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HS2: The fallen icon
From Prospect Magazine Costs have spiralled, delays have mounted—and the heart of the project may never be built. The beleaguered…
Author: Rob Marsden
Pollution Waste
Which comes first—Big Toxics’ profits or health?
From Social Europe VICKY CANN 25th September 2023 Stricter European Union regulation of toxic chemicals is being jeopardised by corporate lobbying.…
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Petrostate windfall tax would help poor countries in climate crisis, says Brown
An important intervention by Gordon Brown, from The Guardian Former British PM calls for 3% levy on oil and gas…
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We need to demand more than reversing Tory climate U-turns
From Labour Outlook We need to demand more than reversing Tory climate U-turns 23rd September 2023 ‘We need labour movement…
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Biden’s horse-trading on nuclear technology and fuels is an unprecedented proliferation risk
From the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists By Alan J. Kuperman | September 6, 2023 President Joe Biden talks on the phone…
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Sunak’s set to backtrack on climate action, but we expect better from trade union leaders
From the Campaign Against Climate Change Trade Union Group Sunak’s dangerous backtracking on policies for net zero, in a craven…
Climate Change Fossil Fuels
Climate Collapse – The Grim Silence Of Our Leaders
From Media Lens None of us has previously witnessed a barrage of extreme weather events of the kind that has been devastating…
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Where next for ecosocialists after Labour Party conference?
Where next for ecosocialists after the Labour Party conference? – A discussion paper The election of Jeremy Corbyn to the…
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From electric cars to gas boilers – the seven green policies Rishi Sunak is considering weakening
From I-News In a speech this week the Prime Minister is set to outline a major rowback on several green…
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Earth ‘well outside safe operating space for humanity’, scientists find
From The Guardian First complete ‘scientific health check’ shows most global systems beyond stable range in which modern civilisation emerged…