US president Donald Trump’s climate change denial, plans for the NHS and food standards were all targets of a march in London this week.
… Change Makers Climate Breakdown Donald Trump NHS Global Justice Now trump_protest_chickens.jpg US president Donald Trump’s climate change denial, plans for the …
As the new year begins, the global clean energy transition is progressing much faster than most people realise, and is probably irreversible, writes Jeremy Leggett. President-elect Trump's prospects of revitalising the US coal industry, and giving the oil and gas industry the expansionist dream ticket it wants, are very low.
… Never mind Trump - the global energy transition is racing … writes Jeremy Leggett. President-elect Trump's prospects of revitalising the US coal … House for the first time. What damage can a Trump administration do to this analysis? …
Labour demands animal welfare and environmental protections be enshrined in new Agriculture Bill.
… in a post-Brexit trade deal with Donald Trump and the USA. Election promises Pollard … in a bid for a trade deal with Donald Trump. “Promises that Ministers have made to …
Information Rights Tribunal asked to rule over heavily redacted documents from Liam Fox’s trade working groups with over twenty countries.
… week’s state visit of US President Donald Trump over whether controversial areas like … democracy and taking back control. “Donald Trump may have let the cat out of the bag over …
Theresa May, the prime minister, is 'empty chaired' as she fails to meet with climate uber activist Greta Thunberg.
… what she would say to US President Donald Trump to steer him away from climate change … steps She said: "If I were to speak to Donald Trump today I don't think there is much I …
‘Green Deal’ seeks to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050.
… aligned against the it. President Donald Trump, for example, has consistently asserted … investment”. Yet this is far from being a Trumpian waste of money. Instead, the … ” of some current and former people in the Trump administration. They have tended towards …
Floods in Sierra Leone. Floods in India. Floods in Nepal. Floods in Bangladesh. Officials now estimate 41 million people across India, Nepal and Bangladesh have been affected. And of course there have been floods in Houston, Texas. We knew climate change would bring more flooding, so is this what the future holds, asks CLAIRE JAMES
… on social media. Just days earlier, Donald Trump had signed an order scrapping stricter … in infrastructure. As Harvey’s rains fell, Trump’s top official at the Environmental …
Claire O'Neill removed as president of the COP26 climate talks due to take place in Glasgow this November.
… Unit, said with leaders such as Donald Trump and Australia's Scott Morrison in power, … the US presidential election. President Trump has initiated proceedings to withdraw …
Climate school-strikers are leading a powerful, internationalist revolt against climate change.
… Latin America, to the women’s marches against Trump, to the MeToo movement in the US, to the … too, because this is the age of The Walls. Trump’s wall, Netanyahu’s wall, the …
Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, has been inconsistent at best about climate change. Now the country has massive nuclear expansion plans, which he claims is a solution. The apparent desire to appease energy companies and the violent oppression of nuclear opponents are a cause for serious concern. KUMAR SUNDARAM investigates
… June, Modi was seen expressing concern about Trump’s exit from the Paris climate accord and …
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has found India's huge solar initiative 'guilty' of breaking trade rules, write Dipti Bhatnagar & Sam Cossar-Gilbert, because it gives domestic manufacturers a small 10% quota for the supply of panels, leaving up to 90% for foreign competitors. It's a warning for perils of the entire WTO system, and of even harsher trade rules like those in TPP, TTIP and CETA.
… Climate agreement, but clearly trade still trumps real action on climate change. This is …
A crucial component of concrete, sand is vital to the global construction industry, writes Nick Meynen. China alone is importing a billion tonnes of sand a year, and its increasing scarcity is leading to large scale illegal mining and deadly conflicts. With ever more sand fetched from riverbeds, shorelines and sandbanks, roads and bridges are being undermined and beaches eroded. And the world's sand wars are only set to worsen.
… rising tension between China and the US. The Trump administration does not appear very … to accommodate China as a rising superpower. Trump's strategist and right-hand man Steve … a war would begin in the South China Sea. Trump's Foreign Minister Rex Tillerson, …
The era of mass consumption has reached India, bringing about a frenzy of over-consumption, pollution and ecological havoc. But so long as there's money to be made, asks Subhankar Banerjee, why worry about climate change?
… around 2030." The commercial imperative trumps all The US wants to sell oil to the …