Making the most of the UK’s bountiful flora, Union’s four fragrances are an olfactory celebration of the British countryside, says Ruth Styles
… Union: the British perfume that’s boosting … Beauty Health And Beauty UK Britain Ireland Union Selfridges Bluebells Biodiversity … Making the most of the UK’s bountiful flora, Union’s four fragrances are an olfactory …
Four of Britain's major unions are big supporters of nuclear power, writes Ian Fairlie - all because of the jobs. Now Labour's shadow energy minister has joined them in backing Hinkley C - even though renewable energy is a far better job-creator than nuclear, and already employs three times more people.
… If it's jobs they want, Labour and the unions must back renewables, not Hinkley C! … Four of Britain's major unions are big supporters of nuclear power, … supportive of Hinkley mainly because of trade union mantras on the need for jobs that …
The GMB trade union has called on the UK government to press ahead with the Hinkley Point C power station despite legal challenges and serious technical failures. In this Open Letter, David Elliott, Ian Fairlie, Jonathon Porritt and colleagues tell the union that its members' interests lie in our renewable future, not the nuclear past.
… / Geograph (CC BY-SA). The GMB trade union has called on the UK government to press … Jonathon Porritt and colleagues tell the union that its members' interests lie in our … members would be better served by GMB joining union-academic initiatives which seek to steer …
GMB, the union for staff at the Environment Agency, is warning thatcutting 1,700 jobs will increase the risk of flooding and threaten the good management of England's water resources.
… Union warns: 1,700 job losses at Environment … News UK Water Flooding Regulation GMB, the union for staff at the Environment Agency, is … of England's water resources. The GMB trade union is joining with Prospect, UNISON and …
The EDF board is meeting tomorrow to reach its 'final investment decision' on Hinkley C. It was meant to be a rubber stamp but now it's anything but, as EDF's share price sinks to a new low, unions and employee directors harden their opposition to the project, and projects in France, Finland and China run way over time and cost with severe technical problems and safety concerns.
… but, as EDF's share price sinks to a new low, unions and employee directors harden their … French press suggest the moderate CFE-CGC union - which has seats on the management … the scheme . In a letter to the board the union raised 15 questions about the project, …
An occupation of EDF's site office for Hinkley C turned into a celebration today as the EDF Board postponed its 'final investment decision' for the tenth time. With strong opposition among French unions and the project afflicted by severe technical and financial problems, it's not just Hinkley that's going down, but the UK's entire nuclear programme.
… time. With strong opposition among French unions and the project afflicted by severe … 'til it's cancelled once and for all." French unions warn - Hinkley C could sink the ship Unions representing EDF's workforce, which …
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 …
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.
… a reckless endeavour in its attempted nuclear union with China, write David Lowry & Oliver … State Capitalist / communist or Soviet Union (State Communist (now capitalist). The … (now the Department of Energy), the Soviet Union had the meaningless Ministry of …
Forty years ago workers at Lucas Aerospace created a detailed plan to transition out of the arms industry and into green, sustainable products and technologies, writes David King. it never happened, yet the Lucas Plan provides a blueprint for similar initiatives today to build a deep-rooted, broad-based movement for social, economic and ecological progress.
… The Lucas Plan: how Greens and trade unionists can unite in common cause David King … etc. often face is opposition from trade unions and local people concerned about the … use. At a conference in November trade unionists, environmentalists and peace …
France's energy minister Ségolène Royal has backed union demands for the EDF's Hinkley C project in Somerset to be re-examined, write Angelique Chrisafis & Chris Johnston - adding that the project must not go ahead if it would 'dry out' funds needed for EDF's renewable energy program.
… energy minister Ségolène Royal has backed union demands for the EDF's Hinkley C project … so things should go ahead. But the trade unions are right to ask for the stakes to be … immediate decision, EDF's Force Ouvriere (FO) union this week threatened strike action if …
The UK's inability to import radio-isotopes for cancer therapy is just the latest outcome of the UK's decision to leave EURATOM to hit the headlines, writes Pete Roche. It may also put a brake on the UK's plans to build new nuclear plants, and import and export nuclear fuel and wastes. The UK's exit from the treaty, as a strongly pro-nuclear state, could also mark an EU-wide anti-nuclear swing.
… of the Brexit process to leave the European Union. The surprise decision was announced in … EURATOM is legally distinct from the European Union, the UK would have leave both once … as "bonkers" . [10] According to the Trade Union representing nuclear scientists, the …
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 , …
Following the vote to leave the EU, the UK's energy and climate change policy faces major challenges, writes Paul Brown, with new nuclear power and a third London runway at Heathrow runway looking like the first casualties.
… in a referendum to leave the European Union will have unexpected consequences for … to be scrapped because opposition among trade unions in France has hardened since last … opposition of a group of French trade unions, whose members fear that the building …
Is the constitution inherently undemocratic, or will it make the EU more accountable to European voters? Is greater coordination at the European level essential for promoting environmental safeguards, or will it merely serve the interests of big business Marc Glendening and Richard Corbett discuss
… | 10th January 2009 Comment European Union Debate European Constitution EU UK … that the EEC would become transformed into a union with, among other things, its own police … us to continue to do that in our enlarged union of 25 countries. Best wishes, Richard …
Protests. A political free-for-all or a new collective activism around social and environmental problems? Sylvia Rowley and Rachel Straus find out.
… supporting the march ranged from the Trade Union Council to Oxfam, from the WWF to Every … make a difference. But for a long time trade unions have been saying you can make a … unregulated organisations. 'All the trade unions are here. Their people are being …
Leaving the European Union and reaching a trade deal with President Trump's US would create a perfect storm for UK farmers, writes Liberal Democrat Environment Spokesperson Kate Parminter, with new EU tariffs, reduced subsidies and drastically lower standards. The changes would also pose a serious threat to our natural environment, food quality and public health.
… UK countryside-cut.jpg Leaving the European Union and reaching a trade deal with President … health. The withdrawal from the European Union will shape this country's future for … sustainability. Withdrawing from the European Union means withdrawing from European …
The damage caused by fracking to people, communities and the wider environment will be put under the legal spotlight in public hearings in the US and the UK, write Damien Short & Tom Kerns. While the 'ruling' that emerges will be non-binding, it will provide an authoritative, expert dossier of fact and argument for real legal actions to follow.
… were killed by toxic gas that leaked from the Union Carbide Corporation factory in 1984. … for the victims - an obligation undertaken by Union Carbide as part of the controversial … both parties about the enduring inadequacy of Union Carbide's response; and it led to the …
The 'Transparency of Lobbying Bill' is a masterpiece of Orwellian double-speak that will give carte-blanche to politicians and press barons while crippling the ability of civil society to oppose them, writes John Ward.
… activity. What it will do is prevent trade unions spending shed loads of money in … to Parliamentary elections by the Trade Union movement. Sadly, there doesn't seem to … the legal requirements placed on trade unions in relation to their obligation to keep …
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.
… and strong a mandate from the Party, trades unions and cooperatives, and wider society … His Bullingdon Club arrogance and Oxford Union debating skills will cut little ice … His Bullingdon Club arrogance and Oxford Union debating skills will cut little ice …
If it wasn't climate change, was the real purpose of the Number 10 meeting of Theresa May's advisors and President Trump's environmental transition supremo Myron Ebell to plan the post-Brexit deregulation of UK farming, including pesticides? That's how it looks, writes Georgina Downs - and we had better begin now to fight for our health, wildlife and environment.
… billion pound pesticide industry, big farming unions such as the National Farmers Union (NFU) here in the UK, as well as … of the pesticide industry and big farming unions. For example, how on earth can it be …
A damning expert critique of the National Farmers Union's application to use banned bee-toxic neonicotinoid pesticide seed treatment on a third of England's oilseed rape crop this autumn has forced the UK government to refuse the NFU's demand.
… expert critique of the National Farmers Union's application to use banned bee-toxic … emergency application by the National Farmers Union (NFU) to use bee-harming 'neonic' seed …
A consultation by the Welsh Assembly Government proposes more stringent measures to protect Wales's farmers from the threat of cross-contamination by GM crops
… Assembly Gm Crops Contamination European Union UK Legislation National Park Organic … on GM crops that is compatible with European Union and UK legislation,’ she said. ‘It is …
Michael Gove's agriculture bill ignores the problems local farmers face in producing healthy and sustainable food, argues NATALIE BENNETT
… Agricultural Policy if we leave the European Union. I was joining a panel of two farmers … I needn’t have been. As the National Farmers’ Union has also been pointing out , the Bill …
February 1968. From South Vietnam the explosive Teêt Offensive has dealt a final blow to shattered US troops and sparked a worldwide appetite for insurrection. Left destitute by standards of living and provoked by a three-year war on their ideological comrades, student leaders across Europe rise up with a single voice ‘We shall fight. We will win. Paris, London, Rome, Berlin.’ Within six weeks, 20,000 protesters will besiege the American embassy in London’s Grosvenor Square. It is the Spring of Discontent, and revolution is the air.
… integrity with the support of the Trade Unions, while the Students’ Union provided a solid foundation in which the … audacity, but also inspired a wave of trade union strikes that brought the country to a …