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Single use plastics to be banned in Wales – but trouble lies ahead

By Sean Thompson On 20 September, the Welsh Government introduced the snappily titled Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill…

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Labour for a Green New Deal responds to blocking of Labour Conference motion

L4GND National Coordinator Chris Saltmarsh explaining the news of Labour blocking their conference motion. He also outlines a plan to…

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Let Labour Conference debate public ownership in the Green New Deal

An urgent call-out from Labour for a Green New Deal. Sign here. Labour’s Conference Arrangements Committee has ruled Labour for…

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An open letter to the climate justice movement

Please click here to find the sign up page and current list of signatories. We are writing as members of…

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If Sadiq Khan really is a green mayor, he should stop the Silvertown tunnel

A Guardian comment piece on the Silvertown Tunnel. He risks ruining his legacy for a project that will bring more…

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‘We can’t afford this anymore’: Extinction Rebellion takes action inside Parliament to demand a Citizens’ Assembly

Well done to Extinction Rebellion for taking action last week in Parliament. Highlighting the need both to force the government…

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Why UK energy bills are soaring to record highs- and how to cut them

From Carbon Brief. A global energy crisis has been building for nearly a year, after the post-Covid rebound crashed headlong into Russia’s invasion…

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Tunnel vision

A piece on the Silvertown Tunnel by our friend Simon Pirani, first published in The Ecologist. For further analysis also…

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The latest drought exposes the abject failure of Tory water privatisation

From iNews OPINION By Paul Waugh Chief Political Commentator The drip-drip process of a shift to greater state regulation and intervention…

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Can ‘green laws’ stop climate change?

First published at RS21.org Renton’s article, written from within the legal profession, is a corrective to the ‘legal activist’ view…