This May the Greens are hoping to win their first seats in the Welsh Assembly, and become a strong force for social and ecological progress, writes Alice Hooker-Stroud, newly elected leader of the Wales Green Party. At the heart of the vision: sustainable, prosperous, empowered communities.
… Communities at the heart of a Green Wales Alice Hooker-Stroud | 21st January 2016 Comment Politics Wales UK Climate Change Energy Renewables … Hooker-Stroud, newly elected leader of the Wales Green Party. At the heart of the vision: …
Wales should lead the UK in bringing an end to the entire coal industry from opencast mining to highly polluting power stations, writes Gareth Clubb. A new report by Friends of the Earth Cymru shows the Aberthaw plant alone imposes social and environmental costs of nearly £1 billion per year on the country and global climate.
… From pit mines to power plants, Wales must lead the UK out of coal Gareth … Comment Fossil Fuels Coal Mining Pollution Wales UK Climate Change Politics Law aberthaw-cut.jpg Wales should lead the UK in bringing an end to …
A tangle of undercapitalised companies are coming forward to cash in on old deep coal mines in Wales, writes Guy Shrubsole - by digging them all out from above from huge open cast pits. But local communities, alarmed at the noise, pollution and destruction of landscape, increasingly see coal as an industry that's best consigned to the scrapheap.
… trying to revive 'zombie' open cast mines in Wales Guy Shrubsole Greenpeace Energydesk | … Coal Fossil Fuels Mining Corporations UK Wales Politics Climate Change … forward to cash in on old deep coal mines in Wales, writes Guy Shrubsole - by digging them …
Community fears for the restoration of the UK’s largest open pit coal mine.
… 2023 | News Coal Climate Change Mining South Wales ffos-y-fran-cut.jpg Community fears for … largest open pit coal mine. Campaigners in Wales are celebrating the refusal of a coal … However, last year operator Merthyr South Wales applied to extend coaling to March 2024, …
Welsh Climate Camp gets underway as protesters set up camp near coal mine
… Protesters start Climate Camp Wales The Ecologist | 12th August 2009 News … Protesters have started Wales's first Climate Camp next to an opencast … coal mine, on the edge of Merthyr Tydfil. Wales's first Climate Camp follows the …
Wales’ last coal-fired power station will close next year, its owner RWE has announced.
… Coal consigned to history in Wales Catherine Early | 6th August 2019 News … Transition Friends Of The Earth Greenpeace Wales aberthaw_coal.jpg Wales’ last coal-fired power station will …
Caerphilly councillors yesterday refused permission for a huge open cast coal mine in South Wales that's fiercely opposed by local people furious at its impacts on air, landscape, tranquillity and climate, writes Guy Shrubsole. Coming so soon after the rejection of fracking in Lancashire, the message is clear: fossil fuels are best left safely underground.
… News Energy Fossil Fuels Coal Fracking UK Wales Climate Change … for a huge open cast coal mine in South Wales that's fiercely opposed by local people … extraordinary happened: a council in South Wales, the birthplace of the fossil fuel age, …
Momentum is gathering behind the UK's transition to a fossil free society, writes Guy Shrubsole. We know we need to leave at least 80% of proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground to avert catastrophic climate change. Here's a quick run-down of progress to date - and the key upcoming fights, including an invasion of the UK's biggest coal mine this weekend.
… Climate Change Fossil Fuels Coal Protest UK Wales Scotland Norther Ireland England … people are gathering near Merthyr Tydfil in Wales to shut down the UK's largest coal mine … Scotland, Longannet, closed 24th March 2016 . Wales De facto fracking moratorium since …
The new head of the Prince's green living charity speaks to the Ecologist about ways of engaging individuals and the benefits of corporate partnerships
… Joey Tabone, Chief Executive of the Prince of Wales's charity Start Matilda Lee | 12th … Culture Change Climate Change Prince Of Wales Behaviour Change Green Consumerism How … initiative inspired by The Prince of Wales, has by far been the most successful …
The government makes bold claims about tackling climate change and phasing out coal power stations, writes Guy Shrubsole. Yet it's 'relaxed' about two huge new coal mines that would produce ten million tonnes of coal, blighting landscapes and afflicting the health of vulnerable communities. It's time to say no to all onshore fossil fuel production.
… Fuels UK Health Climate Change The Land Wales druridge-bay-cut.jpg The government … and another that will blight one of Wales most impoverished communities. A … now proposed. Showering coal dust over one of Wales most disadvantaged communities The …
Next month thousands will gather in Wales to shut down the UK's open cast coal mine at Ffosyfran, whose 3,500 acres abut both Merthyr Tydfil, one of Britain's most deprived communities, and the glorious Brecon Beacons national park. It will be one of dozens of coordinated actions across the UK, and around the world, to bring the age of coal to the rapid end it so richly deserves.
… Change Fossil Fuels Energy Coal Protest UK Wales … Next month thousands will gather in Wales to shut down the UK's open cast coal … for fossil fuels. In Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, local campaigners will set up camp with …
Eifion Rees reports on the video journalists producing environmental and social justice films that influence public opinion - and consistently get closer to the issues than the mainstream media
… Make A Difference Culture Change Helen Iles Wales Sustainable Film Undercurrents … she says. Helen won last year’s Digital Hero Wales award for work educating children about … from the Neath-Port Talbot area of South Wales about wood and green woodworking, and …
What with rising rainfall in the west, and hotter, drier summers in the east, British farmers place plenty of challenges from global warming, writes Anna Bowen. But there are also positive opportunities for agricultural innovators to adapt their farming systems to changing conditions, make their operations more resilient and sustainable, and make themselves part of the solution.
… 2017 Comment Farming Climate Change UK Wales flood-wales-2-cut.jpg What with rising rainfall in … dairy farming clients in the dampness of West Wales. The last decade has seen record-setting …
Last election climate change was all the rage, writes David Williamson. But in the current campaign it's hardly getting a look in in spite of melting icecaps, collapsing glaciers, a wave of climate refugees fleeing Africa and serious weather events at home. Now it's up to us to force it onto the election agenda!
… election' - so why isn't it? David Williamson Wales Online | 4th May 2015 Comment Climate … power when gusts of more than 100mph hit Wales. The 'climate change election'? … Williamson is the Political Editor of Media Wales, publisher of Wales Online , where this …
An exhibition showing the effects of climate change in the UK? Laura Sevier investigates...
… threatens over 1 million homes in England and Wales) becomes all the more real, and … Penrhyn Castle – National Trust, nr Bangor, Wales: 7 July – 2 September 2007 Bristol …
The wind farms debate rages on as the need for renewable energy grows. But is the UK in danger of putting aesthetics before the need to cut carbon emissions and adopt greener technologies?
… of those surveyed in 2003 on behalf of the Wales Tourist Board said, ‘that if the number of wind farms increased in Wales it would make no difference to the … 36 more wind farms were built in the UK, Wales and Northern Ireland, bringing the grand …
Do wind turbines provide an affordable means of harnessing a limitless source of clean power, or are they inefficient blots on the landscape that devastate birdlife and are more likely to exacerbate than reduce CO2 emissions?
… the Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales, the Association for the Protection of … and Bears Down in the southwest, throughout Wales and Scotland, East Anglia and the north, … landscapes that attract tourists. Parts of Wales, Scotland, Cumbria and Cornwall are …
Campaign groups from Indonesia, Kenya and Peru have called on planners in the UK to turn down opencast coal mines in Co Durham and Derbyshire, write Anne Harris & Hal Rhoades. Not only do the mines damage local health and environment, say the activists. They also threaten global climate stability - and all countries must play their part in ending the world's coal addiction.
… Energy Climate Change Coal UK opencast-coal-wales-cut.jpg Campaign groups from Indonesia, … tonnes of coal from the Rhymney valley in Wales as part of the proposed Nant Llesg … the incompatibility of the new mine with Wales's climate targets as key reasons to …
The emergence of rainforest saving initiatives which are intent on action and are already proving successful is refreshing to see.
… grassroots initiatives, such as the Prince of Wales’s Rainforest Project, which are taking … Despite an encouraging start, The Prince of Wales states that the onus is on immediate … of our planet. The rainforests, the Prince of Wales says, are to be seen as “our greatest …
Treasury accused of writing a 'blank cheque' with taxpayers' money for bank to make environmentally-damaging investments
… water for approximately 100, 000 people. Wales - open cast coal mine RBS has taken part … Ffos-y-fran in Merthyr Tydfil, south Wales. This type of mining has been likened to …
The UK's coal burn is not just having a huge impact on climate, writes Anne Harris. It's also devastating communities in the UK, Russia, Colombia and other nations that supply our coal power stations. Those impacted are doing their best to resist the mining companies that are destroying their land, stealing their homes and polluting their air and water. But they need our help!
… former natural state in Scotland and South Wales. The odds are stacked against coal … commitment to reducing our use of coal. In Wales, the United Valleys Action Group and … to Druridge Bay and at the Varteg in South Wales. The last significant deep mine, …
By allowing emissions to to rise humans may have doubled the likelihood of further floods like those that struck the UK in 2000, say climate scientists in first attempt to prove link between man-made climate change and extreme weather
… study. Analysing the floods in England and Wales in 2000, climate scientists found a … gas contribution to flood risk in England and Wales in autumn 2000 ' is published in the …
Australia's prime minister thinks climate change is 'crap' and has just abolished his country's carbon-pricing system. But scientists say that it's rising levels of CO2 that are leaving the south of the country parched and sweltering - and it's only going to get worse.
… even now, in the Australian winter, New South Wales is being hit by bush fires . Tom …