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Climate Change

The stakes are simply too high to let London’s transport network fall into managed decline

Sarah Olney
21 April, 2022

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.

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Mike Buckley: What Russia’s war on Ukraine could mean for the future of climate change

Mike Buckley
19 April, 2022

‘Ask any climate scientist, or Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Getting the world off fossil fuels must be a much bigger priority than it is now.’

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Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week

Basit Mahmood
11 April, 2022

A roundup of progressive news…

Local councils and net zero

The government’s energy strategy fails to address both the cost of living crisis and the climate emergency

Thomas Perrett
11 April, 2022

‘The government has produced an energy strategy which has ignored the overwhelming evidence detailing the harm caused by extractive industries’.

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Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week

Basit Mahmood
4 April, 2022

A roundup of progressive news…

Priti Patel

Priti Patel accepts £100,000 donation from company run by one of the world’s most prominent oil traders

Basit Mahmood
4 April, 2022

Priti Patel’s members’ interests register shows that she accepted funds from Andurand Ventures Ltd, the company is run by Pierre Andurand, a leading oil trader.

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Global banks provided $742bn in fossil fuel financing despite their climate pledges

Basit Mahmood
31 March, 2022

In the six years since the adoption of the Paris Agreement, the world’s 60 largest private sector banks financed fossil fuels with $4.6 trillion.

Tory tug of war over Net Zero as Net Zero Scrutiny Group ‘grows in number’

John Lubbock
30 March, 2022

Tory pressure groups in parliament who support and oppose the government’s Net Zero targets are both increasing their support.

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Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week

Basit Mahmood
28 March, 2022

A roundup of progressive news…

Net Zero

Wera Hobhouse MP: Local Government should be at the heart of the transition to Net Zero

Wera Hobhouse MP
25 March, 2022

‘More than half of the emissions cuts needed rely on people and businesses taking up low-carbon solutions – solutions around buildings, energy and transport – decisions that are made at a local and individual level.’

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