Climate campaigners threaten legal action over lifting of fracking ban
Greenpeace has hit out at the government’s actions, condemning them as “unlawful.” Meanwhile, Scotland confirms its policy on fracking is not changing.
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Government faces backlash over plans to ditch proposed bans on fur and foie gras imports
“It’s illegal to produce fur in the UK and it’s illegal to produce foie gras. We have to address the contradiction that if it’s too cruel to be produced here in the UK it’s too cruel to import it.”
Truss sacks Zac Goldsmith as environment minister, sparking animal welfare and climate action concerns
The move has raised further fears about the PM’s commitment to tackling climate change.
Report shows little progress in identifying earthquake risk, as drilling licences expected to be issued next week
As fracking companies call for earthquake limits to be reduced and exploratory drilling could start as early as next week, a report shows reducing and predicting earthquake risk remains a ‘scientific challenge’
Truss appoints ‘climate dinosaur’ Rees-Mogg as new energy chief
To the dismay of climate campaigners, the former Brexit opportunities minister, who has a long record of climate denialism, is to oversee the UK’s energy and net zero strategy.
Green Party elects Zack Polanski as new deputy leader
Zack Polanski beat three other candidates to win the election
The four day week: Ending a century of economic ‘maladjustment’
“The four-day week gives everyone the gift, the resource, the power, of time, of choice”
Activists protest Shell’s Jackdaw gas field project as no solution to cost-of-living crisis
‘Gas is now a staggering nine times more expensive than renewables, and we know it wrecks the planet. So it’s absolutely unfathomable that the government is so fixated on gas, when what’s needed for households and for the climate are genuine solutions.’
With the climate crisis at our door, the Tories are fiddling while the earth burns
Heatwaves, drought and floods should be triggering radical action on the climate. The next Tory leader looks like they’ll only make things worse.
Tory leadership hopefuls accused of not taking climate crisis seriously
“We need a prime minister willing to put climate action at the top of the agenda but, so far, despite the searing heat, we’ve barely even had warm words from the candidates,” says Greenpeace UK.
