Growth
Degrowth- facing up to harsh reality
From Alan Thornett: This article is based on the introduction I gave on degrowth at a meeting of the West…
Author: Rob Marsden
Biodiversity Farming Food Sustainability
Could small farmers feed the world?
From Climate & Capitalism The claim that small farms produce 70% of all food is a myth … but in…
Britain Geographical Health Housing and Building Local government Pollution Sustainability Transport
Government debunked a 15-minute city conspiracy theory… then endorsed it
From Open Democracy Levelling up department’s own guidance contradicts comments by transport secretary Mark Harper at Tory conference Ruby Lott-Lavigna…
Britain Fossil Fuels Geographical Health Local government Pollution Transport Wales
Wales’s new speed limit, fake news and the ‘war on motorists’
Sean Thompson reports: In the UK, more than 80 people a day on average are killed or seriously injured on…
Britain Geographical Transport
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…
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.…
Carbon pricing Climate Change Energy Fossil Fuels Internationalism Just Transition
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…
Britain Geographical Green New Deal Labour Party Local government Trade Unions
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…
Geographical Imperialism Nuclear power Nuclear weapons USA Waste
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…
Britain Climate Change Fossil Fuels Geographical Green New Deal Labour Party Trade Unions
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…