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 …
Whether you're fighting fracking, coal mines, new roads or a third Heathrow runway, next weekend's Earth First! Winter Moot is for you, writes Louise Somerville Williams. Campaigners and activists from across the UK and beyond will gather in Stroud to build common strength in our struggle against ecological destruction, and to work for a world of social and environmental justice.
… element of their grass roots environmental campaigns. We don't care what you wear, or how … a broad cross section of our communities and campaigns. Saying 'No!' to those who would … context of environmental and social justice campaigns. The EF! Winter Moot offers you the …
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 …
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 …
Nuclear industry's need for subsidies rather than political opposition remains main obstacle to building of a new generation of power plants in the UK
Finance, not politics, the main obstacle to nuclear, say campaigners The Ecologist | 14th May 2010 News Nuclear Energy Politics And Economics nuclearpower.jpg No nuclear power stations will be built …
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?
… discuss and hatch plans for banking reform campaigns Donate : Become a donor to Positive …
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 …
Author at the centre of recent documentary claims more than half of the environmental movement agrees with him that we should embrace genetically modified (GM) crops and nuclear power
… alienating people because of their strong campaigns against nuclear, GM and also …
Campaign group South-West Against Nuclear want to stop the government's plans for a 'nuclear renaissance' beginning in Hinkley Point in Somerset. Nuclear, activists say, is plagued by problems from beginning to end
Campaigners say no to nuclear new build at Hinkley Point Nikki Clark | 15th February 2012 Comment Energy Climate Change Nuclear Hinkley Point Fukushima Decc EDF Carbon 1hinkley point demo sept …
Green campaigners reject accusations of failure and point out success of domestic climate legislation, regulations to tackle ozone pollution and growing acceptance from the business community of environmental issues
… unresolved,' said director of policy and campaigns Craig Bennett, who added the British … pointed out the 'extraordinary' success of campaigns on climate change, which brought the …
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 …
Ukraine's state-owned nuclear generator is suing anti-nuclear activists in its latest attempt to stifle public debate over the country's ageing fleet of 15 nuclear reactors, while refusing to release information in breach of international obligations.
Ukraine sues anti-nuclear campaigners The Ecologist | 28th August 2015 News Ukraine Energy Nuclear Human Rights EU Finance sunpp-cut.jpg Ukraine's state-owned nuclear generator is suing anti-nuclear …
When do Friends of the Earth and the Campaign to Protect Rural England want to build an incinerator? When they’re part of a new protest coalition called ‘Planning Disaster’ which yesterday filed a planning application to build an incinerator on the site of St Paul’s Cathedral in central London.
New campaign highlights planning madness 10th July 2007 News Planning Planning Disaster St Paul's Cathedral Incinerator Nuclear Motorway Road Planning White Paper UK Politics And Economics News web …
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 …
Campaign groups say UK officials are underestimating the costs of disposing of nuclear waste and that the taxpayer will end up footing the bill
Taxpayers could bankroll nuclear clear-up under new Government plans Tom Levitt | 9th December 2010 News Nuclear Renewable Radioactive Waste Health nuclearpowerstation.jpg No nuclear power station in …
Twice as many people in India and Japan rank climate change as one of the most important environmental issues, highlighting the challenge facing UK policymakers and climatologists
… of the Earth's most (and least) successful campaigns and why community groups are vital …
Austria's pledge to strive for the elimination of nuclear WMD kindled fresh energy and hope at this month's Vienna Conference on Nuclear Weapons, writes Rebecca Johnson. Now we must maintain the momentum towards global nuclear disarmament at the May 2015 meeting of the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Austria's campaign to 'stigmatise, prohibit and eliminate' nuclear weapons Rebecca Johnson | 27th December 2014 Activism Nuclear WMD Austria USA UK India Pakistan Japan War tsar-bomba-cut.jpg …
Mark Lynas, featured in Channel 4's recent and highly controversial documentary, 'What the green movement got wrong', tells Matilda Lee why he is not the pariah of the eco movement
… criticism at the moment is that we inherited campaigns from the past which no longer make …
This intimate relationship between West Cumbria Mining and the quango tasked with delivering a controversial Geological Disposal Facility demands that questions are asked.
Coal and nuclear in Cumbria Staff Reporter | 4th August 2020 News Coal Nuclear Waste Waste Disposal Cumbria Radiation Free Lakeland Keep Cumbrian Coal In The Hole keep_cumbrian_coal_in_the_hole.jpg …
As Japan's Fukushima disaster unfolds, the EU is financing a controversial nuclear expansion programme in Ukraine to increase exports to energy-hungry consumers in western Europe. Tom Levitt reports
EU 'ignoring safety risks' in financing of nuclear expansion in Ukraine Tom Levitt | 17th March 2011 News Nuclear Energy Ukraine EU Renewables Radiation nuclearukraine.jpg Anti-nuclear activists are …