Climate protestors claimed a big win after a successful 48-hour vigil outside the Daily Mail's London offices with Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett that won wide support from the Mail's own journalists. More events will follow in the run up to COP21.
… Occupy Daily Mail claim 'historic' climate win The Ecologist | 27th October 2015 News Media Climate Change Corporations Politics COP21 candlelit-vigil.png Climate protestors claimed a big win after a …
The Green MP for Brighton, Caroline Lucas, and four other protestors have been found 'not guilty' by Brighton magistrates on charges of obstructing the highway and other public order offences at a 2013 anti-fracking protest. 'The fight goes on!'
… particularly its role in accelerating climate change. "We are pleased that the court … with the release of two major UN studies on climate change. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) latest report warned …
A direct action protest by Rising Up! today blocked access to three Heathrow terminals to press their demand for no third runway at the UK's biggest airport. The activists included both climate campaigners and local people fearful of increased pollution, loss of homes and green space and entire villages destroyed.
… February 2017 News Protest Aviation Transport Climate Change UK Law Emissions Politics … biggest airport. The activists included both climate campaigners and local people fearful … a year lose their lives due to effects of climate change, most of these being black, …
The United Kingdom Independence Party will ban the teaching of climate change in schools, if it wins the 2015 elections, says UKIP education spokesman Derek Clark MEP.
… The Ecologist | 17th January 2014 News Climate Change Politics Education The United … Independence Party will ban the teaching of climate change in schools, if it wins the 2015 … Party has promised to ban the teaching of climate change in schools, if elected in May …
The Koch Brothers, who famously fund climate change denial groups in the USA, and other right-wing causes, are the joint winners of a dubious accolade.
… Award The Ecologist | 12th November 2013 News Climate Change Politics Endangered Species The Koch Brothers, who famously fund climate change denial groups in the USA, and … duo that shamelessly funnels money to the climate-denier movement and campaigns to ram …
As Cuadrilla's application to frack in Lancashire goes to public inquiry today, protestors from Greenpeace have installed a full-size 'fracking rig' in Parliament Square, London, complete with flare and deafening sound effects, to let MP's know just how great it is to have a fracking well on your doorstep.
… bad for our health and the health of the climate. It would pay the Communities Minister … live in the countryside and who care about climate change will not stand for a government … to industrialise our landscape and damage the climate." "We and the government know that …
The rainforest habitat of chimpanzees and other great apes is being destroyed by the expansion of palm oil projects in central Africa, according to new evidence from Greenpeace.
… the bush meat trade and the effects of climate change. The drill is a rare ape and … these forests is vital in the fight against climate change but the area is increasing … to be made of biofuels' full impact on climate change - but decided to wait five …
The surprise removal of tax benefits for investors in community renewable energy schemes - effective from Monday - is unlawful and must be reversed, states a legal letter to the Treasury. But meanwhile, investments in the sector have hit record levels, with two days still to go.
… into effect on Monday - just as the COP21 climate summit in Paris begins. Solicitors … Osborne to land on the same day as the UN Climate Change Conference, it has helped to …
Jeremy Corbyn is the one candidate for the Labour leadership who is serious about the environment and social justice. Only he can re-energise the Party, turn it into a political force capable of defeating neo-liberalism, and lead the progressive government that Britain so desperately needs.
… | 20th August 2015 Comment UK Politics Energy Climate Change corbyn-iraq-cut.jpg Jeremy … respectable to promote the combustion of climate-destroying fossil fuels, pass …
In a dramatic decision this morning, Lancashire county councillors voted 9:3 to reject Cuadrilla's planning application to frack at Preston New Road, defying the warnings of their own planning officers.
… that risks health, quality of life and the climate, has been stopped in its tracks once … commits to taking real action to tackle climate change." It's also a depressing day …
In a private letter to Tony Blair released today Prince Charles strongly urged Tony Blair to expedite a badger cull in 2005, raising the spectre of a third 'food scare' that would strike down British farming on the scale of BSE and Foot & Mouth disease.
… food and crops, and his concerns over climate change. But these concerns did not …
High ranking academics have issued a stark warning to policy makers on the future of Britain's shale gas - your best bet is that we have none that can be recovered consistent with policy objectives.
… | 25th March 2015 News Fracking UK Energy Climate Change Politics fracking-waste-cut.jpg …
Dan Crossley, of the Food Ethics Council, talks to the Ecologist about their work on developing an 'ethical food manifesto' ahead of the next general election
… pressure on our food and farming system, and climate change will hit hard too. At the heart …
The UK government has warned Austria that it will 'embrace any future opportunity that arises to sue or damage Austria' if it pursues its legal challenge to the the Hinkley point C nuclear plant, according to a leaked document.
… share in the EU-internal effort sharing" on climate change. On the face of it is hard to …
Britain's renewable energy surge will hit the buffers as funding dries up, writes David Toke - while cuts to the energy department's budget will wipe out its ability to guide the UK's low carbon energy transition.
… energy. The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is reduced to being …
Nearly a year ago at the height of the UK floods, tragedy struck an ordinary family in Surrey as toxic gas from a nearby landfill site killed a 7-year old boy, Zane. Now the authorities appear determined to exculpate the source of the poison - an old landfill site - even as they prepare for a massive increase in hazardous waste from fracking.
… of silence" . In response to questions about climate change, the Met Office confirmed that …
The UK government has announced massive cuts in support for solar roofs and farms that appear designed to undermine investor confidence just as the technology is on track to be subsidy-free by 2020.
… carbon emissions and the forthcoming UN climate talks in Paris, these cuts are …