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Extinction Rebellion – Climate activists block London bridges in “swarming protest”
Disruption could continue until Saturday as Extinction Rebellion continues climate change protest
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The Guardian: Avoid London, police warn motorists, amid Extinction Rebellion ‘swarming’ protests
Disruption could continue until Saturday as Extinction Rebellion continues climate change protest Read here
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Sofía López, Bram De Botselier, Simon Schunz – The EU talks big on protecting the Arctic, but it continues to prioritise economic interests over the environment
The Arctic is one of the world’s most environmentally fragile regions, but it also offers substantial economic opportunities. This has led many states and companies with an interest in the region to promote a policy […]
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Ann Pettifor – To Secure a Future, Britain Needs a Green New Deal
The Climate Change Crisis has reached such dangerous proportions that we all have to alter our mode of living and thinking. We at BRAVE NEW EUROPE too, will in the future (actually we began a […]
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The Guardian: Scores arrested as thousands block London bridges in climate rebellion
Protesters close five main bridges across Thames over extinction crisis in huge act of peaceful civil disobedience Read here
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Kevin MacKay – The Ecological Crisis is a Political Crisis
Kevin MacKay contends that oligarchy has been a more fundamental cause of the collapse of civilisations than social complexity or energy demand. Control by oligarchs, he argues, thwarts rational decision-making, because the short-term interests of […]
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George Monbiot: The Earth is in a death spiral. It will take radical action to save us
Climate breakdown could be rapid and unpredictable. We can no longer tinker around the edges and hope minor changes will avert collapse. Read here
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Jason Hickel – Here’s a simple solution to the green growth / degrowth debate
Jason Hickel examines the arguments of green growth and finds them lacking. Green growth is simply not capable of reversing ecological breakdown and keep global warming under 1.5 degrees. Jason Hickel is an anthropologist who […]
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Nick Dearden: Tricks of the trade
Liam Fox is planning bargain-basement trade deals for Brexit Britain – but Labour policy promises to deliver trade justice and democracy for the many. Read here
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The Irish Times: EU critical of ‘severe’ weaknesses in Ireland’s fisheries controls
This is the lovely thing about the EU. So many beautiful laws concerning car emissions, taxes, workers’ rights, financial regulation, etc., but so full of loopholes (especially when it is about profits) that no one […]