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- Want to know the grotesque truth about the oil industry? Then look at their tacky paperweights Mon, 29 Sep 25, 9:39pmTanoa Sasraku has been collecting – and creating her own – gaudy paperweights with a drop of crude oil encased within. All you need to know about global power games, the artist explains, is right there
- Power Station review – solar power and solidarity on a Walthamstow street Mon, 29 Sep 25, 6:00pmActivism merges with everyday life in a documentary where film-makers Hilary Powell and Dan Edelstyn attempt to turn their neighbourhood into a renewable power hub
- Musicians v the climate crisis: ‘We’re trying to put on the greenest show in Australia’ Wed, 3 Sep 25, 1:00amA two-week tour produces the equivalent of an average household’s yearly carbon emissions. So some bands, including Lime Cordiale and Cloud Control, are trying small changes – like ditching confetti – and big ones –...
- Can we afford to be afraid of nuclear power? Sun, 6 Jul 25, 11:00pmNot only is nuclear essential if we want to reach net zero – it’s the key to tackling poverty, too
- Going Nuclear by Tim Gregory review – a boosterish case for atomic energy Mon, 2 Jun 25, 6:00pmSafety concerns demand more space and consideration in this otherwise excellent work of popular science
- Atomfall might have been an apocalyptic classic if it wasn’t for all the walking | Dominik Diamond Fri, 25 Apr 25, 7:00pmThe Lake District after the 1957 Windscale nuclear disaster is a great setting for a game – and gorgeously rendered. That doesn’t mean I want to endlessly keep traversing it
- Black Mirror’s pessimism porn won’t lead us to a better future | Louis Anslow Thu, 10 Apr 25, 5:00pmA new progressivism, one that embraces construction over obstruction, must find new allegories to think about technology and the future
- The Shetland Way by Marianne Brown review – a daughter’s journey to the heart of the climate crisis Mon, 13 Jan 25, 3:00amAn environmental writer returns to her father’s home for his funeral in a family memoir that becomes an examination of Shetland’s crucial role in the energy landscape
- A Thousand Fires review – mesmerising study of Myanmar’s homemade oil wells Mon, 2 Dec 24, 6:00pmDocumentary shows the gruelling labour put in by a married couple wringing out drops of black gold as their son looks for a different living
- London’s Science Museum forced to cut ties with oil giant – and faces pressure over other sponsors Sat, 13 Jul 24, 10:28pmCampaigners welcome ‘seismic shift’ and urge museum bosses to review links with other fossil fuel sponsors
- Baillie Gifford will no longer sponsor Borders and Cheltenham literature festivals Wed, 5 Jun 24, 10:27pmInvestment management firm’s links to Israel and fossil fuel sector put sponsorship deals under pressure
- Borders and Cheltenham literature festivals end ties with Baillie Gifford Wed, 5 Jun 24, 10:27pmInvestment management firm’s links to Israel and fossil fuel sector put sponsorship deals under pressure
- Is Science Museum’s green power gallery tainted by fossil-fuel cash? Sat, 23 Mar 24, 11:00pmMuseum’s funding by Indian energy group sparks controversy – with activists calling for boycott of ‘tainted’ partnership but others in full support
- ‘A picture of hell’: inside the UK’s nuclear reactors – in pictures Wed, 21 Feb 24, 6:00pmArmed with a Geiger counter, Michael Collins was given access to multiple power stations across the UK – he found them tranquil, beautiful and sinister
- National Trust fits ‘pioneering’ ground source heat pump at Kingston Lacy Wed, 17 Jan 24, 5:00pmNew system should help preserve art collection at Dorset country mansion by providing a steady, gentle heat