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XR activism on Shell HQ
How XR is holding Shell to account

“A breaking window is a just response to a breaking world.” Following the verdict of the Shell 7 as ‘not guilty', Sarah Lunnon from Extinction Rebellion explains how this is indicative of a cultural change when it comes to environmental accountability.

Doncaster town centre
No more ‘business as usual’ in Doncaster
Green mayoral candidate Warren Draper outlines the next steps for climate action for Doncaster
Taiwan Strait
Taiwan’s Green Party: the legacy of Penny Kemp’s visit
Dr Dafydd Fell details how longstanding Green Party activist Penny Kemp turned Green politics around in Taiwan
Lake Chad
How Lake Chad fuelled the ecofeminist movement
Climate activist Oladosu Adenike explains her relationship to Lake Chad and ecofeminism
Penrith coal mine protest
Stop the Cumbria coal mine
Maggie Mason details the challenges faced in blocking planning applications for the Whitehaven coal mine
Royal oak tree
How Extinction Rebellion is saving British oaks
Jack Francklin talks to James Murray-White about founding Extinction Rebellion Rewilding
Flooding in Vietnam
Greens condemn over-reporting of climate adaptation finance by developed nations
Molly Scott Cato calls for justice for developing nations receiving little climate mitigation funding
Solar panels on roof
Retrofitting and pushing for net-zero
Robert Lindsay explains what councils can do to ensure old homes are low-carbon
Durham Farm, Jones Hill Wood
Protecting Jones’ Hill Wood from HS2
Steve Masters details his personal activism journey protesting against the destruction of Jones’ Hill Wood for HS2

What does the future hold for anti-flight activist groups?

Airfield
“The benefits of the Heathrow expansion would be felt by the privileged few who fly, yet the price paid by people across the world.” Anna Hughes, Director of Flight Free UK, considers the...
Anna Hughes |
Air Quality
Environment
Policy
| Fri 8 Jan 2021

Government action on EfW plants too little, too late

Burngreave EfW plant
With the Climate Change Committee warning that the UK’s waste sector is seeing rising CO2 emissions due to the construction of new Energy-from-Waste plants, Green Peer Jenny Jones outline...
Jenny Jones |
Environment
Air Quality
Waste
Pollution
| Mon 21 Dec 2020

Help defend Dewley Hill from open-cast coal mines

Defend Dewley Hill
Rakesh Prashara, Equality and Diversity Officer for the Newcastle Greens, explains why proposed open-cast coal mines must not be given the go-ahead by Newcastle City Council.
Rakesh Prashara |
Justice
Environment
UK Government
Local Government
Air Quality
Health
| Wed 2 Dec 2020

Are electric cars really greener than petrol or diesel cars?

Electric car
“While electric cars are undoubtedly less harmful than petrol cars, frankly that’s a pretty low bar.” Following the Prime Minister’s promise of investment in electric vehicles, Paul Moroz...
Paul Morozzo |
Transport
Environment
Air Quality
Society
| Mon 30 Nov 2020

‘Random and unconnected’ policies don’t hold up to the climate emergency

Offshore wind turbines
Former MEP Molly Scott Cato responds to the Prime Minister’s 10-point plan to reach net zero by 2050.
Molly Scott Cato |
Environment
UK Government
Economics
Green Party
| Mon 23 Nov 2020

The right direction of travel

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Kensington and Chelsea Greens welcome Kensington High Street’s new cycle lane but emphasise the importance of making it a permanent feature, allowing people to travel safely and reduce po...
Green World |
Air Quality
Health
Transport
Local Government
Environment
| Thu 12 Nov 2020

Environment Bill must not undermine environmental accountability

Houses of Parliament
Ruth Chambers explains why proposed amendments to the Bill are a 'get out of jail free' card for the UK Government.
Ruth Chambers |
Democracy
UK Government
Environment
Politics
| Wed 28 Oct 2020

Wildlife Trusts calls for ‘Wildbelt’ as part of planning strategy

Hedgehog in a field
“Planning needs to identify where nature can be restored and recover, and then protect the places where this is happening.” Dr Sue Young, Head of Land Use Planning and Ecological Networks...
Dr Sue Young |
Climate Change
Environment
Society
Politics
UK Government
Wildlife
| Mon 5 Oct 2020

Better is possible: co-leaders’ speech at GPEW Conference 2020

Jonathan Bartley and Sian Berry speaking at GPEW Conference 2020
Live-streaming from the Everyman cinema in Broadgate, London, to Greens up and down the country through YouTube, Facebook and Zoom, co-leaders Sian Berry and Jonathan Bartley recognised h...
Green World |
Green Party
Justice
Climate Change
Environment
Communications
| Fri 2 Oct 2020

Government going backwards on environmental protections

Caroline Lucas speaks to Andrew Marr
“This Government needs to do much more than deliver grand pledges to the UN.” Caroline Lucas responds to the pledge made by the UK Government at the UN’s biodiversity summit this week to ...
Caroline Lucas |
Environment
UK Government
Politics
Wildlife
| Thu 1 Oct 2020

Brighton and Hove holds first Climate Assembly

Brighton pier
This week saw the first meeting of the Brighton and Hove City Council’s new Climate Assembly, bringing 50 residents together to discuss transport and how the city can reach its climate go...
Amy Heley |
Justice
Climate Change
Housing
Environment
Society
Green Party
Local Government
Democracy
Transport
| Mon 28 Sep 2020

Book Review: Riders on the Storm

Smoke billowing from a wildfire
Molly Scott Cato reviews Riders on the Storm: The Climate Crisis and the Survival of Being by Alastair McIntosh.
Molly Scott Cato |
Reviews
Climate Change
Environment
Politics
Activism
| Mon 21 Sep 2020

Climate Assembly recommendations forge the way for progressive climate policy

Caroline Lucas speaks to Andrew Marr
“It’s striking that Assembly members highlighted the values of fairness and the protection of nature as key principles for the path to net zero, along with more widespread information and...

Caroline Lucas |
Air Quality
Climate Change
Environment
UK Government
Democracy
Politics
Podcast
| Thu 17 Sep 2020

World misses biodiversity goals, states UN report

An image of the Great Barrier Reef
Agreed in Japan in 2010, the 20 Aichi biodiversity goals aimed to halt the destruction of wildlife and ecosystems across the world. A new report by the UN has revealed that, 10 years on, ...
Lidia Creech |
Climate Change
Environment
International
Wildlife
| Wed 16 Sep 2020

No atrocities: Ecological reasons why black lives matter

George Floyd mural
Green Party member Rosey Thomas Palmer looks at how ecology must support equal rights for diverse communities and reformulate itself to support social justice aims as well as ecological o...
Rosey Thomas Palmer |
Activism
Environment
Justice
Society
| Thu 10 Sep 2020

All words no action in Bristol

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“I've said more times than I can remember that it cannot just be words. Declaring a climate emergency has to lead to real action.” In the latest instalment of our series What has Changed?...
Carla Denyer |
Climate Change
Local Government
Activism
Environment
| Mon 24 Aug 2020

Sheffield Greens lobby for actions, not just words

Sheffield
In the third part of our series on the progress of local authority climate emergency declarations, What has changed?, Green Sheffield city councillor Douglas Johnson looks at how Sheffiel...
Douglas Johnson |
Climate Change
Environment
Elections
Activism
Local Government
Democracy
Policy
| Tue 18 Aug 2020

Mauritius oil spill threatens wildlife and jobs

Pointe d'Esny Mauritius
More than 1,000 tonnes of oil have leaked into the ocean around Mauritius after a Japanese oil tanker ran aground in July, with a 27 square kilometre oil slick threatening local ecosystem...
Green World |
Wildlife
International
Pollution
Environment
| Mon 17 Aug 2020

Manchester must do better on climate emergency

Manchester Town Hall
In the second part of our series on the progress of local authority climate emergency declarations, What has changed?, Alison Hawdale, a Manchester Green Party member who heads up the cou...
Alison Hawdale |
Climate Change
Environment
Local Government
Democracy
Policy
| Mon 10 Aug 2020

Beaver colony granted right to stay in Devon

Beaver
The Department for Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs has legally sanctioned a beaver colony to remain on the River Otter in east Devon, after the success of its five-year reintroduct...
Emma Love |
Climate Change
Environment
UK Government
Wildlife
| Thu 6 Aug 2020
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