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A record sentence for a Zoom call, arrests for those holding signs outside. This is a blight on British democracy.

From George Monbiot A record sentence for a Zoom call, arrests for those holding signs outside. This is a blight…

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Post-election battlegrounds for climate and social justice

From People and Nature On 4 July, the climate-trashing Tory government will be replaced, as good as certainly by Keir…

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The crises of Welsh agriculture

By Sean Thompson In February, Rishi Sunak was accused of pandering to extremists by both farmers and environmental groups in…

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Government documents ‘blow gaping hole’ in its case for Cumbrian coalmine

From The Guardian Michael Gove said UK needed coal to make steel, but business department papers drafted around same time…

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Starmer’s miserable betrayal—a gift to the crisis-ridden Tories and a disaster for the planet

By Alan Thornett The first item on the early morning news of Thursday 8 February was that, according to the…

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Hinkley limps on – we pick up the bill

By Sean Thompson, The news that Hinkley Point C, the largest construction project in Europe and the first nuclear plant…

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‘Capitalism is anti-us’: ex-GKN workers champion ecological transition

From People and Nature On 9 July 2021, Melrose Industries announced the closure of its GKN Driveline (formerly FIAT)…

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What a fair deal for ex-steelworkers would look like as the industry decarbonises

From The Conversation Plans to cut almost 3,000 jobs at the UK’s largest steelworks, Tata Steel in Port Talbot, south…

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Towards a Just Transition in North Africa and the Middle East

From Labour Hub Mike Phipps reviews Dismantling Green Colonialism: Energy and Climate Justice in the Arab Region, edited by Hamza Hamouchene and Katie…

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Fiscal Discipline is a Climate Catastrophe

From Tribune Fiscal Discipline is a Climate Catastrophe By Grace Blakeley Germany has blocked billions of pounds of green investment…