Yes, they really do exist. Subsidies for the use of fossil fuels. Obviously this is insane when we’ve also got huge subsidies for the use of non-fossil fuels. The thing is though, it’s different countries offering the different subsidies. It’s the rich western countries subsidising non-fossil while the fossil fuel subsidies are all in poor

Geoffrey Lean: Reducing consumption of fossil fuels saves money Sadly it’s all a little more complex than that: if that’s all there were to it then we’d all be cutting our consumption of fossil fuels and there wouldn’t be any problem, would there? We can reduce our consumption of fossil fuels, of course: if we decide to reduce

Barack Obama will make a renewed push to spur the US Senate into action on climate change, saying the BP oil spill underlines the urgency for the country to lessen its dependence on fossil fuels

The biggest challenge facing any politician pushing for legislation on climate change is to convince skeptical voters that the bitter medicine is in fact good for them, and they should embrace it. No matter how it is enacted and what it is called, the net effect is likely to be increased costs of fossil fuels,

The European Investment Bank has been accused of funding the fossil fuel industry with €16 billion of loans since 2007, more than that stumped up for any other energy source.  More »

Stunning images of climate change protests from North and South America, Europe and Asia make up the core of this month's contributions. It's been a busy time for reminding governments what they should already know by now - that we have to wean ourselves of climate-wrecking fossil fuels as soon as possible, and the business as usual is not an option. Oh, and in case your wondering about ...

Britain must 'decarbonise the power sector by 2030', the government's climate change watchdog warns

Industrial biotechnology is gaining supporters among environmentalists as a way to make significant cuts in greenhouse-gas emissions and eventually move to a society free from fossil fuels.

Usual Guardianista nonsense, to which I respond thusly: Others say it is too costly to abandon the burning of fossil fuels even if this does dump billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. They say we should just put up with those spreading deserts and flooded coastlines – a notion of staggering immorality,

Tory plans for renewable enrgy welcomed. I am still sceptical and cynical when I read anything which has the words climate change attached to it, but I am a realist who knows and understands that Britain’s energy needs at present are insecure and many come from unstable countries such as the former USSR. Additionally, fossil fuels