COMMENT
— Water companies dumping sewage poses a serious threat to a 300-year-old oyster family business and to marine life if they are allowed to continue.
COMMENT
— Water companies dumping sewage poses a serious threat to a 300-year-old oyster family business and to marine life if they are allowed to continue.
COMMENT
— What if a country has made such a series of catastrophic decisions that it cannot afford to help people in other parts of the world or protect the planet anymore?
Climate Change
— Focusing our attention on attitudes towards climate change could help us take a valuable step back from potentially deadlocked ideological debates.
Environment
— How can eco-activists halting the traffic on the M25 possibly threaten Rupert Murdoch so much that his newspapers decide to invent stories about them?
Climate Change
— Fossil fuels were named as the problem at COP26. We’re no closer to eliminating them a year on.
Environment
— With Lula’s election in Brazil, zero deforestation in the Amazon may become a reality. Here are the current limitations in implementing international zero-deforestation commitments in the Amazon and beyond, and how the new president can help address some of the challenges his country faces.
Climate Change
— Don’t expect much at this year’s COP27 than new pledges and promises. But if you hope for a Paris-style “Sharm El-Sheikh agreement”, you will be disappointed: countries are not doing what they have promised at previous COPs.
Climate Protests
— Just Stop Oil joined the People’s Assembly coalition in a protest on Saturday to demand a general election and an immediate response to the climate and cost of living crisis.
Climate Change
— Research shows that when dramatic climate change protests happen people want to shoot the messenger, but they do hear the message.
Climate Crisis
— Switzerland’s glaciers have just lost 6% of their ice in a single year. This is not normal.
COMMENT
— We will continue to stand side-by-side with the local people of Dunsfold in their campaign to protect the environment from a drilling project that could open the door to future projects that will add to the UK’s carbon footprint.
Environment
— Environmental groups have criticised the government’s approach to nature – but what is this approach and why is it concerning?
Climate Change
— Liz Truss has appointed a loyal cabinet with varied environmental credentials. While the new government represent a threat for UK action on climate change, their ability to inflict damage to climate policy will be restricted.
Environment
— Paris has successfully taken water back into public ownership. There is growing evidence to suggest England should do the same as after 33 years, the private ownership experiment has totally failed.
Climate Change
— Humanity is no longer in the safe zone. ‘Green water’ is essential for healthy soils and a benign climate, but it’s under threat. Immediate action is needed to maintain a resilient and nourishing freshwater cycle.
Decarbonisation
— Has the government been achieving its ambition for the public sector to be a leader in decarbonising its activities? Difficult to say as measurement and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions by public bodies are inconsistent and not streamlined.
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