As part of a global week of action campaigners from Divest London have gathered to ‘Raise the Heat' on the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, writes Hal Rhoades - protesting its plan to invest in a ‘carbon bomb' coal project that endangers global climate and threatens to finish off the Great Barrier Reef.
CommBank must ditch its plans to fund Great Barrier Reef destruction Hal Rhoades | 26th May 2015 News Climate Change Finance Australia UK Oceans divest-london-4-cut.jpg As part of a global week of …
The rise of corporate eco-activism makes a refreshing change from the usual 'campaigners versus corporation' dynamic, write Steffen Böhm & Annika Skoglund. And for companies that embark on this path - like Lush, Ecotricity and Interface - it can work out well for them and the environment. But heed the disastrous consequences for those, like BP, who said one thing, and did another.
… 2015 Comment Green Economy Corporations Campaigning bp-sign-cut.jpg The rise of … what's going on? After decades of activists campaigning against companies' poor … of Frack Off) is explicit about the fact that campaigning is part of the company's core …
Next month is the time for green activists to get together in the glorious Peak District, coordinate future actions on everything from fracking to road-building and climate change ... and of course, share the love, writes Indra donFrancesco, Yes, it's the Earth First! summer gathering, and there's never been stronger reasons to go.
… donFrancesco | 17th July 2015 Ethical Living Campaigning Fossil Fuels Fracking Transport … on everything you wanted to know about campaigning : from gender politics, ecology, … their cheap elderflower champagne this year. Campaigning zeal is burning bright We have …
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.
… the application. The group are now actively campaigning for the original decision to … . Take Action! Add your support to those campaigning against the Hilltop application. …
Local campaigners fearful of water shortages and industrial pollution have forced state authorities to cancel an unpopular plan to allocate land for a Coca-Cola bottling plant in Tamil Nadu, India.
Campaigners defeat Coca-Cola plant in South India The Ecologist | 21st April 2015 News India Water Pollution Corporations coca-cola-india-cut.jpg Local campaigners fearful of water shortages and …
Friends of the Earth opposes new nuclear power stations in the UK. And that's great, writes Jonathon Porritt, except for their complete failure to campaign about it - even though the government's nuclear obsession is a huge obstruction to the renewable energy future FoE says it wants. Please can we have some action now?
… | 9th June 2015 Comment Nuclear Energy Campaigning UK Renewables wylfa-nuke-cut.jpg … Friends of the Earth is just a question of campaigning prioritisation. But at another, …
With 80% of the world's fossil fuel reserves 'unburnable' if the world is to meet its climate targets, writes Melanie Mattauch, the divestment movement is moving from strength to strength. As investor confidence in fossil energy ebbs away, 2015 is where the endgame for a dying industry begins.
2015 - the fossil fuel endgame begins Melanie Mattauch | 12th January 2015 Comment Climate Change Finance Fossil Fuels Oil Gas Coal fossilfreeuk-210914-cut.jpg The Force is with us! Giant carbon …
Local authorities around the world are going pesticide-free following an initiative by a small town in Canada 25 years ago, writes Keith Tyrell. Now the movement is coming to the UK, with campaign groups setting up in towns, cities and rural communities to keep pesticides out of our streets, parks, playgrounds and allotments.
… use them more. We can do it too - with active campaigning by local communities So can the UK …
Norway's sovereign wealth fund, worth over $900 billion, has today announced that it will divest from coal, a move expected to force the sale of investments worth $13.3 billion. Campaigners say that other funds have now 'run out of excuses' not to follow suit.
… in renewables! They also promised to continue campaigning for the fund's full divestment …
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.
Campaigners celebrate as Caerphilly councillors vote: the coal stays in the ground Guy Shrubsole | 7th July 2015 News Energy Fossil Fuels Coal Fracking UK Wales Climate Change …
The Lobbying Act has left corporations and lobbyists free to argue their case in the election 'debate', writes Adam Ramsay. But the justified fear of legal sanctions has gagged charities and NGOs from speaking out, silencing the very people voters need to hear from most.
… The Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act …
Indonesia's murderous campaign of military repression in its stolen territory of West Papua continues, writes Jason MacLeod. But a courageous 50-year struggle for human rights and freedom is finally bearing fruit, with growing recognition of West Papua's right to nationhood among its Pacific neighbours. Real hopes of a better future are rising above the blood and pain.
… like colonial slaves. "We West Papuans are campaigning night and day for freedom from …
As the seas rise, the government is doing little to help those whose homes are being engulfed beneath the waves, writes Guy Shrubsole - people like veteran campaigner Malcolm Kerby, who has already seen a whole street of his North Norfolk town lost to the rising waters.
… Politics UK malcolm-cut.jpg Malcolm Kerby, campaigning against a government as implacable …
Destruction of 76 square kilometres of forests, lakes and farmland is proceeding north of Istanbul for the city's third airport, writes Rosie Bridger. But the gigantic ‘aerotropolis' project is vigorously opposed by local farmers and residents, and an urban resistance fighting other ecologically destructive megaprojects across the beautiful, biodiverse region - both on the streets and in the courts.
Campaigners resist destruction of Istanbul forests and wetlands for airport megaproject Rose Bridger | 25th July 2015 News Turkey Resistance Transpaort Development Politics trucks in the airport …
Ukraine's state-owned nuclear generator is suing anti-nuclear activists in its latest attempt to stifle public debate over the country's ageing fleet of 15 nuclear reactors, while refusing to release information in breach of international obligations.
… Ecoclub-Rivne, NECU and others - have been campaigning since more than five years for of …
Technology is crucial to all the big issues, but criticism is hampered by mythologies and structures of power, writes David King. Designed by and for corporate interests, modern industrial technologies embody a 400-year old technocratic philosophy of control of nature and people which must be confronted.
… in a few weeks with leading thinkers from campaigning green groups and other radical … molecular biologist who has been writing and campaigning about issues related to …
A handful of 'climate sceptic' billionaires, owners of most of the UK's biggest selling newspapers, have used their media dominance to spread a false narrative on climate change, and undermine prospects for effective action to curb fossil fuels, writes Donnachadh McCarthy. Campaigners must fight back - beginning with a series of actions that begin outside the Daily Mail this month.
… Western civilisation has ever known. His campaigning against wind farms laid the … face of this destruction of a generation's campaigning on the climate crisis, the … to climate action at the top of our political campaigning agenda. Engaging the media to …
There are no good reasons for not acting on population and migration, writes Simon Ross. It's time to tackle the issues head on and openly to challenge the excuses for doing nothing - or for acting only indirectly to reduce population growth, by raising the status of women in high fertility countries.
Action, not excuses, needed on population and migration Simon Ross | 7th January 2015 Comment Population Society hands-touching-cut.jpg There are no good reasons for not acting on population and …
Despite a raft of legislation to protect our wildlife, 60% of our key species are in decline, writes Jenny Jones. That's why we need a new and positive approach, going beyond protection to rebuilding flourishing, sustainable wildlife populations. And people too will see the benefits - in our own as is our health and wellbeing.
Election 2015 - our chance to campaign for nature and wellbeing Jenny Jones | 3rd January 2015 Comment Natural World Politics Law UK azure-damselflies-cut.jpg Despite a raft of legislation to protect …
The Government is preparing 'rules' that will enable the planting of GM crops in the UK as soon as 2017, writes Lawrence Woodward. A ministerial letter also signals a significant weakening of GMO safeguards compared to the Tories' 2010 manifesto. Now is the time to exert maximum pressure and fight off a planned GMO invasion.
UK ministers prepare for 2017 GM crop rollout Lawrence Woodward Oliver Tickell | 5th January 2015 News Farming Politics GMOs Regulation gm-corn-horror-cut.jpg The Government is preparing 'rules' that …
For 25 years, a group of eco-aware surfers have been campaigning for cleaner waves, writes Summer Brooks. SAS was founded in 1990 to tackle sewage discharges into UK coastal waters, and now, bigger and stronger than ever, they are turning their focus to the global problem of ocean plastic - both picking it up on our beaches, and pushing for long term, global solutions.
… years, a group of eco-aware surfers have been campaigning for cleaner waves, writes Summer … UK's beaches, oceans, waves and wildlife." Campaigning for cleaner seas It's been quite a … paper, and they could again." SAS are also campaigning for a deposit scheme for drinks …
Canada's 'Anti-Terrorism Bill' proposes a massive increase in the power of security services, writes Pete Dolack - and in the crosshairs are campaigners against a tar sands industry that's intent on releasing 240 billion tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere, and those fighting the pipelines needed to get the heavy crude to market. Who are the real 'extremists'?
Tar sands campaigners are Canada's new 'terrorists' Pete Dolack | 5th March 2015 News Canda Law Fossil Fuels Climate Change Tarsands Corporations rcmp-kinder-morgan-cut.jpg RCMP make an arrest at a …
In his new book environmental journalist Michael McCarthy bears witness to the astonishing decline in the once common wildlife of our countryside of the last few decades. But as Chris Rose writes, he does far more than bemoan the losses as he shares with us the joy that he still discovers in nature.
… as a launch experience or launch pad for campaigning for Nature, he has a good go at …
UK local authorities have £14 billion invested in fossil fuels, campaigners revealed today. Now they should re-invest it in solar energy, new housing and other areas that generate local and global benefits - as well as providing better security for pension holders.
Exposed: UK Councils' £14 billion fossil fuel gamble The Ecologist | 24th September 2015 News Finance Fossil Fuels UK coal-mine-mongolia-cut.jpg UK local authorities have £14 billion invested in …