16 Just Stop Oil activists to appeal ‘excessive’ jail sentences for peaceful protests
‘These excessive sentences are designed to put people off protesting’
Climate Change
Greenpeace protestors urge leaders at World Economic Forum to tax the super-rich
Activists blocked delegates arriving at Davos Lago heliport in private jets
Are climate politics about to go into reverse?
The rise of climate-sceptic populist figures both in the UK and abroad, puts climate action at risk of being side-lined in favour of regressive, anti-environmental politics that could undo years of hard-fought progress.
What is the Heartland Institute? Inside the climate denial group Nigel Farage has links to
Nigel Farage and Liz Truss were at the UK launch of a US-based climate change denying lobbying group in December.
Nigel Farage and Liz Truss attend launch of climate denial group
The Heartland Institute is a US based lobby group which has previously made extreme statements sceptical of climate change.
Plastics industry used disinformation to lobby against ban on ‘forever chemicals’
The estimated cost of cleaning up ‘forever chemical’ pollution in the UK and Europe will be £1.6 trillion over 20 years
World’s richest 1% burn through their fair share of annual carbon budget in just 10 days
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ two private jets spent nearly 25 days in the air over a 12-month period
Wera Hobhouse MP: Why Decarbonising Heat Must Be At The Heart Of Our Net Zero Strategy
Heat generation accounts for a staggering 37% of the UK’s carbon emissions—yet it is not explicitly supported in GBE’s legislative mandate.
How the right lost interest in climate change
As right-wing populist movements gain ground, we’re witnessing a deliberate undermining of climate science and policy at a time when extreme weather events, such as floods that claimed hundreds of lives in Spain and hurricanes that ravaged communities in Florida, confirm the need for urgent and bold action.
Right-wing media in uproar over peaceful demonstration urging Sadler’s Wells to cut ties with Barclays
‘Sadler’s Wells must choose: uphold the values of art and humanity, or remain complicit in the destruction and greed that threatens us all.’