Extinction Rebellion has a lot to learn from Ende Gelände, the grassroots climate action group that is radical in theory and practice.
… Climate justice action in Germany Alice Swift | 19th … and no further,’ and the mass climate justice movement was successful in blocking … that we must take the concept of climate justice seriously and that we cannot look at …
After leading the way on climate legislation with the 2009 Climate Change Act, the Scottish government are now putting their money where their mouth is with the creation of the Climate Justice Fund to pay for developing country adaption projects
… Climate justice: Scotland pioneers new fund to help … Scotland Wind Energy Donald Trump Climate Justice Fund scottishflag.jpg After leading … mouth is with the creation of the Climate Justice Fund to pay for developing country …
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 … destruction for bioenergy, and for climate justice will be protesting outside the UK's … and inform ongoing actions for climate justice. Drax has been burning millions of …
The UK's insistence on opening up the UK to fracking is symptomatic of a deeper malaise, writes Paul Mobbs. Of course we need a change of government, but more than that, we need a deeper, enduring change of the nation's governance if we are ever to effect the transition to sustainable policies on energy and environment. It's time for the UK to become truly democratic.
… taken sides. Expanding the British (in)justice system Another story to emerge last … other, more troubling announcements about the justice system. In early December the Justice Secretary, Michael Gove, repealed the …
Andreas Malm’s new book draws explosive conclusions for the struggle for climate justice.
… conclusions for the struggle for climate justice. Walter Benjamin famously … of fossil-fueled capitalism – the climate justice movement. The essay sketches the three … Would it be possible, then, for the climate justice movement to intervene in the machine …
Britain's nuclear bomb test veterans suffered severe genetic damage from radiation, writes Chris Busby, and their case for compensation is being heard in the High Court today. Key to their case is evidence of similar damage inflicted on in utero babies exposed to radiation from the Chernobyl disaster, and how the dreadful health impacts of radiation cascade down to future generations.
… damage, and the UK nuclear bomb tests - justice at last? Chris Busby | 6th May 2016 … and their families, will finally receive the justice they so richly deserve. Chris …
The failure of the UK's privatized electricity oligopoly - expensive, uncompetitive and slow to adopt renewable technologies - is being repeated across the global south, writes Christine Haigh: over £100 million of UK 'aid' is supporting energy privatization in the very countries that can least afford it.
… UK 'aid' exporting it? Christine Haigh Global Justice Now | 20th February 2015 Comment UK … alternatives in their place. Join: Global Justice Now are holding an Energy Justice Assembly at their conference in London …
The Paris climate agreement contains plenty enough to get fossil fuel companies and exporters worried about their future, writes Kumi Naidoo. But it is lacking is in the mechanisms to deliver its aspirations. That's why the global climate movement has to escalate its fight against the carbon bullies, and for climate justice.
… against the carbon bullies, and for climate justice. The wheel of climate action turns … to where we need to be. A deeply engrained injustice to be overcome There is also not … change. It contains an inherent, ingrained injustice. The nations which caused this problem …
Sanctions and legal action against BP unlikely to prevent further oil spill, say environmental groups that argue the US needs to cut its ties with oil industry
… oilspillbpmexico.jpg The US Department of Justice has vowed to pursue BP and its … of oil have so far been released. The US Justice Department will look at whether BP … of criminal investigation being brought by US Justice Department READ MORE... NEWS ANALYSIS …
A second legal challenge to the UK's proposed Hinkley C nuclear power plant in Somerset was launched this morning by ten renewable and municipal power suppliers in Germany and Austria, citing grave distortions to European energy markets.
… today filed a lawsuit with the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg … power." "We want the European Court of Justice to annul the EU Commission's decision … the Action Alliance before the Court of Justice of the European Union, is Dr Dörte …
Four environmental groups are starting legal action against EU’s €13 billion gas infrastructure priority list.
… public after a major reform of EU access to justice laws last year . The four … will be able to ask the Court of Justice of the EU to rule. Guillermo Ramo, a … fossil fuel infrastructure and yes to climate justice and to peace. EU funding must focus on …
Britain's corporate energy oligarchy has failed us, writes Calum McGregor. It's given us widespread fuel poverty, unfair tariffs, constant price hikes, billions siphoned off to shareholders, and chronic under-investment in renewables. Now is the time for a new model: public and co-operative ownership of energy infrastructure under participative democratic control.
… Democracy', organised and chaired by Global Justice Now , and attended by a wealth of … is a concept born out of the climate justice movement, and brings together … intersecting ideas grounded in social justice and the need for decisive and …
East Liverpool, a small city by the Ohio river, is a cancer-ridden dumping ground for the detritus of the global economy, writes Caitlin Johnson. With its filthy power station, coal ash lake, 1,300 fracking wells, silica sand mountains and a huge toxic waste incinerator, the city's people need your help in their fight for environmental justice.
… your help in their fight for environmental justice. About 100 miles Southeast of … - who had been fighting for environmental justice for East Liverpool since the 1980s: … and Mike Walton. Each has been seeking justice for their community. The toxic waste …
Naomi Klein famously called for a 'grand coalition' of the progressive left to fight climate change and Earth-destroying capitalism, writes Alexander Reid Ross. And now it's happening, drawing together diverse strands that encompass the fight for social and racial justice, the right to work, health, clean air and fresh water, and our freedom to be alive and thrive on this our one planet.
… encompass the fight for social and racial justice, the right to work, health, clean air … remain the same: mutual aid, solidarity, justice. There is no reason why, today, the … around issues of climate change and economic justice, Right to the City is one of several …
As the G20 meet in China this weekend, it's time for governments to finally get tough on the world's tax dodgers, write Dipti Bhatnagar & Sam Cossar-Gilbert. The missing tax revenues would be able to finance a 100% renewable electricity system covering half the planet by 2030 - a major step in raising living standards and tackling climate change.
… very little. It is a similar story on tax justice: all talk, no action. At the G20 tax … be used for the benefit of all. Yet this injustice continues. Similarly, climate change is an injustice that continues. It is …
Canadian authorities urged to bring in ethical guidelines for extractive industries as Anvil Mining faces court case for alleged role in the killing of 70 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo
… citing the case as a prime example of how justice is not always done in the country. … of the lack of any other way of seeking justice against an overseas company. 'We must … families have never lost hope of seeing justice being done,' said Emmanuel Umpula …
Big Oil going carbon neutral? Here is how carbon offsets impact local and indigenous communities.
… in the Global Atlas of Environmental Justice (EJAtlas) reveal that indigenous … fuel model. They also reproduce historical injustices and asymmetrical power relationships … striving for a safer climate and global justice, it is imperative to oppose voluntary …
The damage caused by fracking to people, communities and the wider environment will be put under the legal spotlight in public hearings in the US and the UK, write Damien Short & Tom Kerns. While the 'ruling' that emerges will be non-binding, it will provide an authoritative, expert dossier of fact and argument for real legal actions to follow.
… the human rights dimensions of fracking." Justice is for everyone (who can pay for it) … of law, in its application, and in access to justice. Even in democracies, as Sir James Mathew once said, " justice is open to all, like the Ritz Hotel ." …
A letter from Energy Secretary Amber Rudd leaked to The Ecologist shows that she misled Parliament by promising the UK was 'on course' to deliver on its renewable energy targets - when in fact there is a delivery shortfall in 2020 of almost 25%. Her plan to fill the gap relies on more biofuels, buying in green power and 'credits' from abroad - everything but wind and solar.
… fines imposed by the European Court of Justice: "The absence of a credible plan to … to on-going fines imposed by the EU Court of Justice (which could take into account avoided …
Bringing fossil fuels into COP, to keep them in the ground.
… first - and clearly a victory for the climate justice movement. A strange, bureaucratic, … of the many actions that the climate justice movement organises, to block fossil … is the direct outcome of the climate justice movement's leadership, which pushes …
How does energy scarcity intersect with gender justice?
… does energy scarcity intersect with gender justice? Many people in Palestine live with … of energy is a key driver of environmental injustice, or ‘nakba’in Arabic , in addition to … energy scarcity intersects with gender injustice , the network seeks to widen the space …
Southwark Council to refund leaseholders for ineffective District Heating following landmark tribunal ruling.
… legal cases, it is hard for residents to get justice even when their case is very … have to go as far as Tribunal to get simple justice or a heating system that works.” … have to go as far as Tribunal to get simple justice or a heating system that works. …
The coal power station at Aberthaw is not just polluting much of South Wales with its filthy emissions. It could also be seriously damaging the health of children in Colombia with coal dust from BHP Billiton's massive Cerrejón coal mine. In this open letter, Luz Ángela Uriana Epiayu implores RWE npower to shut down its stinking, obsolete and illegal power station.
… down. I know that the European Court of Justice has ruled against the UK government … So I had to take a case to the Colombian justice system. I asked them to reduce the …