Climate Crisis
Tim Root: What Extinction Rebellion needs to do next to win this fight
Extinction Rebellion needs clear demands and a strategy to target the real ‘bad guys’, writes Tim Root. Read here
Sustainability
Environment
Andrew Pendleton – In the Shadow of Kinder Scout
Nearly ninety years after the Kinder Scout Mass Trespass, half of England’s land remains in the hands of just 1%. It’s time for radical land reform. Andrew Pendleton is the Director of Policy and Advocacy […]
Climate Crisis
Colin Hines – A Social and Green New Deal to Reverse the Populist Tide
Quantitative easing – not to save bankers and property barons – but for the insecure majority of people, creating jobs, raising incomes, and making their lives more bearable, should be part of a pan-European Green […]
Climate Crisis
Larry Elliott: How the Green New Deal was Hatched in a London Bar
Addressing a double whammy: in 2007, over a friendly drink, the Guardian’s economics editor, Larry Elliott, came up with a radical plan to combat the effects of the financial crisis and climate change. He called […]
Climate Crisis
Sophie Yeo – MEPs Decide not to Punish Exxon for No-show at Climate Hearing
The European Parliament stopped short of stripping ExxonMobil of lobbying rights after its failure to attend a hearing on climate denial Sophie Yeo writes for DesmogUK Cross-posted from DesmogUK ExxonMobil will retain its ability to […]
Climate Crisis
Richard Murphy: Taxes to Save the Environment – a Progressive Air Travel Tax
Richard Murphy of Tax Research UK proposes hitting those wanton frequent fliers – such as workaholic businesspersons and owners of second homes abroad – with a progressive Tax to Save the Environment (TASTE). Unpopular but […]
Climate Crisis
Julian Wettengel – German energy reform needs “enormous efforts” in transport and buildings
A leaked progress report warns that Germany will miss its 2020 amd 2030 targets for reducing energy use and greenhouse gas emissions by wide margins Julian Wettengel is a staff correspondent for Clean Energy Wire Cross-posted […]
Climate Crisis
Andrew Murphy – Governments Can Stop Other Airlines Joining Ryanair as Top-10 Emitter
Aviation is the most carbon-intensive mode of transport, and Europe’s fastest-growing source of emissions. Time to stop the rot. Andrew Murphy writes on aviation for Transport & Environment Cross-posted from Transport & Environment Ryanair grabbed […]
Climate Crisis
James Murray: Capitalism 2.0verthrown?
James Murray considers the business lessons from Extinction Rebellion’s London takeover- Better said: the fringes of capitalism are slowly realising that their greed will have consequences. Read here
Energy
Urgewald – World Bank Pumps Billions Into Fossil Fuel Projects
A study commissioned by the German NGO Urgewald exposes the climate-damaging activities of the world’s most powerful development institution. Urgewald is a non-profit environmental and human rights organisation based in Germany Cross-posted from Urgewald Urgewald’s […]