Britain

Starmer’s car industry funding revealed as he backs action on oil protests

This article from Open Democracy is not simply about Keir Starmer’s motor industry backers but about the danger posed by…

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Extinction Rebellion Trade Unionists- a timely initiative

The incredibly clumsy, tone deaf and downright offensive tweeting by the official Labour party twitter account of a link to…

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The health community must resist the UK’s expansion of oil and gas

An opinion piece in the British Medical Journal sets out the health case for taking action… Rhiannon Osborne, medical student…

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The April Rebellion- No Future in Fossil Fuels

Extinction Rebellion‘s latest week of actions is currently underway in London. You can find out all the details here and…

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Experts and environmentalists pan Tory energy strategy

From Labour Hub The government today published its long-awaited strategy for increasing the UK’s energy independence. The strategy contains an ambition to…

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100% of members of UK government’s GMO advisory body ACRE have potential or actual conflicts of interest

From GM Watch. Today (2nd March) the UK Parliament’s Delegated Legislation Committee debated the government’s statutory instrument that lays the groundwork…

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Take action against the West Cumbria coal mine

URGENT! CALLING ON ALL TRADE UNIONISTS! The first new UK deep Coal Mine in 30 years could be approved in…

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We Can’t Solve the Energy Crisis Without Public Ownership

Cat Hobbs of ‘We Own It’ writes in Tribune. As energy bills soar and the climate crisis deepens, there’s only…

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Now go out there and greenwash!

From XR Zero Waste and published in the Camden New Journal. Demonstrators blocked the roads in Camden in December in a…

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UK activists keep being acquitted by juries. What does that mean for protest?

From Open Democracy Much to the anger of the government and the right-wing media, juries simply aren’t buying that any…