Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
A roundup of progressive news…
Climate Change
For conservation to be socially just it also needs to be inclusive of marginalised communities
Nick Harvey is a policy officer at the British Ecological Society. The challenges that society faces do not exist independently, they interact and magnify each other. Despite this, it is easy for people working against what they consider to betest
Firefighters’ union blasts government policy of cutting resources amid heatwave crisis
“Firefighters are at the forefront of the climate emergency. The demands of the job are increasing but our resources have been under attack by government cuts for over a decade. 11,500 firefighter jobs have been slashed since 2010.”
Daily Mail mocked for piece attacking ‘woke’ and ‘climate alarmist Met Office’ amid heatwave crisis
The record-breaking temperatures yesterday meant that the fire service in London faced its busiest day since the second world war, as fires raged throughout the country.
Government’s net zero strategy breaches UK’s climate obligations, High Court rules
The law requires the government to produce detailed climate policies showing how the UK’s carbon budgets will be met.
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.
High court ruling deems government’s net zero climate strategy ‘unlawful’
A ‘breakthrough moment’ for climate delay and inaction, means the government will have to revise its climate change strategy to show how emissions reduction targets will be met.
Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
A roundup of progressive news…
Just 4% of Tory party members think hitting net zero target should be a policy priority
The views of the party membership are in stark contrast to the concerns of the majority of the country, with a poll in April finding that 64% of all voters supported the government’s plans to hit the net zero target.
Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
A roundup of progressive news…