Government ‘on the cusp’ of approving controversial coal mine in Cumbria
The mine, if its development continues, will be the latest in a series of misguided policies.
Climate Change
Rishi Sunak announces oil and gas companies will get a tax cut if they extract more fossil fuels
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced that oil and gas companies will get a big tax cut if they extract more fossil fuels in the UK, as he set out measures to help people with the cost of living crisis.
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Charity commission urged to strip Tory linked anti-net-zero group of charitable status
The Global Warming Policy Foundation is accused of breaching the Charity Commission guidelines by accepting donations from oil and gas interests.
Governments must stop encouraging fossil fuel companies to invest in new production sites
‘Scientists believe the world is increasingly likely to experience global warming of 1.5C within the next five years because of record greenhouse gas levels’.
Natalie Bennett: The Queen’s Speech was devoid of ideas on both the economy and environment
The emptiness of the government’s “programme”, a grab bag of philosophically incoherent and half-baked ideas, has been widely noted.
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NUS is fighting back against the links between universities and fossil fuels
NUS is backing a new campaign calling for universities to stop advertising careers in the fossil fuel industry to students
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The stakes are simply too high to let London’s transport network fall into managed decline
The prospect of TfL’s services descending into a managed decline should be terrifying for all those concerned, but sadly the government doesn’t appear to have received the memo.