Environment

Ellie Chowns, MEP Candidate for the West Midlands

“The use of Section 14 in this way is an unprecedented move in policing public protests in the UK, and it is a worrying one. The right to peaceful protest is a fundamental pillar of our democracy”. Green MEP Ellie Chowns reflects on her arrest in Trafalgar Square last week defending the right of Extinction Rebellion activists to protest and what it means for our democracy.

Poland discovers ecology

Bartlomiej Kozek explores how the environment has come to occupy a large space in Poland’s public debate

Fracking has cost taxpayer £32 million, says report

A report from the National Audit Office has revealed the risks and costs of shale gas extraction

Students in Lancaster strike for climate actionn

Eco anxiety: Climate change and youth mental health

How environmental threat and uncertainty feeds into youth mental health issues

Is animal agriculture guilty of ecocide?

The Vegan Society's Tim Thorpe explains how we can reduce our meat consumption

Extinction Rebellion Youth activists in San Francisco, April 2019

10 signs of hope in a dark world

It’s easy to despair at the state of the world, but Green MEP Molly Scott Cato highlights 10 reasons to be cheerful.

Sheffield city centre road with vehicles

Sheffield Greens: Clean air zone is missed opportunity

Sheffield City Council’s current proposals for a clean air zone won’t charge private cars

Protester holding placard that says 'Climate Justice'

Fracking, democracy and the people’s right to protest

‘The people have won before. We will win again,' writes former Greens leader Natalie Bennett

Jones delivers Greens’ Speech in Lords

Green peer Jenny Jones delivered a Green alternative to the Queen’s Speech in the House of Lords

Support the Youth Climate Strike to end the status quo

Students and children strike to demand action on the climate emergency.

“Young people are saying that the time is up for business as usual. Everything must change. There is no place in a climate emergency for the status quo.” Green Party Co-leader Jonathan Ba...

Jonathan Bartley |

Activism

Green Party

Climate Change

Politics

Environment

| Thu 19 Sep 2019

Climate refugees: The definition and protection gap

“Some form of objective category must be implemented into global law and practice, to ensure the protection of individuals and communities who are most vulnerable to the impacts of climat...

Luna Williams |

| Fri 13 Sep 2019

Illegal killing of birds of prey is rife

With grouse shooting season underway, the mass killing of wildlife is taking place up and down the country. The RSPB has spoken out against this slaughter, publishing its annual report of...

Imogen Benson |

Wildlife

Environment

Animal Rights

| Fri 30 Aug 2019

The Amazon burns: will the world learn?

The Amazon rainforest is being intentionally burned by agrobusinesses, encouraged by the Brazilian Government

“This is not an exaggeration. The stakes couldn’t be higher. The burning of the Amazon places the planet on red alert.” In response to the Brazilian Government’s aiding and abetting of th...

Molly Scott Cato and Rupert Read ... |

| Fri 23 Aug 2019

Climate activists protest expansion of Swedish airport

Protesters from Flyglarm Arlanda group walking with banner

“It is time for the Swedish climate movement to level up the resistance and make clear that airport expansions are not supported by the people.” With arguments against airport expansion g...

Tansy Dando |

| Wed 14 Aug 2019

Grouse shooting: Stop the Inglorious Twelfth

What is referred to as the Glorious Twelfth – the start of the grouse shooting season – is rather more inglorious for the grouse and other wildlife that lose their lives in the name of th...

Natalie Bennett |

| Mon 12 Aug 2019

Over half of UK councils declare climate emergency

Since Bristol City Council became the first local local authority to declare a climate emergency in November 2018, more than half of all councils across the UK have followed suit, committ...

Green World |

| Thu 1 Aug 2019

Stop categorising legitimate protest as extremism

A new report from right-wing think tank Policy Exchange calling for increased surveillance on environmental activist groups, such as Extinction Rebellion, has been condemned by campaigner...

Alan Story |

| Thu 18 Jul 2019

Extinction Rebellion takes to the streets in five cities

Green World joined activists in Bristol on the second day of Extinction Rebellion’s summer uprising, a week of civil disobedience bringing cities to a halt.

Green World |

| Tue 16 Jul 2019

Campaigners assemble as Cuadrilla to resume fracking

Anti-fracking campaigners have begun to return to Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road site near Lancashire as the oil and gas exploration company announced it would be resuming drilling at the s...

Alan Story |

| Thu 11 Jul 2019

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