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Appeal to Labour Party Members: Help Turn Back This Tide of Greenwash

From Labour Hub By Simon Pirani Here is a letter that I sent yesterday to Maggie Ferncombe, the Chair of…

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Climate campaigner ejected from Labour event sponsored by Drax power plant firm

Well done to the climate campaigners at Labour Party Conference for highlighting the problems of Drax and using biomass to…

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How to stop cities and companies causing planetary harm

From Nature Researchers must help to define science-based targets for water, nutrients, carbon emissions and more to avoid cascading effects…

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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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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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How Lyme Disease Became Unstoppable

From The Nation. There was nothing inevitable about the Lyme epidemic. Then humans disrupted the environment and fueled an era…

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TUC Report: 42,000 jobs can be created making UK schools safer, greener and more energy efficient

A useful report from the TUC. Issue date 07 Jul 2022 Funding already allocated covers just 3% of retrofits needed…

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A Windfall Tax on Covid Profits Could Ease the Catastrophic Food Crisis

From The Guardian. A levy on food and fossil fuel giants could save lives now and help create a sustainable…

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‘It can’t be sustainable’: The hidden costs of demolishing council housing estates

From The Big Issue. For decades, tearing down and “regenerating” council estates has been the norm – but with the…

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Two enemies, one fight: climate disaster and frightful energy bill

Another piece from People and Nature. Two clouds darken the sky. A close-up one: gas and electricity bills have shot…