Polish PM Donald Tusk is using the Ukraine crisis as a pretext to revive the EU's fossil fuel industries. His proposals spell disaster for EU emissions targets and the wider environment, writes Mark Siddi. Europe's energy future must be efficient and renewable!
… Poland's 'EU energy union' plan: an attempt to revive Europe's … calling for the formation of an EU energy union. According to Tusk, reducing the EU's … fossil fuels would be the primary aim of the union. Unsurprisingly, given current tensions …
Britain’s climate 'leadership' is based on the profoundly unjust and violent transition that was the defeat of the 1980s miners' strike.
… 2024 | Comment Just Transition National Union Of Mineworkers Margaret Thatcher Climate … was rather in the assault on the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), with the strike of … new brand of conservatism saw trade unions as fundamental obstacles to creating …
In Colombia, whole villages are suffering due to the mining of coal which is destined for Europe. However, the local villagers are now unionising and fighting for more rights. MARINA KELAVA reports.
… Colombian villagers are unionising to fight against multinational … 2017 News Coal Columbia Mining Labour Unions Activism Coal dust washed up on the … Europe. However, the local villagers are now unionising and fighting for more rights. …
Campaigners fighting the world’s biggest mining giants in Colombia visit the UK’s newest opencast coal mine.
… and uneducated. We built the strength of our union and won many victories for the workers. … activists and the Colombian mineworkers’ union Sintracarbon, of whom Aldo is the … a deliberate attempt to crush power of the unions as part of a neoliberal agenda – fewer …
Grassroots appeal in the European Court of Justice to protect endangered wolves in Finland.
… Finland became a member state of the European Union in 1995, wolves became a protected … The Habitats Directive of the European Union includes wolves as a protected … was sued by the Commission of the European Union in the European Court of Justice (CJEU) …
Banks, building societies, ethical funds, pensions or people - where should the discerning environmentalist put their money?
… Scottish Widows offer ethical options. Credit unions Owned and controlled by their members and run for their benefit, credit unions offer a range of services including … employer or association, members of credit unions share a ‘common bond’. Local, ethical …
Villages in Hasdeo Aranya of Chhattisgarh, India, oppose illegal land acquisition and the allotment of coal blocks without consent.
… State machinery In 23 June 2011, the then Union Minister for the Ministry of Environment … mining activity in the proposed region. The Union government in 2014 neglected the earlier … of coal blocks is to be done by the Union government, but the state government is …
Remember when the UK was the 'dirty man of Europe'? What has changed since then, writes Caroline Lucas, is our membership of the EU - which has made us raise our environmental performance on everything from fisheries to air pollution, nature conservation, clean bathing waters and renewable energy. Leave, and it could all go into reverse.
… Britain to remain a member of the European Union. In a fast-changing world we need … stand out quite so clearly as the European Union's role in protecting our environment. In … blighted our beaches. In 1976, the European Union passed the Bathing Water Directive , …
Australian voters returned the pro-coal government in a stunning upset, prompting soul-searching among Australia’s left wing parties.
… a major party in years. Labor, led by former union boss Bill Shorten, had come to the … climate action”. Major setback The mining union, which is affiliated to Labor, called … a €250m regional development deal with unions to phase out coal mining. In April, …
Campaigners in the US are celebrating a victory against a proposed coal power plant in Iowa, Environmental News Services reports.
… by the Sierra Club and the Iowa Farmers Union, managed to derail plans by the City of … community.' Gregg Heide from the Iowa Farmers Union which supported the action said: 'We …
Almudena Serpis reports on the activists taking action against the expansion of coal mining in the beautiful and ecologically important Lacaiana valley
… but it’s a no win situation. The European Union has ruled that all subsidises for … year the Court of Justice of the European Union presented a report which proved that …
A just recovery from Covid-19 calls for coordinated global governance, with global public health authorities working alongside conservationists.
… like the WHO, the WTO, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is … candidate for President of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), … like the WHO, the WTO, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is …
Huge steps are being taken to reduce the UK's dependency on the dirtiest of all fuels; coal.
… issues caused by coal burning. European Union air quality rules have played a part as … sites need to be put back to what they were. Unions need to be listened to to create a …
Ecologist writer Luke Dale-Harris questions the ability of Natura 2000 to work as an effective environmental regulator
… go on to form the backbone of the European Union. Emerging out of a continent torn apart … by decades of recession, peace was the Union’s founding principle, and economic …
As Greece prepares for its referendum, Takis Grigoriou takes Greece to task for its highly polluting lignite power sector, its ditching of a successful solar program in favour of more coal, the minimal insulation in its buildings that locks in high fuel bills, and Syriza's failure to tackle these issues. The good news? Greece's latest €1.4bn coal project looks like going unfunded.
… public industry controlled by powerful trade unions. Then, in 2010, the Commission seized … to private enterprise. To appease furious unions, it promised to use the money from the …
East Liverpool, a small city by the Ohio river, is a cancer-ridden dumping ground for the detritus of the global economy, writes Caitlin Johnson. With its filthy power station, coal ash lake, 1,300 fracking wells, silica sand mountains and a huge toxic waste incinerator, the city's people need your help in their fight for environmental justice.
… build the Terminal Tower. He eventually got a union job at the Cleveland Graphite Bronze … from a more robust social safety net, unions and economic opportunity. Without … have been able to make it to work. Without a union, he wouldn't have made a living wage. …
The ever-falling cost of renewable energy could leave investors in coal, gas and oil seriously out of pocket as demand for fossil fuels falls away, writes Paul Brown. In the wake of the Paris Agreement and shrinking markets in major importing countries, the smart money is moving into renewables.
… no longer favour oil, he says. The European Union, for example, is already reducing its … solutions no longer favour oil. The European Union, for example, is already reducing its …
From the tiger to the bumblebee, the list of endangered birds, animals and insects is a growing one. Now a new book based on the IUCN Red List is providing an insight into the species under threat
… currently appearing on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s [IUCN] Red …
Africa's poor environmental record has its roots in colonialism, which cut artificial boundaries through peoples and ecosystems, and left a rigid 'fortress conservation' ethic, writes Willem Daniel Lubbe. It's time for countries to adopt a new pan-African environmentalism, and transcend their colonial past.
… and organisations such as the African Union (AU), as well as the legacy of colonial …
Big conservation NGOs increasingly resemble the nature-destroying corporations they should be opposing, writes Margi Prideaux. This ideological capture is reflected in their vapid marketing to conservation 'consumers'; the serious abuse of indigenous communities they should be engaging as partners; and their willing sacrifice of core objectives to money and influence.
… Red List that's issued by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature now …