Ukraine: war makes just energy transition more urgent
From People and Nature By Simon Pirani Even in the midst of war, there is a struggle for Ukraine’s energy…
Government rejected calls from its own experts to protect key nature sites
From Open Democracy Tory lack of seriousness on environmental issues is across the board. Natural England’s key recommendation for…
Privatisation and climate change mean sewage in rivers and seas
Terry Conway writes for International Viewpoint The state of the water industry has been a matter of increasing concern in…
Climate records tumble, leaving Earth in uncharted territory
From the BBC By Georgina Rannard, Erwan Rivault, Jana Tauschinski BBC climate reporter & data team A series of climate…
The Eco Collapse We Were Warned About Has Begun
From The Globetrotter The Eco Collapse We Were Warned About Has Begun ENVIRONMENT • July 30, 2023 • José Seoane In 2023, different…
As the planet burns – and the Tories are trounced in by-elections – Keir Starmer dumps his eco-pledges
From Ecosocialist Discussion The closer Starmer gets number 10, the more concessions he makes to the Tories. Yet, if the…
We need social change, not miracles
Simon Pirani writing in The Ecologist 24th July 2023 | Creative Commons 4.0 Wayne S. Grazio / Creative Commons 2.0 Review…
Big oil quietly walks back on climate pledges as global heat records tumble
From The Guardian Energy firms have made record profits by increasing production of oil and gas, far from their promises…
Learning the (right) lessons from Uxbridge
This piece is from Labour Hub. JULY 21, 2023 Learning (the right) lessons from Uxbridge By Michael Calderbank There’s no…
What Uxbridge does (and doesn’t) tell us about ULEZ and Labour’s strategy
From Open Democracy “Just as there is a block of anti-ULEZ people capable of being mobilised by the Tories, there…