Nine questions for Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer
From Urban Ramblings, a very topical piece which raises some important questions. In the week that the sky all along…
Starmer urged not to U-turn on new North Sea oil and gas ban
Following yesterday’s post, we have another Guardian article urging Labour to stand by its radical energy and decarbonisation proposals… Starmer…
Labour’s oil and gas ban shows it’s ready to fight the next election on climate issues
The announcement by Keir Starmer, detailed in the Guardian article below, that he will ban all new gas and oil…
An appeal for Hugo Blanco
Many Red-Green Labour readers will be aware of Hugo Blanco the prominent ecosocialist and leader of the indigenous movement in…
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…
Labour: Stand firm in opposition to oil & gas
Please sign this open letter to Keir Starmer. Dear Sir Keir Starmer, CC: Angela Rayner MP, Rachel Reeves MP and…
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…
The Biggest ‘Renewable’ Power Plant in the UK Burns Wood Processed in Poor, Black Communities in the US
From Novara Media by Simon Childs 10 May 2023 Drax power station in North Yorkshire. REUTERS/Lee Smith It is “no mistake”…
Open up public participation in local government with Digital Democracy
From Birmingham Against the Cuts One of the key issues facing the WMCA, Birmingham City Council and all the other…
A precious resource: how Israel uses water to control the West Bank
From The Guardian In occupied West Bank villages, Israeli-owned farms are flourishing, while Palestinians often do not have enough water…