Report reveals threat of civil unrest from energy shortages, which has been played down as 'alarmist' by ministers
… HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE A year-by-year vision of a sustainable future The Transition … society. Shaun Chamberlin outlines this vision - beginning with a landmark 2010 …
The announcement that UK will end public investments in overseas fossil fuels is welcome, but campaigners cannot take their foot off the gas.
… linked to water toxification and droughts. Vision So a blanket commitment to investing in … difficult task of constructing a detailed vision for what just climate finance looks …
President Trump's recent executive order could open an area of America's most precious landscapes bigger than Yellowstone to oil drilling and coal mining, write Lawrence Carter & Joe Sandler Clarke. The 27 monuments 'under review' harbour huge volumes of oil, gas and coal: just what's needed to fuel Trump's vision of fossil fuel-led development - never mind the cost to scenery, wildlife, historic sites and indigenous cultures.
… and coal: just what's needed to fuel Trump's vision of fossil fuel-led development - never … Months before the designation the Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining approved …
The UK government's insistence of pursuing fracking is based on a flawed and utterly misinformed vision of our future, write Alex Russell and Peter Strachan. Rather than delivering the prosperity they promise, large scale fracking would cause massive pollution of air and water, undermine vital export industries, and leave us with an irretrievably damaged economy and natural environment.
… is based on a flawed and utterly misinformed vision of our future, write Alex Russell and …
The Church of Scotland voted on Wednesday to continue investing in oil and gas companies - just a month after a number of leading Catholic organisations announced they were divesting from fossil fuels, writes CATHERINE HARTE
… fuels to clean energy and ensure that the vision of the Paris Agreement becomes a …
Kris O'Donnell, a peaceful cameraman and Legal Observer at Barton Moss anti-frack camp, was attacked by Greater Manchester police yesterday. He is under arrest in hospital with a broken eye socket.
… viewed on YouTube . For parts of the film no vision is available however the soundtrack is …
A new wave of ruthless conquistadors has arrived in Peru, write Aldo Orellana Lopez and Philippa de Boissière - global corporations after minerals, oil, gas, timber, land ... And instead of brandishing the Bible and the sword, they proclaim high sounding policies on environment and human rights, while co-opting police and politicians in their pillage of resources.
… usual. In order to protect and promote that vision Glencore Xstrata has not only embedded …
An ambitious plan to make a wholly renewable energy system cheaper than fossil fuels within a decade has been launched today and is set to receive its first hearing at the G7 Summit in Germany next week.
… changes will be needed to bring the Apollo vision to reality, for example with the scale …
Emails released by the Science Museum show that Shell pressed its case to Museum staff to deny NGOs the opportunity to open up a debate on the company's operations in connection with an exhibition it had sponsored on waste and climate change, writes Terry Macalister.
… our exhibitions and galleries, the editorial vision and control sits with our curatorial …
Political support for fracking is not just about energy, writes Paul Mobbs. It reflects the greater ecological and resource crisis at the root of our current economic woes - and only postpones the essential shift to a new kind of economy.
… the issue, are dragging me towards a specific vision of its underlying causes. Unfortunately …
With its choice of Hinkley Point C - a £100 billion nuclear boondoggle - its enthusiastic support for expensive and environmentally harmful fracking, and its relentless attack on renewable energy, the UK government's energy policy is both morally and economically bankrupt, write Peter Strachan & Alex Russell. It must urgently reconsider this folly and embrace the renewable energy transition.
… " going all out for shale " . The continuing vision for the Northern Powerhouse seems to be …
The Turow open-pit lignite mine is drying up water sources on both sides of the Polish-Czech border. In light of plans to expand mining at Turow, Czechs are now rebelling against putting up with damages from a foreign mine they get no benefits from CLAUDIA CIOBANU reports
… implementing the Polish government's pro-coal vision, has to face tough economic realities: …
The UK government has spent nearly £4 billion pounds of UK public funding on fossil fuel infrastructure in the global south since the Paris Agreement was signed.
… UK government would stop pursuing a narrow vision of national self-interest and support …
Israel desperately covets Gaza's gas as a 'cheap stop-gap' yielding revenues of $6-7 billion a year, writes Nafeez Ahmed. The UK's BG and the US's Noble Energy are lined up to do the dirty work - but first Hamas must be 'uprooted' from Gaza, and Fatah bullied into cutting off its talks with Russia's Gazprom.
… all these parties, particularly "political divisions on the Palestine side" have "hindered … Ya'alon is now in a position to execute the vision he had outlined a year before Operation …