE
KEITH BENNETT explains why, despite its present meagre economic outcomes, an honest and fruitful partnership with China is worth pursuing
Nick Wright talks to photographer and author JANINA STRUK
WE ALL know that climate change has and will continue to affect us all, and that politicians say that to avoid a climate disaster we must reduce CO2 emissions to net zero.
We all know that closing the British coalmining industry and coal-fired power stations was not a magnanimous act to combat climate change.
It was a politically motivated vendetta against the miners, their communities and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), the consequences of which we are now paying for through our ever-increasing energy bills.
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