From direct action campaigns to eco-village renewable energy systems, there are many ways to learn about and get involved in actions to prevent climate change
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ExxonMobil has long known that climate change is real and dangerous, write Louise Rouse & Naomi Ages, while denying it in public and supporting climate change deniers. Now they accuse their critics of 'chilling' climate science and the search for solutions. The truth is the precise opposite.
… Exxon is the one guilty of 'chilling' climate science! Louise Rouse Naomi Ages … Comment Fossil Fuels Oil Corporations Law Climate Change USA exxon-cut.jpg ExxonMobil has long known that climate change is real and dangerous, write …
In a landmark ruling, judges have ordered the Netherlands to do more to tackle the 'imminent danger' of climate change. Meanwhile an expert commission reports of an impending global health breakdown from unmitigated global warming.
… | 25th June 2015 News Law Health Netherlands Climate Change malaria-mursi-cut.jpg In a … to do more to tackle the 'imminent danger' of climate change. Meanwhile an expert commission … that a state should take precautions against climate change, the district court in The …
Nigeria is suffering political instability resulting from desertification and pollution, writes Senator Bukola Saraki. As Africa's most populous country it has no choice but to engage in the fight against climate change, its causes, and its consequences.
… For Nigeria, tackling climate change is a security imperative Bukola … | 8th March 2014 Comment Nigeria Africa Climate Change Unfccc Law … no choice but to engage in the fight against climate change, its causes, and its …
Climate activists who broke into Aberdeen Airport hope to convince jury their actions were justified in preventing larger crime of runaway climate change
… Scottish climate activists in the dock hope to set … The Ecologist | 14th June 2010 News Legal Climate Activists Aberdeen Climate Change Law climateactivistsaberdeen.jpg Nine climate …
Fund managers who neglect their 'duty of care' to clients by failing to put pressure on the companies they invest in to reduce their carbon emissions and prepare for a fossil-free future could be sued for their negligence, say respected experts in law, environment and finance.
… Fund managers: campaign on climate, or face lawsuits The Ecologist | 12th February 2016 News Climate Change Law Pollution Emissions Finance … in law, environment and finance. Systemic climate risk is an issue that fund managers, …
‘Green Deal’ seeks to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050.
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President Obama believes he can keep the promises he made on behalf of the USA at COP21, writes Robert Percival. And he's right - with or without the approval of Congress. But ultimately, it's up to US electors to maintain the political momentum for climate action. A future administration could put all his policies into reverse - no matter how foolish that would be.
… Obama's Paris climate pledges are legally durable - up to a … of Maryland | 17th December 2015 Comment Climate Change USA Politics Law COP21 … to maintain the political momentum for climate action. A future administration could …
The recent U-turn by of some of the UK's leading environmentalists - and one-time nuclear energy opponents - on the issue of nuclear energy, has caused vigourous debate in the media. Their reasoning is that we simply don't have the capacity to produce enough renewable energy to meet our needs. But as this comprehensive Ecologist report from 2007 shows the UK is really a renewable energy powerhouse.
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The UK is not on course to meet its carbon targets and risks increasing the cost to consumers of dealing with climate change. CATHERINE EARLY reports
… Government put on notice on climate change failures Catherine Early | 28th June 2018 News Climate Change Government Committee On Climate Change Transport Renewable Energy …
Proponents argue that geoengineering may be the only way of preventing climatic harms in the absence of substantial emissions reductions. But the consequences could be global, fatal, unintended and uncontrollable. Dr SAM ADELMAN investigates
… Climate change - is it now time for extreme … Sam Adelman | 12th April 2018 Comment Climate Change Geoengineering Renewable Energy … deliberate, large-scale manipulation of the climate in the hope of regulating global …
Europe's new targets for carbon emissions and renewable energy are severely retrograde and fly in the face of both science and economics. They will endanger climate and retard the renewable energy revolution.
… Weeny, weedy, weaky: the EU's new climate plan Oliver Tickell | 22nd January … Fracking Fossil Fuels EU UK Renewable Energy Climate Change denmark-turbine.png Europe's … science and economics. They will endanger climate and retard the renewable energy …
In this joint statement to COP21 Amnesty International and Greenpeace International call on all governments to protect human rights by including making respect for human rights an explicit purpose of any agreement, while agreeing to phase out fossil fuels and deliver 100% renewables for all by 2050.
… International | 9th December 2015 Comment Climate Change Human Rights COP21 Law Unfccc … and deliver 100% renewables for all by 2050. Climate change is a human rights issue. … health, housing and other rights impacted by climate impacts. It is in our hands to stop …
An unprecedented coalition of 20 Attorneys General from US states and the Virgin Islands have combined to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for the deception they have inflicted on customers and the wider public over climate change, writes Lauren McCauley, in a move hailed as a 'turning point' in the battle to save the climate.
… Attorneys General unite to target Exxon climate crimes Lauren McCauley Common Dreams | … 2016 News Fossil Fuels Oil Corporations Law Climate Change USA exxon_knew_share_v3.jpg An … on customers and the wider public over climate change, writes Lauren McCauley, in a …
Newly published letters show that the UK Government may ignore the Committee on Climate Change, its official advisor on climate, and allow emissions from aviation to soar at an expanded Heathrow airport, writes Damian Kahya. Instead it would rely on buying widely condemned 'carbon offsets'.
… Heathrow: Government may ignore its own climate advisors Damian Kahya Greenpeace … | 30th January 2017 News Transport Aviation Climate Change Emissions UK Politics Law … the UK Government may ignore the Committee on Climate Change, its official advisor on …
American NGO advocating for young people's future environmental rights has won a first key legal battle in its fight to force the United States to avoid dangerous climate change by cutting its greenhouse gas emissions, writes Sophie Marjanac. If upheld on appeal in higher courts, the ruling has huge implications for us all.
… Young Americans' legal victory could force climate change action Sophie Marjanac … ClientEarth | 19th April 2016 Comment Law Climate Change Human Rights Youth USA … to force the United States to avoid dangerous climate change by cutting its greenhouse gas …
Those who finance and direct strategic campaigns to undermine the public's ability to develop and voice informed opinions on climate change should - writes Lawrence Rorcello - face criminal penalties.
… Climate misinformation is criminally negligent … Lawrence Torcello | 14th March 2014 Comment Climate Change Law Corporations stop-koch.png … to develop and voice informed opinions on climate change should - writes Lawrence …
A new movement has been launched at COP21 in Paris to give legal effect to the rights of nature and communities, writes Hal Rhoades, providing effective protection against the gross environmental damage and human rights violations that accompany extractive industries from mining to oil development and agri-business projects, and which underlie climate change.
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The Conservation Law Foundation has just filed the first lawsuit against ExxonMobil for violations under the Clean Water Act and other laws, committed in its deliberate, reckless and deceitful cover-up of it's true knowledge of the dangers of climate change.
… ExxonMobil sued over climate cover-up Oliver Tickell | 30th September 2016 News Law Climate Change Corporations USA … of it's true knowledge of the dangers of climate change. The Conservation Law …
Plane Stupid's Heathrow 13 escaped immediate incarceration yesterday for occupying Heathrow's northern runway last summer. But the threat of imprisonment remains firmly in place, writes Ali Tamlit, from a state determined to defend the corporations that are inflicting the systemic violence of climate change on us all. The peaceful fight for a better world must go on.
… #Heathrow13: the systemic violence of climate change Ali Tamlit | 25th February 2016 News Climate Change Aviation Law War … that are inflicting the systemic violence of climate change on us all. The peaceful fight …
The Philippines is taking a huge leap forward in the climate wars, writes Ellen Baker, with the world's 'top 50' energy giants standing accused of violating international human rights law as a result of their fossil fuel production. This is the first such investigation ever to take place anywhere in the world - and it just opened up a whole new front of corporate vulnerability.
… | 13th January 2016 Activism Human Rights Climate Change Law Energy Philippines COP21 … is taking a huge leap forward in the climate wars, writes Ellen Baker, with the … said these corporations are intensifying climate change and its impacts with their …
Climate change is doom and gloom. But the Balearic Islands of Mallorca, Ibiza, Menorca and Formentera are demonstrating how much can be done. ROSALINDA MUCH investigates
… The quiet climate revolution taking place in Spain’s … Rosalinda Much | 18th July 2018 Comment Climate Change Renewable Energy Spain View of the bay in Cala Figuera, Mallorca (Spain) Climate change is doom and gloom. But the …
Protestors who closed down the coal mine on climate change denier Matt Ridley's estate faced a claim of £100,000 in losses, writes Brendan Montague. But a judge cut that down by over 90% while declaring the eight defendants of 'impeccable character'.
… Matt Ridley coal mine hit with £100,000 climate protest bill Brendan Montague … | 20th December 2015 News Coal Protest Climate Change UK Law end-coal-fluor-cut.jpg … Protestors who closed down the coal mine on climate change denier Matt Ridley's estate …