Will Nigel Farage start another referendum campaign – this time on climate change?
Nigel Farage is being urged by right wing campaign groups to head a campaign against the government’s Net Zero policies in a new referendum.
Climate Change
‘While the circus over parties, cakes and flat refurbishments continues the climate crisis only gets worse’
‘The Glasgow Climate Pact needs to move “from words on a page” to a lived reality’
Baroness Jones: The impacts of government corruption on climate change
‘Between July 2019 and March last year, Ministers had 63 meetings with fossil fuel and bio-mass producers.’
Tory MPs use energy price hikes to argue for more drilling of oil and gas from North Sea
In a letter to the Telegraph, the MPs ‘appeal for a new approach to energy security’,
10 of the most prominent protest campaigns that defined 2021
It has been a year of major protests and unrest, illustrative of the staying power of many movements and the increasing grievances about those in power.
Molly Scott Cato: If we are to tackle the climate emergency then we need to fix our broken electoral system
‘Action on climate change is urgent and needs to be radical. Our 18th-century policy system is failing to respond.’
Wera Hobhouse MP: One year on from the Government’s Ten Point Plan – how are they doing on electric vehicles?
‘We need an emergency 10-year programme to upgrade insulation in every home and to ensure new homes are built to zero-carbon standards’
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 1, December 2021
The news you didn’t see this week…
Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
A roundup of progressive news
How Tower Hamlets intends to reach its net zero target
‘We are on track to deliver 50 ‘School Streets’ which close roads outside schools during pick up and drop off times in order to improve air quality and promote active travel.’