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Climate Change

Net Zero Watch COP26

Who exactly are Net Zero Watch and why should we be worried about climate science deniers’ rebrand

Basit Mahmood
1 November, 2021

As the COP26 summit kicks off, members of a new group, called Net Zero Watch (NZW), have been featuring on GB News and TalkRadio, decrying what they say is ‘climate hysteria’.

Alok Sharma COP26

COP26: Alok Sharma slammed for hypocritical stance on Cambo oilfield as summit kicks off

Basit Mahmood
1 November, 2021

“Alok Sharma unable to defend the indefensible – he was doing well on #Marr until he had to answer why his Government is going ahead with a new oil field at Cambo.  First rule of diplomacy is to #WalkYourTalk – shamefully the UK isn’t.”

Sunak budget climate change

Why Rishi Sunak’s budget failed on climate change

Basit Mahmood
29 October, 2021

Faced with a choice of setting out an ambitiously green budget, on the eve of a global climate summit that the government will be hosting, Rishi Sunak opted for business as usual.

Local councils and net zero

Wera Hobhouse MP: Local government should be at the heart of the net zero transition

Wera Hobhouse MP
29 October, 2021

‘To effect the change we so urgently need, local authorities must embed zero carbon approaches to managing, funding, procuring, commissioning and delivering services but they need the sufficient resources to do this.’

Sunak slammed for domestic flight tax

Sunak slammed for cutting taxes on domestic flights days before COP26

Basit Mahmood
27 October, 2021

‘Yes, you heard that right – @RishiSunak is making flights cheaper.  Good thing there’s no #ClimateEmergency.’

Radical Roundup

Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 4, October 2021

Basit Mahmood
27 October, 2021

The news you didn’t see this week…

COP26

EXCLUSIVE: Over half of voters think COP26 summit won’t make a positive difference to climate change

Basit Mahmood
27 October, 2021

The poll found that 51% of UK adults think that the COP26 summit will not make a positive difference to climate change

Sewage vote

Jenny Jones: Sewage and the Conservatives’ lack of clear blue water

Jenny Jones
26 October, 2021

Daily maps of the sewage dumping, along with graphic pictures of murky coastal waters have illustrated the scale of it (400,000 incidents in the last year alone).

Warnings made about newly formed group of climate change sceptics

‘Lukewarmer propaganda’: Climate change deniers’ ‘rebrand’ sparks concern

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
24 October, 2021

Claims that a prominent climate change denial group has rebranded as Net Zero Watch has incited concern and warnings over group’s objectives and dubious climate science messages.

Green Party members holding a banner

Green Party commits to £50 billion a year in international aid and climate finance

Chris Jarvis
24 October, 2021

The decision from the Green Party comes in the run up to the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, where finance from richer countries to lower-income countries will be a discussed by world leaders. 

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