To avoid climate catastrophe, it’s time for Labour to scrap the idea of growth
We need to challenge our obsession with economic growth before it destroys the planet.
environment
Here’s why this year’s budget is ‘one of the least green ever’
The Tories are withdrawing subsidies for green power projects until 2025, but offering tax breaks for North Sea oil and gas developers.
I was convicted for protesting against fracking. As a councillor, I have no regrets
Taking direct action against fracking wasn’t an impulsive decision but a last resort. I had exhausted every option through every democratic channel available to me.
Why has Michael Gove banned some bee-killing pesticides in the UK but not others?
There are further tests for the secretary of state if he is to prove his environmental credentials.
Monarch’s collapse is due to a wider drop in demand — just another reason to halt airport expansion
Growth in aviation passenger numbers is dropping and costs to airlines increasing. Now’s the time the up the campaign against Heathrow expansion.
Like fracking in Lancashire, tree felling in Sheffield rides roughshod over local opposition
The Labour council in Sheffield have already cut down 4,500 trees in the city, earning it the international reputation of “the city that cuts down trees”. It must stop.
Climate change made Hurricane Harvey worse. We must demand action
There is hope in the eye of the storm: Space is opening up to make robust, radical demands for action on climate change.
As climate warnings become more dire, we need vision and drastic action
Politicians need to present a grand offer to the public on climate change, only then will it be possible to win support for the measures needed to avert calamity.
We’re close to defeating fracking in the UK – Lancashire is the industry’s last stand
Cuadrilla’s violent tactics against protesters show how desperate they’ve become in the face of growing public opposition.
The Government’s air quality ‘plan’ isn’t a plan – it’s an abdication of responsibility
Green MEP Molly Scott Cato unpicks the government’s clean air commitments.