New Energy Secretary linked to oil-funded think tank
OpenDemocracy gave the think tank the lowest possible funding transparency rating
Climate Change
Climate campaigners drop massive banner on Westminster Bridge as MPs return to parliament
They’re fighting to stop the Rosebank Oil Field
Climate protesters storm theatre show over Sadlers Wells fossil fuel sponsorship
“It’s time to cut oily money out of the arts.”
Climate change concern among public increases sharply amid summer of climate crises
Alarm about climate change in the UK is on the rise in the wake of a summer marked by climate-related catastrophes around the world.
Sadiq Khan gives impassioned defence of decision to expand ULEZ
“If you saw the 30 GPs with the largest number of respiratory problems, 24 of those are in outer London.”
World’s richest countries gave record sums of public money to fossil fuel industry last year
$1.4 trillion of public money went to the fossil fuel sector last year
How the Labour Party can include the working classes in a just climate transition
‘Labour can demonstrate that there is another way, and make a just transition a central plank of its environmental policy platform’
Climate change a growing top concern for voters, new polling finds
Concern for the environment doubled on last month in one poll
Rishi Sunak rules out Brexit-style referendum on net zero amid bitter Tory feud
It remains to be seen whether helicopter enthusiast Sunak, who has previously given into pressure from Tory rebels, will stand firm in his commitment to net zero.
Underfunding and staff shortages risk undermining UK’s net zero target, say workers
“We can’t solve environmental problems or net zero unless we have people to do the work”