The Independent
Nobel Prize for fearless defender of freedom of speech in Turkey
13 Ekim 2006
Orhan Pamuk, who had faced jail for referring to the suffering of Turkey's Armenian population, has been awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize for...
Earth's ecological debt crisis: mankind's 'borrowing' from nature hits new record
10 Ekim 2006
Today is a bleak day for the environment, the day of the year when mankind over-exploits the world's resources - the day when we start...
The human race is living beyond its means
9 Ekim 2006
In a market economy, the only constraints on what we consume are what we may legally buy and what we can afford. By Andrew Simms
Global warming devastates sea ice in Arctic Circle
5 Ekim 2006
Sea ice in the Arctic last month melted to its second lowest monthly minimum in the 29-year record of satellite measurements.
Delhi on high alert as dengue fever epidemic looms
5 Ekim 2006
The Indian capital was on an emergency footing yesterday to contain an outbreak of dengue fever, with medical teams moving door-to-door and...
The Big Question: Can America ever be weaned off its love affair with guns?
5 Ekim 2006
Why is US gun culture in the news?
Summer heatwaves may get much worse
4 Ekim 2006
Climate change could send heatwave temperatures in the South-East of England soaring as high as 46C (114.8F) by the end of the century, the...
$1,000,000,000,000: the cost of capping greenhouse gas emissions
2 Ekim 2006
The cost of curbing the soaring emissions of harmful gases that are blamed for causing global warming has been estimated at $1 trillion by...
Tobacco firms 'sweetening cigarettes to hook the young'
2 Ekim 2006
Plum juice, maple syrup and honey added to appeal to adolescent smokers. By Roger Dobson
Israeli group calls power plant attack a 'war crime'
29 Eylül 2006
The air strike on Gaza's only power station that has left most residents with half their normal electricity supply three months later was a...
Mass Tourism and Climate Change Could Lead to Destruction of World's Wonders
25 Eylül 2006
Gloomy predictions of extreme heat and destruction of some of the world's leading holiday destinations were made yesterday in a report...
Thomas Nash: It's time to outlaw these ruthless killers
19 Eylül 2006
I was in Lebanon in July 2005 on a trip to document the residual problem from cluster bombs used in 1978 and 1982. Unexploded cluster...
Gaza: The children killed in a war the world doesn't want to know about
19 Eylül 2006
Nayef Abu Snaima says his 14-year-old cousin Jihad had been sitting on the edge of an olive grove talking animatedly to him about what he...
Firm makes mark on the climate
18 Eylül 2006
Shoppers will be able to take account of climate when deciding what to buy with the launch of a new mark. Manufacturers who go "carbon...
Inconvenient truths (for Al Gore and the rest of the planet)
18 Eylül 2006
The truth behind Gore's extraordinary documentary about the perils of global warming is that he might have become President had he...
The Big Question: Should the World Bank attach conditions on aid to poor countries?
15 Eylül 2006
The British Government has threatened to withhold £50m of aid destined for the International Development Association, an arm of the World...
Britain 'must act now to cut carbon emissions or pay the price later'
15 Eylül 2006
Britain has four years to put in place a "road map" to ensure a low-carbon economy where petrol stations would be redundant and wind...
Sabihuddin Ahmed: For my people, climate change is a matter of life and death
15 Eylül 2006
For most people in the West, climate change threatens their lifestyles. For the people of Bangladesh, climate change threatens their very...
Massive surge in disappearance of Arctic sea ice sparks global warning
15 Eylül 2006
Arctic meltdown is speeding up... sea ice is vanishing faster than ever before... polar bears face extinction... and America's top climate...
Street prices plummet as use reaches epidemic levels
14 Eylül 2006
The cost of drugs in many parts of Britain has plummeted in the past year, an authoritative study on the country's booming industry in...
Soldiers reveal horror of Afghan campaign
13 Eylül 2006
13 September 2006Kim SenguptaSoldiers deployed in Helmand province five years on from the US-led invasion, and six months after the deployment of a la
Peter Singer: You Ask The Questions
11 Eylül 2006
The philosopher and animal rights campaigner answers your questions: 'Do you believe that zoos are immoral? And would you kill a disabled...
Afghanistan: Campaign against Taliban 'causes misery and hunger'
8 Eylül 2006
Two international think-tanks published reports yesterday highlighting failures of US and UK policy in Afghanistan, and warned the security...
Another fatal day in the 'war on terror'
5 Eylül 2006
Patrick Cockburn, the award-winning journalist and author, has reported extensively from Iraq, Afghanistan and Jordan. Here, he explains...
