The main concerns that drove the Brexit vote - mass immigration and declining job prospects - must be taken seriously, writes Colin Hines, in the UK and across Europe. We need a new, cooperative union: of decentralised regional economies, with public investment in 'green' infrastructure driving our transition to a sustainable, low carbon future.
… A green, cooperative Europe - for people and planet! … in the UK and across Europe. We need a new, cooperative union: of decentralised regional … a new direction for Europe - that of a cooperative grouping of countries prioritising …
The decision to postpone constructing a new nuclear plant in Wales has left a hole in the UK’s post-Brexit, low carbon energy plans.
Britain, Brexit, nuclear power and EU energy Joseph Dutton | 29th January 2019 News Thought Leaders UK Renewables Nuclear Electricity EU Brexit Low Carbon Networks Energy pylons.png The decision to …
Alternative agriculture production methods in the UK are now vital, and will be discussed at a conference in London this April.
Growth, Brexit and plant agriculture Staff Reporter | 18th February 2019 News Growth Brexit Plant Agriculture Thought Leaders cows-801045_960_720.jpg Alternative agriculture production methods in the …
It's now clear what place government ministers and senior officials want for the UK in a post-Brexit world, writes Mark Curtis - and it's not pretty! A new era of corporate 'free trade' colonialism looms, spearheaded by aid spending, with ramped-up arms exports to the world's most corrupt and repressive regimes, all backed up by military force to project the Britain's global financial interests.
Post-Brexit dreams of empire: arms, free trade and corporate conquest Mark Curtis Global Justice Now | 5th December 2016 News Brexit Politics Human Rights Trade Development hms-vanguard-cut.jpg It's …
A huge raft of environmental reforms is promised in the Labour Party's draft manifesto, writes Oliver Tickell. Among the highlights: a ban on fracking; a clean energy policy based on renewables and efficiency; no commitment to new nuclear power; to meet our Paris Agreement obligations on climate; to give companies a legal obligation to protect the environment; to retain all EU environment laws post-Brexit; and multilateral nuclear disarmament.
… and businesses to start up Community Energy Cooperatives. Energy efficiency in 4 million …
International development programmes promoting water security and helping refugees in Uganda have been hit by the fall in the value of the pound.
Aid ‘scaled back’ since the Brexit referendum Joe Sandler Clarke | 19th October 2018 Comment Unearthed Brexit Referendum gettyimages-1047944518.jpg International development programmes promoting …
Government promises of 'leaving our environment better than we found it' are melting away in the heat of Brexit, writes Jeremy Robson. Ministers have said that a third of all EU environmental laws may never be transposed into UK statute, while many Tory MPs are anxious to rip away the 'red tape' that prevents building on precious nature sites. We must make British nature great again!
EU wildlife laws must be celebrated and retained! Jeremy Robson Nottingham Trent University | 30th March 2017 Comment Law Politics UK Conservation Birds Brexit dartford-warbler-cut.jpg Government …
London-based front groups pushing for the most deregulated form of Brexit have strong ties to major US libertarian influencers.
The power couple, fossil fuels and Brexit Mat Hope | 23rd November 2018 News Thought Leaders Matthew Elliott Sarah Elliott 55 Tufton Street Brexit Charles G Koch Charitable Foundation Mercer Family …
At a post-Brexit crossroads, we may still articulate a new vision for the countryside, one which expresses the concerns and desires of stakeholders - farmers, conservationists, land and land tenure reform advocates, communities, and environmentalists writes JAMES LUCHTE
After Brexit - Envisioning New British Landscapes James Luchte | 10th August 2016 Comment Food And Farming Countryside Brexit Landscape Rural Communities Environment new british landscapes.jpg At a …
The only revolution, if we leave Europe, would be an uprising against a raft of EU environmental and social legislation, under the guise of ‘reducing red tape'. This would leave workers, our important nature habitats and the health of our citizens in far worse shape than is currently the case within the EU warns Green MEP Molly Scott Cato
Small is Beautiful but Big Matters Too Molly Scott Cato | 20th June 2016 Comment Brexit Lexit EU Referendum Green Party Post-globilisation molly cato.jpg The only revolution, if we leave Europe, …
Progressive green thinkers have been seduced by the EU, but now it's time for the Greens to seize the moment, reclaim their radical roots and take the lead on Brexit writes PAUL KINGSNORTH
Brexit: A Modern Day Peasants' Revolt Paul Kingsnorth | 18th November 2016 Other Brexit Politics E paulkingsnorth.jpg Progressive green thinkers have been seduced by the EU, but now it's time for the …
Both Trump and Brexit can be explained by the failure of mainstream political elites to address the pain inflicted on ordinary citizens in the neoliberal era, write Helena Norberg-Hodge & Rupert Read. In the US and the UK, working class voters rightly rejected the corporate globalisation that has created so much poverty and insecurity. But the real solutions lie not in hatred, but relocalisation.
After Brexit and Trump: don't demonise; localise! Helena Norberg-Hodge Rupert Read | 22nd November 2016 News Brexit Politics Society Trade Finance US UK ladakh-cut.jpg Both Trump and Brexit can be …