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Experts say increased use of crops for fuel is ‘dangerous game’ that could send food price inflation soaring

Some will question its credibility – but the alternative future to the one imagined in the World Justice Report is far more bleak

Oxfordshire’s Ray Valley Solar already generates clean energy for 7,000 homes, and is now crowdfunding storage to marry daylight with evening demand

Party divisions over energy have deepened, but the need to move beyond fossil fuels has never been clearer

Thinktank proposes councils stop using private contractors in attempt to improve quality and spending

Changes to planning rules would limit scope of English councils and prevent them pursuing improvements to low-carbon homes

Exclusive: Critics say removing battery installation requirement will reduce amount homebuyers save on energy bills

PM to highlight energy bill and interest rate cuts, plus end to two-child benefit cap, and to invite his MPs to Chequers

Analysis of new-builds in Birmingham suggests all-electric homes not only use less energy but vary in peak usage

Since the first big finds in the 1940s, Brazil’s politicians have vowed all of its people would benefit. But in some oil towns, one in four people still live below the poverty line

Although the trends can be hard to perceive, we are making incredible progress on global poverty, health, longevity and climate change

Chancellor pledges to end spending on asylum hotels, as she contrasts Labour investment with Tory austerity

Campaigners condemn decision amid growing evidence of harm to health and climate from heating appliances

After three years, thousands of arrests and a state crackdown on protests, the group is ending direct action after a polarising campaign

The island is being sued by a mining company over its decision, and faces paying nine times its annual budget in damages if it loses