Recycled rhetoric and the glaring hole in the Tories’ Environment Bill
‘This is the government’s last chance to show real leadership ahead of COP26’
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Green New Deal pledge could finally become Labour priority after Keir Starmer silence
Pledges include creating millions of green jobs and a ‘just’ transition away from polluting industries
Rail fares rise by 2.6% as government set to freeze fuel duty for 10th year
Opponents argue hiking ticket prices up so much will put people off train travel and could lead to more cars clogging up the roads
Public calls for a carbon tax that protects low-income households
Let’s not patronise people: they can see the benefits of effective carbon pricing, says Hannah Dillon
We need more grassroots projects to avert climate disaster
Zero carbon schemes need to be celebrated – and expanded – to boost our chances of averting the climate crisis.
Green leaders including Caroline Lucas call on Brits to try veganism in New Year’s message
‘We can protect the planet and prevent future pandemics if we change our diets’
‘Brilliant result’ sees last ever opencast coal mine application unanimously rejected
Environmental campaigners say it represents the final nail in the coffin of UK opencast coal mining
Government is trying to ‘bulldoze democracy’ through post-Brexit Trade Bill
The Greens also want the bill to include ‘existing strong protections’ for the environment, workers’ rights and food standards.
Ancient woodland is being ‘obliterated’ by HS2, activists warn ahead of protests
The protests come as felling restarts on several key sites of ancient woodland. Pic: Calvert Jubilee Nature Reserve.
Victory for environmentalists as plans for major North East coal mine rejected
“The beginning of the end of UK coal.”