The real significance of last night's TV debate was the vigorous assertion of a new progressive politics in Britain, expressed by the 'trimulierate' of female party leaders from the SNP, Greens and Plaid Cymru - the three sharing a positive vision of a green, fair, inclusive future in which all participate in the nation's prosperity.
… Easter rising - progressive politics is reborn! Oliver Tickell | 3rd March 2015 Comment Politics UK leaders-debate-2015.jpg The real … the vigorous assertion of a new progressive politics in Britain, expressed by the …
The magnitude of Corbyn's victory today represents an irreversible seismic shift in British politics, writes Oliver Tickell. Finally the Tories face serious, principled opposition that will reveal them as the far-right ideologues they truly are. The reverberations will echo far, wide, long and deep, including to the US where the socialist Bernie Sanders is well on his way to winning the Democratic nomination.
… Victory! Corbyn's political earthquake will resound long and … Oliver Tickell | 12th September 2015 News Politics Energy War UK USA Trade Finance … an irreversible seismic shift in British politics, writes Oliver Tickell. Finally the …
The respected Russian campaign group Sakhalin Environment Watch is being forced to choose between registering as a 'foreign agent' label and closing down, writes Oliver Tickell. Environmental campaigning, it seems, is now a 'political activity'.
… campaigning, it seems, is now a 'political activity'. Sakhalin Environment … it is applied: "Russian law doesn't consider political parties getting foreign financing as … 'foreign agents'. United Russia, the ruling political party, is getting a significant part …
Greens are celebrating a decision by the main UK broadcasters to include them in the 2015 TV election debates alongside the SNP and Plaid Cymru - as their UK membership exceeds 58,000!
… Oliver Tickell | 24th January 2015 News Politics UK Media poll-result-200115.jpg … Sky will include party leaders from seven political parties in this year's pre-election … that we now are in an age of multi-party politics" , said Green Party Leader Natalie …
The Tea Party of Miami put up a convincing demo last week to oppose a 'land grab' that would see 46,000 acres of sugar farm land restored for Everglades conservation. Just one problem - the 'protestors' were actors each being paid $75 for the two-hour shift.
… Oliver Tickell | 8th April 2015 News Farming Politics USA Pollution Waste Water … page of the Broward Acting Group headed "Political Really Protestors Needed!!" and … outfits or gym clothes. Just wardrobe for a Political Rally...We will pay CASH of $75 at …
Supporters of Greece's fight for sovereignty are unanimous in blaming the evil troika for its humiliating defeat, writes Oliver Tickell. But the real fault is with Syriza for their needless, shameful surrender. Now, as the real battle begins, we must hold firm with the Greek people against neoliberal occupation.
… July 2015 Comment Greece Germany EU Finance Politics Economics … Greece into poverty and foreign economic and political subjugation they could not have done … vote - remembering the key legal precept that political power derives its legitimacy only …
Cuts to feed-in tariffs and hostility to large-scale farms have undermined the UK's solar energy sector. But changes are under way in the heart of government. Could 2014 be the UK's 'year of the sun'?
… Tickell | 20th December 2013 News Energy Politics UK Renewable Energy Solar spv-2.png … policy shift. "It's very helpful to get the political will" , said REA spokesman James … large-scale solar farms. What's more, it is politically uncontentious - rural Conservative …
The UK is embarking on a reckless endeavour in its attempted nuclear union with China, write David Lowry & Oliver Tickell. China's investments will come at a high price, one that transcends mere money and the undoubted security risk inherent in its control of key elements of our energy infrastructure. At risk is the UK's very future as a sovereign, independent nation.
… 2015 News China UK Nuclear WMD Finance Politics sizewell-cut.jpg The UK is embarking … about what nuclear policy is doing to British politics." A one-time senior British diplomat, … in 1981, journalist Peter Pringle and political advisor and lawyer James Spigelman, …
As Israel pursues its war on Gaza with ever-increasing ferocity, and with 25% of Gaza's people forced from their homes, what's the final objective? It's unthinkable that Israel's aim is to 'cleanse' the territory of its people, seize its vast gas reserves, and annex some of the Med's hottest real estate. Isn't it?
… tunnels" and so on, and break its hold on political power in the territory - but the … community to take deliberate international political action to put an immediate end to … nor its soldiers, nor its commanders, not its political leaders, will ever have to defend …
Celebrities have a unique ability to engage people in environmental campaigns, writes Pat Thomas. Neil Young is a case in point: his latest album, The Monsanto Years, conveys an eloquent message of the dangers of GMOs and corporate power, and his upcoming European tour offers green campaigners a unique opportunity to engage a broader public in the fight for a green future.
… 2016 Activism GMOs Media Arts Music Farming Politics monsanto years_landscape-cut.jpg … On the one hand celebrity involvement can de-politicise issues which are absolutely political. There is also the issue of …
Brazil's extreme right wing government is preparing to open up the rainforest territories of dozens of uncontacted indigenous tribes to 'free for all' development by defunding the protection they currently receive, according to information received by Survival International, which warns: 'The reality is these cuts could sanction genocide.'
… News Indigenous Peoples Genocide Brazil Law Politics Farming Mining Land Grabs Amazon … in what has been described as an "blatant political coup" that could have catastrophic … money - the sums involved are tiny. It's a political move from agribusiness which sees …
Would UKIP be riding so high if voters knew of the party's links with powerful right-wing US corporate interests promoting fossil fuels, denying climate change, opposing gun control, and supporting big tobacco, teaching creationism in schools, healthcare privatisation and the lifting of nuclear power regulation? An Ecologist investigation exposes the real UKIP.
… Oliver Tickell | 21st November 2014 News Politics UK USA Climate Change Fossil Fuels … is why the deepening links between a British political party and UKIP needs highlighting. … relationship with ALEC of any other British politician. The group appointed Helmer 'Adam …
The official 'fitness test' on the EU's nature directives carried out for the EU Commission under its 'better regulation' initiative finds that the laws are 'fit for purpose' in every respect, writes Oliver Tickell. But there's a mystery: the report was completed in January, yet it remains unpublished. Did it reach the 'wrong' conclusion for a Commission intent on a bonfire of red tape?
… Commission 'working document' that would draw political conclusions from it, and in any … week in June. But the report itself and the political conclusion remain unpublished - to … grounds of professional integrity to write a 'political conclusions' report that directly …
The UK's Advertising Standards Authority has ordered the withdrawal of an ad extolling the virtues of fracking, ruling that it is misleading, exaggerating, and lacks substantiation. In the process it has undermined the Government's entire case for fracking in the UK.
… Tickell | 3rd September 2014 News UK Fracking Politics USA fracking-well-louisiana-cut.jpg … and stoppages as a result of Russia's political games with your gas supply ... … and stoppages as a result of Russia's political games with your gas supply" , …
The UK's decisive Conservative victory is the result of a grossly unfair electoral system.The 'winners' were backed by under 25% of the electorate, the losing Labour vote went up by twice as much as the Tories' - and some MPs represent as few as 23,000 voters, others over 3 million. We must now demand real democratic reform.
… voting! Oliver Tickell | 8th May 2015 Comment Politics UK polling-station-cut.jpg The UK's … Parliament, and who has emerged with complete political power in their grasp. On the basis … that democratic forces from across the political spectrum - from UKIP to the Greens, …
The fossil fuel industry and its political backers have been left reeling by an unprecedented series of direct action strikes against targets across the country to protest at continuing investment in and official support for fossil fuels, inaction over fuel poverty and the systematic neglect of renewable energy despite the global climate emergency.
… Fuels Nuclear Coal Climate Change Protest UK Politics cameron-in-bed.jpg The fossil fuel industry and its political backers have been left reeling by an … energy giants and the grip they hold over our political system" , said Jacob Jones, one of …
In his final State of the Union address, George Bush announced his support for the adoption of biofuels on a massive scale. But is the plan such a good idea? By Pat Thomas
… March 2007 News Biofuels Farming Gm Transport Politics Lobbying Biofuel Agribusiness Carbon … UK US Bio-fuels Climate Change Natural World Politics And Economics Science And Technology … opportunities in decades. Currently politicians, global food and fuel corporations …
This week's Labour conference sent the party and its new leader, Jeremy Corbyn, soaring in popularity. So better get the knife in quick, writes Oliver Tickell. His refusal to commit mass murder in a nuclear attack gave his enemies just the cue they needed - including those who should be his loyal allies. We must not let them succeed.
… Oliver Tickell | 1st October 2015 Comment Politics UK Nuclear WMD corbyn-eagle-cut.jpg … to bring him down. Remember Churchill's political saw : 'the other side are your … terms by those who should be Corbyn's loyal political allies makes the truth clear. This …
If we are to move beyond the political impasse generated by the IPCC report and prevent catastrophic climate change we must look to market mechanisms, specifically price competitive renewables, writes Oliver Tickell......
… Climate Change Ipcc Renewables Carbon Tax Politics solar.jpg Giant solar installations, … the climate? If we are to move beyond the political impasse generated by the IPCC report … ongoing denial of the science from certain political quarters, climate change activists …
MPs today grilled EDF Energy supremo Vincent de Rivaz over the troubled Hinkley C nuclear plant in Somerset. He insisted that the project was definitely going ahead - but refused to say when the 'final investment decision' was due. Confused? Bewildered? Frustrated? So were the MPs.
… Nuclear Energy Corporations UK France China Politics de-rivaz.jpg MPs today grilled EDF … A monstrous white elephant poison pill With political cartoonists depicting the two … clear that most people believe it is only the political will of governments that is keeping …
Long-disused oil and gas wells in the US have been found to be a 'significant' source of the super greenhouse gas methane, writes Richard Heasman. The climate impact of oil and gas is underestimated, as this long term impact is not included in existing calculations.
… that would make a substantial difference." Political hype With the UK coalition … untried UK fracking industry could exploit political hype to do the same" , Parr added. …
After years of pro-nuclear bombast from the Conservative Party, its 2017 manifesto hasn't got a single word to say about nuclear power, write Oliver Tickell & Ian Fairlie. Instead it announces a renewed focus on cutting energy costs, and a big boost for increasingly low-cost wind power; while both Labour and Libdems offer only weak, highly qualified support for new nuclear build. And so the great British 'nuclear renaissance' reaches its timely end.
… Fairlie | 18th May 2017 News Nuclear Energy Politics UK sizewell-nuclear-cut.jpg After … its timely end. All of a sudden the UK's political parties want to have nothing to do … the turnaround? It has surely become clear to politicians that nuclear power is in a death …
The EU Parliament has responded to the health concerns of millions by calling on the Commission to severely restrict permitted uses of the toxic herbicide glyphosate, including an effective ban on pre-harvest dessication of crops.
… 2016 News EU Pesticides Toxics Farming Health Politics Regulation roundup-cut.jpg The EU … the resolution also represents some skilful political footwork by the Greens in the EU … ban on glyphosate , they worked with other political groups to impose restrictions that …
Genetically modified food. It’s a big issue. Increasingly, we are handed the notion that GM food is just like any other food, only better, because of its almost magical power to solve our most immediate crises of poverty, hunger, fossil-fuel depletion and climate change.
… promise of GM. Why, then, the big political push for a GM solution? The answer … The failure to feed the world is a failure of political will and of free-market economics. … as a quick fix to deeply rooted cultural, political and economic problems. As with every …