Protesting against fracking in the UK is now an imprisonable offence. Without the independent media, no-one would have been there to document this seismic shift in the criminalisation of environmental activism.
… Comment: Giving environmental activists the platform they … this seismic shift in the criminalisation of environmental activism. Last week, three environmental activists became the first …
London-based front groups pushing for the most deregulated form of Brexit have strong ties to major US libertarian influencers.
… some protection for the current level of environmental regulation — at least in … and Brexit 4. The End Game: Environmental Deregulation Matthew Elliott has … Conservative ideology further to the right . Environmental protection Through Matthew …
Alt-right website claims 'eco-warrior' was responsible for Gatwick drones - and newspapers follow suit without evidence.
… DeSmog UK . The Telegraph’s frontpage reads “Environmental protestors suspected of … lies with someone to do with the environmental community. In fact, it even … probably a good reason for this. No sensible environmental campaign would think ruining …
The degrowth movement is on the ascent, and Marxists are joining the debate, spurred by Kohei Saito's best-selling book on "degrowth communism".
… wider thirst for anti-capitalist analyses of environmental catastrophe and a popular … Saito has uncovered a Marx for the age of environmental emergency. Saito’s case for … the extreme gravity of the multi-stranded environmental crisis, summarises the usual …
DeSmog UK maps connections between UK cabinet ministers and Tufton Street lobbyists.
… a lobbying network pushing to weaken the UK’s environmental regulations in his first cabinet … campaigned for the UK to abandon or roll back environmental regulations post-Brexit. Many of … There are some signs of Sunak’s interest in environmental issues. He was a member of …
The IPCC report pulls its punches - while economists are still punch drunk when it comes to ignoring the climate risks of economic growth.
… imagination with which global elites confront environmental crisis. One was the latest IPCC … were hardly anomalies. Nordhaus’ approach to environmental economics has been pithily … pukka as Nordhaus’. But his is the voice of environmentally-concerned sobriety, against …
An overwhelmingly male cast involved in whipping up support for the Leave includes ministers, political activists, businessmen and strategists.
… the people and organisations pushing for environmental deregulation and a hard Brexit … for deregulation and a lowering of environmental protection. The investigation … vacuum and advocated to slash regulation and environmental protection post-Brexit in order …
The transatlantic network of fossil fuel funded think tanks has been constructed over more than half a century - and has come into its own with the arrival of Donald Trump in the UK and his praise for Boris Johnson. MAT HOPE of DESMOG UK reports
… the actors in the shadows pushing to lighten environmental regulations and dampen corporate … fuel lobbyists to head up the US’s main environmental regulator, the Environmental Protection Agency. First there …
The great acceleration - in GDP, population, cities, travel, deforestation, pollution - is on some metrics stuttering. What does this mean for a just transition?
… group studying socioeconomic trends and their environmental impacts noticed explosive … between the era-defining processes of environmental collapse, global disorder and … preoccupation of Arrighi and Silver, but the environmental historian Jason W Moore …
'For the rich, much much less, while for the billions who lack the basics: more good food, better housing, abundant clean water...'
… a ‘techno-fix’).” Leigh Phillips, an anti-environmentalist campaigner and contributor to … air, more self-governed time, less hierarchy. Environmentalism of the poor Mainstream … Kenya, Brazil—to argue that environmentalism of peasants, pastoralists and …
The third in a three-part interview on capitalism and climate breakdown from Political Economy for the End Times.
… to engineer a transition toward a more environmentally-sustainable society. This is … did, since Macron’s carbon tax was not an environmental tax at all and there was no …
A web of lobbyists, politicians, and political funders continue to spread disinformation about climate change in the UK. MAT HOPE, the editor of DeSmog UK, today launches its new Climate Disinformation Database. Here he explains how the resource aims to better inform public debate.
… There are many great examples of this in the environmental arena. And today, DeSmog UK has … wake of the Brexit referendum, pushing for environmental deregulation in the name of … wake of the Brexit referendum, pushing for environmental deregulation in the name of …
With the major party manifestos all published it's not just the Greens that oppose fracking, writes Mat Hope. It's also Labour and the Libdems. So who's left? The Tories of course, who are holding fast to the fracking faith, and even want to create a new special purpose regulator for the industry. Oh yes, and UKIP, which is also committed to abolishing the Climate Change Act.
… in the process, if we uphold our rigorous environmental protections, and if we ensure … communities: "We will set up a new Shale Environmental Regulator, which will assume the … "The United Kingdom will lead the world in environmental protection. As Conservatives, we …
On Tuesday 25 July 2017, four protestors stopped a convoy of lorries going to a fracking site in Lancashire writes MAT HOPE
… represents a trend of escalation between environmental protestors and the police — … their powers when going undercover in environmental movements, and mass online …
The relentless pursuit of GDP growth is being challenged from environmental and well-being standpoints. But where did the idea come from?
… of GDP growth is being challenged from environmental and well-being standpoints. But … on obscuring the sources of that growth.” Environmental despoliation For a long time, … not simply to wealth and wellbeing, but to environmental collapse and barbecued …
Special Investigation: It’s not ‘Jet Zero.’ It’s not even net zero. It’s plane insanity - and we’re heading for a hard landing.
… frozen out are climate scientists and the environmental groups and NGOs that seek to … clear: aviation expansion is non-negotiable, environmental concerns are an add-on. … for fire, explosion, and the release of environmental toxins”. Regarding Velocys’ …
This is what it’s like living in and around the proposed site for a new gold mine as a Canadian exploration outfit, Dalradian, tests the quality of the riches beneath the earth, writes MAT HOPE
… website says the company understands its environmental responsibility: “We respect the environmental heritage of the area which … the local community suffers and pays for the environmental damage and social disruption.” …
Degrowth and its opponents recognize the necessity of mass movements and system change to address the climate emergency.
… a post-growth model. In The New Yorker , environmental activist Bill McKibben presents … road transport and aviation that eclipsed any environmental benefits of rail. On all aspects … a pull on the left. A consumption-oriented environmentalism arose; its strategy …
'Jet zero' is basically just pie in the sky - according to a powerful new report published today by the Royal Society.
… frozen out are climate scientists and the environmental groups and NGOs that seek to … clear: aviation expansion is non-negotiable, environmental concerns are an add-on. … for fire, explosion, and the release of environmental toxins”. Regarding Velocys’ …
Extraction of raw materials could rise 60 per cent by 2060 – so is degrowth the answer?
… Mining must change in order to reduce its environmental impact. On the supply side, … raise energy consumption, and proliferate environmental harms. In short, there is … in an egalitarian manner. As the scale of the environmental crisis grows more daunting, even …
The talks are taking place in Poland against a backdrop of mounting urgency and expectations following a report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
… Polska Grupa Górnicza (PGG), has angered some environmental campaigners who denounce … attorney at the Center for International Environmental Law, the news of … the climate that is at risk, but our freedom! Environmental protection: Yes! Climate …
Len McCluskey, the leader of the Unite union, supported the vote for a third runway at Heathrow Airport and called for Labour MPs to vote with the Tories and DUP. GARETH DALE argues this was a set back for trade unionists the world over
… to ramp up production without regard to the environmental effects. It makes them raise … political discourse . Transport systems Environmental change necessitates social … John McDonnell, is a dedicated supporter of environmental causes and an ardent opponent of …
Jet Zero is a charade, driven by considerations of profit, economic growth and aviation's corporate consumers.
… them to be over-hyped, and often socially and environmentally toxic, we ask why this is, and … prioritise consultations with the under-25s, environmentalists, and scientists. And it … the sun. Instead, it is a fair way of taxing environmental damage and equitably restricting …
The extreme heat of the upcoming El Niño years should compel us to subordinate profit motives to urgent climate goals. This article first appeared at Truthout.
… rates do not necessarily equate to a gentler environmental footprint. Growth rates today … of “slowdown.” The alternative reading of the environmental effects of low growth is … North are overwhelmingly responsible for the environmental crisis and have benefited …