A review of the UK's marine environment in 2019 reveals thousands of people volunteered to help the seas.
… Thousands helping UK seas Emily Beament | 6th January 2020 News Seas Bottlenose Dolphins Commuting Seal … thousands of people volunteered to help the seas. "Thrilling" sightings of bottlenose …
Greenpeace International said activists from the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark had boarded Shell's Brent Alpha and Bravo platforms.
Protesters occupy North Sea oil platforms Joe Gammie | 15th October 2019 News Greenpeace International Climate Breakdown Change Makers gp0stu2iy.jpg Greenpeace International said activists from the …
Rising temperatures are now affecting countries' ability to wage war, writes Richard Galustian, with Britain's new Type 45 destroyers left without power as warm Gulf and Mediterranean seas close down their engines. Will this, finally, force our politicians to understand that climate change is real and dangerous?
… without power as warm Gulf and Mediterranean seas close down their engines. Will this, … Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf. Both seas are shallow and therefore absorb more … the great oceans and certainly the world's seas. And rising temperatures are already …
The world is speaking up about the dark realities of the meat and dairy industries - why are fish being ignored?
… has a high carbon footprint. Chemicals and diseases associated with seafood farming also … can be fairly challenging to monitor the high-seas and currently illegal, unregulated and …
WWF Scotland says Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) granting new licences is 'totally irresponsible'.
North Sea oil and gas exploration 'dangerous' Katrine Bussey | 12th July 2019 News North Sea Oil And Gas Climate Breakdown Zero Carbon 2030 Change Makers lake-1728875_1280.jpg WWF Scotland says Oil …
Pollution, potting and community action at Lyme Bay all demonstrate that we need to think synoptically about living systems.
… in that debate, now Head of Living Seas with the Wildlife Trusts, is in no doubt … wood. We’ve over-trawled and over-dredged the seas for centuries. 'Lyme Bay is what good …
A crucial component of concrete, sand is vital to the global construction industry, writes Nick Meynen. China alone is importing a billion tonnes of sand a year, and its increasing scarcity is leading to large scale illegal mining and deadly conflicts. With ever more sand fetched from riverbeds, shorelines and sandbanks, roads and bridges are being undermined and beaches eroded. And the world's sand wars are only set to worsen.
Concrete, or beaches? World's sand running out as global construction booms Nick Meynen | 9th May 2017 News Mining Ecocide War India China Singapore Sri Lanka Dubai Cities Building …
In 1975 Indonesia invaded the small Pacific country of East Timor, writes John Pilger, and then massacred a third of its population to suppress demands for independence. Now unearthed documents show the genocide was supported by Australia so it could grab the oil and gas reserves of the Timor Sea. Despite East Timor's independence, won in 1999, Australia is still stealing its oil and gas revenues worth $5 billion and counting.
Australia's complicity in the East Timor genocide: oil, gas and the depravity of power John Pilger | 31st March 2016 News East Timor Australia Indonesia USA Pacific Oil Law Human Rights War …
The more EU politicians try to look in control of the Mediterranean refugee emergency, the more it's obvious they aren't, writes Assaad W. Razzouk. A key driver of the crisis is climate change, which is causing drought across North Africa. Europe must now tackle the root causes of the crisis, and admit its own culpability in precipitating it.
Don't mention climate change! Europe's response to the refugee crisis is doomed to fail Assaad W. Razzouk | 24th April 2015 Comment Climate Change Africa Human Rights War Food Oceans Water …
'BP's oil rig has done a U-turn and we urge chief executive Bob Dudley to do the same.'
BP rig makes u-turn amid Greenpeace protest Douglas Barrie | 17th June 2019 News Greenpeace Bp Climate Breakdown Oil Rigs Change Makers 21246823-1.jpg 'BP's oil rig has done a U-turn and we urge …
Environmental and human rights campaigners write to oil giant Shell threatening legal action in bid to stop catastrophic climate breakdown.
Shell bombarded with climate legal threats Staff Reporter | 14th February 2019 News Shell Oil Climate Change Change Makers 6e273fa584c8041a17dc8f57df06ee89.jpg Environmental and human rights …
Torres Strait Islanders are bringing a case to the UN’s Human Rights Committee against Australian Government's inaction on climate change.
… Political Rights. Severe impacts Advancing seas are already threatening homes, as well as … change on our islands daily, with rising seas, tidal surges, coastal erosion and …
War on Iraq is about a lot more than boosting oil companies’ profits. It’s the latest battle in the ongoing war over who gets to control the earth’s remaining energy reserves. By Lutz C Kleveman.
The New Great Game Lutz C. Kleveman | 1st April 2003 News Iraq Oil Rights Oil Industry Oil Dependency War Oil Companies Oil Reserves Oil Oil War Military Boycotts US Fuel Energy Society …
Big oil ramps up efforts to gag climate campaigners as BP’s rig operator Transocean takes on Greenpeace in court.
BP rig operator takes Greenpeace to court Marianne Brooker | 3rd February 2020 News Change Makers Bp Greenpeace Oil Law Court gp0stthso_web_size_with_credit_line-664x442.jpg Big oil ramps up efforts …
Greenpeace boss in court as BPs rig operator seeks jail and unlimited fines over rig protest.
'We will not be silenced' Marianne Brooker | 24th February 2020 News Change Makers Greenpeace Bp Fossil Fuels gp0stthso_web_size_with_credit_line-664x442.jpg Greenpeace boss in court as BPs rig …
in Ukraine, as in Afghanistan, Libya, Iraq, and Syria, US policy is all about dominating the world's fossil fuel supplies, writes Mike Whitney - in this case, the gas pipelines from Russia to Europe. But the 'great aggressor', Vladimir Putin, is refusing to play his part. So what next?
Ukraine - it's the gas, gas, gas Mike Whitney | 10th July 2014 News Ukraine US EU War Fossil Fuels Energy slavyansk-cut.jpg in Ukraine, as in Afghanistan, Libya, Iraq, and Syria, US policy is all …
Local opposition won a legal ruling against a major project on the Black Sea coast – the latest challenge to Turkey’s plans to expand coal use.
Turkish supreme court blocks coal plant Megan Darby | 7th March 2019 News Turkey Coal Change Makers 9310200262_d1a2571d7e_h-e1551368885765.jpg Local opposition won a legal ruling against a major …
The world is in the grip of a massive wave of militarism of which most of us are blissfully ignorant, writes John Pilger. When did mainstream media last tell you about the US's $1 trillion nuclear weapon renewal? NATO's massive build up of military power on Russia's eastern frontier? The encirclement of China by nuclear-armed US bases? The world is at war. Pass it on!
A World War has begun. Break the silence John Pilger | 23rd March 2016 Comment War Nuclear Media Politics USA China Russia Ukraine bikini-atoll-cut.jpg The world is in the grip of a massive wave of …
Women's Environmental Network holding second annual week of action and festival to demand #plasticfeeperiods.
Environmentstrual week of action Staff Reporter | 18th September 2019 News Change Makers Menstruation Period Production Menstrual Products Plastic Pollution Women's Health …
Look beneath the surface of the wars in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Libya, Ukraine, and what do you find? Oil, gas, and contested pipeline transit routes. Never mind high-sounding talk of human rights, national sovereignty, international law and UN Resolutions, writes John Foster - fossil energy is the world's main driver of armed conflict.
Where there's war, oil, gas and pipelines are never far away John Foster | 4th March 2015 News Politicis Energy War Middle East Ukraine Russia Afghanistan pipeline-war-kuwait-cut.jpg Look beneath the …