The Independent
The green betrayal
6 Mart 2008
Green lobby turns on Government over failure to curb air and road travel
John Rentoul: It's official (even if it is unfair): Northern Rock has been a huge disaster for the Government
21 Şubat 2008
It is not fair, but the Opposition is winning. It is a feeling I first felt when learning about the 1951 election for O-level History....
Departure of a dictator who had outlived his times
21 Şubat 2008
Some cling to power to the last; some are overthrown, and some have the good sense to know their time. Fidel Castro is an autocrat who, at...
Kosovo: a triumph for intervention
20 Şubat 2008
Today, Kosovo becomes only the third new country of the 21st century. Its declaration of independence will be recognised by a majority of...
Leading article: The danger beyond the celebrations
18 Şubat 2008
Long a province of Serbia and now Europe's newest nation, Kosovo celebrated wildly into the night yesterday. And who would begrudge the...
The great wall of indifference
18 Şubat 2008
Yesterday, The Independent announced a global campaign to shame China into doing more to help Darfur. And the reaction from those who could...
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: Our crimes in Iraq must not be forgotten
12 Şubat 2008
If the alliance was arrogant at the time of the invasion, it is even more so today
The world's rubbish dump: a garbage tip that stretches from Hawaii to Japan
6 Şubat 2008
A "plastic soup" of waste floating in the Pacific Ocean is growing at an alarming rate and now covers an area twice the size of the...
Save Pervez! Global protests to save Afghan student from death sentence
1 Şubat 2008
Worldwide outrage over Afghan sentenced to death for reading article on women's rights. Join the Independent campaign now. By Kim Sengupta,...
A noxious cloud of confusion
31 Ocak 2008
It would be sheer folly to imagine that the 15 environment ministers meeting in Hawaii tomorrow are going to achieve anything substantial.
Big business says addressing climate change 'rates very low on agenda'
28 Ocak 2008
Poll of 500 major firms reveals that only one in 10 regard global warming as a priority. By Tricia Holly Davis, Geoffrey Lean and Susie...
A welcome plan - but delivery is what matters
24 Ocak 2008
The European Commission yesterday began to add flesh to the bones of its plans to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. We already knew about...
Disappearing world: The village falling into the sea
22 Ocak 2008
Skipsea is disappearing fast. It sits on the fastest-eroding coastline in Europe and every year the sea swallows another chunk of land....
Crash! Biggest fall in shares since September 11
22 Ocak 2008
Recession fears wipe £84bn off the value of Britain's biggest companies as stock markets tumble across the globe. By Nick Clark
World's 'weird' amphibians face extinction
21 Ocak 2008
What do a blind salamander that can go without food for a decade, a frog so small that it fits on a drawing pin and another that lives only...
World Bank Pledges to Save Trees, Then Helps Cut Down Amazon
21 Ocak 2008
A month ago it vowed to fight deforestation. Now research reveals it funds the rainforest's biggest threat. By Daniel Howden
Nuclear plan puts Brown's green image in spotlight
17 Ocak 2008
Gordon Brown faces the biggest test of his environmental credentials this week, with the Government due to give the go-ahead to a new...
'The biggest environmental crime in history'
17 Ocak 2008
This Canadian wilderness is set to be invaded by BP in an oil exploration project dubbed ... By Cahal Milmo
Traumatised Veterans 'Have Killed 120 in US'
15 Ocak 2008
While public anger is directed at the Pentagon for sending American soldiers ill-prepared to fight in Iraq, an equally troubling problem is...
Coal-fired power station overcomes planning hurdle
3 Ocak 2008
Energy giant E.on UK sought permission last night from Medway Council to replace existing coal-fired units at Kingsnorth power station in...
80 children massacred in Kenyan church
2 Ocak 2008
Kenya edged closer to tribal warfare last night after more than 100 people – at least 80 of them children – burned to death as the church...
Power firms to pocket £6bn from carbon 'handouts' in new emissions regime
2 Ocak 2008
The UK's biggest polluters will reap a windfall of at least £6bn from rising power prices and the soaring value of carbon under the new...
