Activists erect ‘headstones’ by UK Parliament to highlight deaths from cold homes.
… Headstones for cold homes Emily Beament | 14th March 2024 | News … UK Parliament to highlight deaths from cold homes. Greenpeace is urging the UK Government … to invest £6 billion a year to make homes warmer, improve health, cut bills and …
Home insulation appears to have dropped off the government’s to-do list, but it is essential to protecting people from cold, home power cuts, and hunger.
… We need home insulation, not more roads Frances Sleap … | 29th May 2020 News Fuel Poverty Heating Homes Health Covid-19 Coronavirus Editor’s Picks 7y2a1495-2-1024x683.jpg Home insulation appears to have dropped off …
Rebuilding a house is hard enough – especially if you aren’t wealthy or insured – but it is far more challenging to rebuild a sense of home.
… Finding home after Paradise burned Nick Buxton | 14th … is far more challenging to rebuild a sense of home. Carol Dyer climbed into her car and … two hours north to see what was left of a home she had left in a panic exactly a year …
Low income households should be first in line for transformative, tenant-controlled rollout of efficient heating systems.
… of efficient heating systems. The UK’s homes are some of the leakiest in Europe. … Climate change think tank E3G reckon cold homes in Britain kill as many people each year … to think big when it comes to insulating our homes to help tackle this problem. Super …
Social movements need to mobilise now and unite people hammered by rising energy bills with protesters who fear climate breakdown.
… Energy Bills Energy Editor’s Picks fpa-cold-homes-kill.jpg Social movements need to … in the UK, starting by demanding action on home heating. Since the government lifted the … meaning that they are unable to heat their home to an adequate temperature. The End Fuel …
A plan to pipe hydrogen, instead of natural gas, into millions of UK homes is being pushed hard by the fossil fuel industry.
… Hydrogen homes is a terrible idea Simon Pirani | 3rd … instead of natural gas, into millions of UK homes is being pushed hard by the fossil fuel … launched a campaign in favour of retrofitting homes with high-quality insulation and heat …
'The LSE would become a world leader and show other universities teaching economics is incomplete without teaching ecology.'
… Greek roots. ‘Eco’ or ‘oikos’ in Greek means home or household. ‘Logy’ or ‘logos’ means … household. In the minds of Greek philosophers home or household is a very inclusive term. A home is where we have our bedroom, living …
Green gentrification is a looming crisis - we must pay attention to who profits from, and who is exploited by, the built environment system.
… is being paid to the energy efficiency of homes and the built environment. This is … press attention for their demand to retrofit homes with insulation. Heatwave But focus on … weather warnings urged everyone to stay at home and winds swept across the country. …
What’s keeping the green promise of housing retrofit from becoming a reality?
… me. “And worst of all, you can’t escape it. Homes in the UK have no insulation.” Retrofit … accountability – made it clear: many UK homes weren’t insulated, and when they were, … These visions need not be at odds – homes that are safe for people and the planet …
Low carbon? Hydrogen greenhouse emissions globally are more than twice that of the entire UK economy.
… it will create jobs. See also: Hydrogen for homes is a terrible idea. We should fight it … facilities and trialling hydrogen use to heat homes. He talked about building a “hydrogen … tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Homes Yes, you read that right. 830 million …
The Arctic 30 are leaving Russia. 14 have received exit stamps and all are due back home in time to celebrate the New Year. But their fight for the Arctic is only just beginning ...
… Arctic 30 coming home The Ecologist | 26th December 2013 News … received exit stamps and all are due back home in time to celebrate the New Year. But … "This was the final step. I'll be leaving for home in Wales as soon as possible now, …
We should be able to access our daily needs - home, work, education, care, shopping, socialising - within a 15-minute walk or bike ride.
… We should be able to access our daily needs - home, work, education, care, shopping, … to get to and from basic functions such as home, work, education and social interaction. … should be able to access their daily needs of home, work, education, care, essential …
Funding will not 'remotely meet the scale of what’s needed to tackle the unemployment emergency and climate emergency we are facing'.
… to accelerate the rollout of chargepoints in homes, streets, and on motorways, to make … and commit to ending gas-fired heating in our homes. "Without a much swifter switch to heat … has already highlighted plans to power every home in the country by offshore wind within 10 …
Rich countries cause human movement – in a warming world they need to protect and accept those forced to flee. PART 1 of 2.
… adopted nation - could see him deported. The Home Office said no action would be taken … name as a child from his conflict-wrecked homeland of Somalia and through Djibouti. But … should anyone else forced to flee from their homes across borders be treated less humanely …
'With little more than an overnight bag, our phones and laptops, Geoff and I found ourselves standing with ash on our faces, smoke in our hair, and in a new world shifted on its axis.'
… neighbouring farm, not more than 8km from our home. It spread quickly into the commercial … limits to meet the challenge threatening our homes, our farms, and the wildlife we share … and their wildlife. Our farm and our home were caught in this destruction. …
The Food Waste Index Report 2021 looks at food waste that occurs in retail outlets, restaurants and homes.
… occurs in retail outlets, restaurants and homes. A staggering 931 million tonnes of food … occurs in retail outlets, restaurants and homes – counting both food and inedible parts … consumers need help to reduce food waste at home. Countries can raise climate ambition by …
… Should climate protesters picket an MP at home? Ministers are considering proposals to … have led to a recent spate of protests at MPs homes and offices, both for climate … well-publicised cases of Gaza protests at the homes of Tobias Ellwood in Bournemouth East, …
The adverts tell you the company’s green. The Ecologist tells you the truth.
… and expanded it to within 20 feet of people's homes and the playground it had previously … succeeded in compelling Shell to buy their homes – some of which are as close as 15 feet … a concession from Shell of $120,000 for each home ($50,000 for trailer homes), plus moving …
Denton's 59-41 vote to ban fracking has got right up the nose of the state's fossil fuel elite, writes Julie Dermansky. The Texas city has already been hit with two lawsuits - but it's going to fight them all the way, with a $4 million legal fund ready and waiting.
… a favor and listen to concerned citizens." 'Home rule'? No problem - until you mess with … threatened to pass legislation to take away home rule powers from cities that stand up to the oil and gas industry. Home rule empower s local municipalities to …
'Man of the hole’ protected the Amazon for 26 years: his legacy lives on in a court ruling to protect his ancestral territory.
… Peoples Conservation Editor’s Picks hole_home_.jpg 'Man of the hole’ protected the … witness to the fact his ancestral land is home to native peoples who choose not to have … time tending to his crops, building his own homes, and walking great distances over the …
There will be enough fossil fuel-burning stuff - cars, homes, factories, power plants - built by next year to blow through our carbon budget for a 2 degrees Celsius temperature rise. Never mind staying below a safer, saner 1.5 degrees of global warming, warns STEPHEN LEAHY
… be enough fossil fuel-burning stuff - cars, homes, factories, power plants - built by next … be enough fossil fuel-burning stuff - cars, homes, factories, power plants, etc. - built … climate study, “by 2018, no new cars, homes, schools, factories, or electrical power …
The rich want to end the lockdown. But before any government does this we need mass testing, proper equipment for essential workers and real protections for the most vulnerable.
… I see it. The young and the fit are staying home to save the lives of people like me. It … in the next wave, they will tell us to go home and self-isolate. We will go home to our flat mates and families, and give …
Could climate insurance disasters provoke a wider financial meltdown?
… succession of severe storms last year left UK home insurers on the hook for £573mn in … has been to start pushing up the charges to homeowners. The average price of home insurance rose nearly 20 per cent in the …
The protests by public health workers for PPE hold portents for how we globally respond to the threat of climate breakdown.
… 20 of them, standing six feet apart, holding home made signs. At that point, already, the … in her blue scrubs and a mask, holding up a home-made placard saying, ‘Protect Healthcare … on Tuesday. If your mum or dad is in a care home, and you can’t visit, you still stand …