Sustainability

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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‘Regenesis – Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet’ by George Monbiot

Alan Thornett reviews George Monbiot’s latest book. This excellent book is a no-holds-barred – and often provocative – critique of…

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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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‘A new way of life’: the Marxist, post-capitalist, green manifesto captivating Japan

Kohei Saito’s book Capital in the Anthropocene, inspired by Karl Marx’s writings on the environment, has become a surprise hit…

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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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What is Cop15 and why does it matter for all life on Earth?

A useful explainer from the Guardian. Once-in-a-decade plans to protect the natural world and halt its destruction will be decided…

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Grain Inflation: Starve the Poor, Feed the Rich

An interesting article by Ann Pettifor. The war and inflation – who is winning? In a world of financialised globalisation,…

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Inside the Democrats’ climate deal with the devil

A more negative assessment of Biden’s climate package, from Open Democracy. The new climate package furthers the US’ most profligate…

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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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‘Grotesque greed’: immoral fossil fuel profits must be taxed, says UN chief

Also from The Guardian, a report of a remarkably hard hitting speech by Antonio Guterres. António Guterres urges governments to…