The European coordinator of international climate campaign group 350.org talks to the Ecologist about civil disobedience outside the White House and why she's gearing up for September 24th
… say what makes a successful campaign. For me campaigns that are the starting point to build … more people to take action are successful campaigns. One of our most successful campaigns in this regard has been obviously …
Can lawyers really save the world? James Thornton from UK law firm ClientEarth believes they can - and is leading the way in achieving ecological justice
… started ClientEarth, there are a wide set of campaigns going on in climate, marine, human … really important to pick issues and design campaigns strategically. There are some that …
The Valbona Valley in northern Albania faces destruction from the planned works, despite being within the protected area of the Valbona National Park. LAURA BRIGGS reports
New hydroelectric power projects threaten The Valbona Valley in Albania Laura Briggs | 2nd December 2016 News Energy Campaigning Renewables Botany your-journey.jpeg The Valbona Valley in northern …
Campaign groups from Indonesia, Kenya and Peru have called on planners in the UK to turn down opencast coal mines in Co Durham and Derbyshire, write Anne Harris & Hal Rhoades. Not only do the mines damage local health and environment, say the activists. They also threaten global climate stability - and all countries must play their part in ending the world's coal addiction.
Global South campaigners tell UK planners: no new opencast coal mines! Anne Harris Hal Rhoades | 7th October 2015 Activism Energy Climate Change Coal UK opencast-coal-wales-cut.jpg Campaign groups …
Friends of the Earth opposes new nuclear power stations in the UK. And that's great, writes Jonathon Porritt, except for their complete failure to campaign about it - even though the government's nuclear obsession is a huge obstruction to the renewable energy future FoE says it wants. Please can we have some action now?
… letter-writing, and support for a few sign-up campaigns. It's left all the rest of it to …
A combination of community resistance, phase out commitments by governments, cities and businesses, and rapid cost reductions in renewable energy has resulted in a huge slump in construction of new coal plants. CATHERINE EARLY reports
Old king coal loses crown as worldwide phase-out campaign gains momentum Catherine Early | 22nd March 2018 News Coal Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy China Coal; Fossil Fuels; Renewable Energy; China: …
"Fossil fuel backed stocks and bonds - which are based on long term revenues from fossil energy production - should be downgraded to junk status."
Fossil fuel divestment campaign for Europe Hoda Baraka | 26th October 2013 Activism Fossil Fuel Coal Oil Gas Energy Climate Climate Change 350-ffe.jpg "Fossil fuel backed stocks and bonds - which are …
A new campaign group is trying to push through reforms that would give customers a choice in investments and make banks more socially useful. But can it break through the banking bottleneck?
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With 80% of the world's fossil fuel reserves 'unburnable' if the world is to meet its climate targets, writes Melanie Mattauch, the divestment movement is moving from strength to strength. As investor confidence in fossil energy ebbs away, 2015 is where the endgame for a dying industry begins.
… just over a year ago in Europe. Since then campaigns urging local authorities, … up at a dizzying pace, adding up to 94 active campaigns throughout the continent. The … social change. What started with student campaigns at US college campuses, now …
Norway's sovereign wealth fund, worth over $900 billion, has today announced that it will divest from coal, a move expected to force the sale of investments worth $13.3 billion. Campaigners say that other funds have now 'run out of excuses' not to follow suit.
Norway's $1 trillion wealth fund to divest from coal The Ecologist | 5th June 2015 News Fossil Fuels Finance Coal Renewables Norway norway-divest-march-cut.jpg Norway's sovereign wealth fund, worth …
Caerphilly councillors yesterday refused permission for a huge open cast coal mine in South Wales that's fiercely opposed by local people furious at its impacts on air, landscape, tranquillity and climate, writes Guy Shrubsole. Coming so soon after the rejection of fracking in Lancashire, the message is clear: fossil fuels are best left safely underground.
Campaigners celebrate as Caerphilly councillors vote: the coal stays in the ground Guy Shrubsole | 7th July 2015 News Energy Fossil Fuels Coal Fracking UK Wales Climate Change …
Greenpeace's 'Unfriend Coal' campaign is calling on the world's biggest social networking site to free its energy-intensive business from coal power
Just how green is Facebook? The Ecologist | 5th April 2011 Other Climate Change Coal Facebook Greenpeace Video Energy facebook-480x360.jpg Greenpeace's 'Unfriend Coal' campaign is calling on the …
Campaigners 'left with no choice but to take Banks Group to court' over habitat destruction.
Coal firm faces court for alleged wildlife crime Brendan Montague | 14th November 2018 News Great Crested Newt Banks Group Coal Change Makers 7488499966_e8ebd2bfe9_b.jpg Campaigners 'left with no …
At first it looked like a journalistic coup, writes Neil Crumpton - the BBC's 'scoop' that FOE was no longer opposed to nuclear power. Except that FOE remains firmly anti-nuclear as it has been for decades. The spotlight must now be turned on the BBC itself, and its little-known but shocking links to the nuclear industry
… to nuclear power. It was news to the group's campaigns director, Craig Bennett, who had … limited energy and funding on more winnable campaigns. So any shift regarding 'closure …
Climate change minister urges more urgent cuts to greenhouse gas emissions while allowing renewed push for oil in remote regions
Huhne accused of 'hypocrisy' for promoting offshore oil in Scotland and Arctic The Ecologist | 4th March 2011 News Oil Energy Climate Change Arctic Renewables shetlands.jpg The UK recently approved …
Campaigners are outraged over airline Lufthansa and German government funding for jatropha biofuels trial
Germany joins up with Lufthansa to sponsor biofuel six times worse than fossil fuels William McLennan | 19th April 2011 News Biofuels Renewables Energy Airlines airplanes.jpg European airline …
Pope Francis's famous encyclical on climate change is part of a broad global shift to environmental awareness among faith communities, writes Tim Gee. Christian churches and congregations are among those joining the fast growing fossil fuel divestment movement, switching to renewable energy, and reaching out to wider society to help protect our home planet, Earth.
… Christian Aid . To contact the Christian Aid campaigns team email campaigns@christian-aid.org . What if the …
Anti-coal campaigners are in court today in a final attempt to block the extension of a coal mine at Aberpergwm in south Wales.
Final attempt to stop coal mine Catherine Early | 6th February 2024 | News Coal Mining Fossil Fuels Ffos-y-fran Activism coal_mine.jpg Anti-coal campaigners are in court today in a final attempt to …
The Drax power station in North Yorkshire is among Britain's greatest greenhouse gas emitters, writes Almuth Ernsting. Not only is it burning some 6 million tonnes of coal every year, it is also burning its way through forests in the USA and other countries as it converts to biomass-fired units, rewarded by £1.3 million a day in subsidies. Join the #AxeDrax protest this weekend!
#AxeDrax: campaigners unite for climate justice against coal and biofueled deforestation Almuth Ernsting | 18th October 2016 Activism Climate Change Emissions Energy Biofuels Fossil Fuels Coal …
The opencast coal mine at Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil in Wales is the UK’s largest - and has produced eight million tonnes of coal. Now Miller Argent, the owner and operator, wants to extend the mine. Banks Mining has applied for planning permission to begin a new mine at Highthorn, in Northumberland. The application will go before Sajid Javid, the Communities Secretary, today. MAT HOPE of DeSmog UK spoke to the people most affected.
… December 2017 Activism Mining Coal Protest Campaigns fyf_machinery.jpg The opencast coal …
Community fears for the restoration of the UK’s largest open pit coal mine.
Mine victory for Welsh community Catherine Early | 5th May 2023 | News Coal Climate Change Mining South Wales ffos-y-fran-cut.jpg Community fears for the restoration of the UK’s largest open pit coal …