Britain Geographical Pollution Waste A brilliant “Led By Donkeys” video on the water companies The companies are in debt to the tune of £60bn – and have paid out dividends of £57bn! Now Thames…
Europe Geographical Pollution Sustainability Waste Big Toxics and their lobby firepower From Social Europe The chemical giants outspend even Big Tech and Big Energy on lobbying the EU—and it’s working. In…
Biodiversity Britain Food Geographical Pollution Sustainability The European eel – a critically endangered species on the menu of top European restaurants Alan Thornett (pictured with a trophy eel in 1949) writes: The most disastrous consequence, of today’s environmental crisis, is the…
Britain Climate Change Europe Geographical Just Transition Pollution Trade Unions Transport Brexit is destroying what’s left of the UK car industry Alan Thornett writes about another Brexit chicken coming home to roost with a vengeance. The electric vehicle (EV) multinational Stellantis…
Climate Change Fossil Fuels Health Just Transition Pollution Sustainability Ecological insecurity is about more than climate change From Dan Smith’s Blog, this article introduces Sipri’s new report Five questions on ecological security Beyond the climate crisis, other related…
Britain Climate Change Ecosocialism Fossil Fuels Geographical Green New Deal Health Housing and Building Just Transition Labour Party Local government Pollution Transport Beyond the car – Oxford’s much maligned ‘15-minute city’ Alan Thornett writes: This piece is a response to an article published on the Socialist Appeal website by Sjoerd Smit, a member of…
Climate Change Energy Fossil Fuels Geographical India Pollution Sustainability Rhetoric Aside, India Must Find Answers to These Seven Critical Questions on Green Hydrogen Pritam Singh and Simon Pirani, writing in The Wire There’s so much fanfare around green hydrogen in the ruling establishment…
Biodiversity Britain Climate Change Energy Farming Food Fossil Fuels Geographical Health Labour Party Pollution Sustainability Waste 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…
Energy Food Fossil Fuels Green New Deal Growth Health Housing and Building Just Transition Pollution Recycling Sustainability Waste 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…
Britain Fossil Fuels Geographical Growth Health Labour Party Local government Pollution 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…