Energy
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Short-term thinking of UK nuclear policyLetters: Sue Roaf writes that evacuation plans for Hinkley Point would have to involve at least a million people; while Diarmuid Foley says that, in the modern world, the route to weapons-grade material is not taken through the civilian nuclear fuel cycle
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Burning wood for power is ‘misguided’ say climate expertsUsing biomass instead of fossil fuels may not be the answer to averting global warming
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A great year for clean energy in Australia ends, while bad news for coal continuesIn 2017 Australian energy politics was just a sideshow. The real story, driven by the states and the private sector, is more interesting and much more positive
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Is this the future? Dutch plan vast windfarm island in North SeaAdvanced plans by Dutch power grid aims to build power hub possibly at Dogger Bank whose scale would dwarf current offshore sites
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Forget Juicero, here are the tech gadgets we can actually get excited about in 2018If this year’s $120m juicing flop gave you reason to doubt in human ingenuity, take heart in these incredible inventions to come: from an artificial kidney to a breast pump you might actually want to use
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From 'angry summer' to 'weird winter': 2017 was riddled with extreme weatherAustralia is the land of droughts and floods, but they are becoming more frequent and forceful. The window of opportunity to act on climate change is closing
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Fears of another Fukushima as Tepco plans to restart world's biggest nuclear plantConsent given to turn reactors at the massive Kashiwazaki-kariwa plant back on, but Japanese worry over active fault lines and mismanagement
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Military secrets of our nuclear power plantsLetters: Disturbing links between Britain’s nuclear power stations and the military are highlighted by Dr David Lowry
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The Amazon town, a coral reef, big oil, and a catastrophe waiting to happenOiapoque, surrounded by mangroves and close to a recently discovered 600-mile reef, is divided over what BP and Total might bring and what they might destroy
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Dear Lizzy, the Great Barrier Reef wants to live! Let me tell you how we can save itIn your letter you have asked me if it’s true that the Great Barrier Reef is dying. The reef is sick, but if we stand up to those destroying it, it can recover
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It’s time to join the renewables revolutionLetters: MPs’ pension fund must dump fossil fuel investment says Caroline Lucas; and the government should look to getting out of nuclear power writes Paul Donovan
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UK energy cap could have been avoided, lobby group saysBody representing big six suppliers says price cap is not inevitable and could have been avoided if industry had acted more quickly on ‘rip-off’ tariffs
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Annus mirabilis: all the things that went right in 2017It was a tale of two years – the best of times and the worst of times. But not everything went wrong – from Mata’s 1% to orangutans, we look at the good
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UK frackers are running out of timeBinding carbon commitments and the falling cost of renewables could prove a perfect storm for investors
Abbott's stance on international carbon credits makes 'no sense', business says