My week arguing with climate deniers on the internet
Image credit: Creative Commons: Dcpeopleandeventsof2017 During the last week, I’ve been exchanging points with Twitter climate dissenters. With support from a Canadian Green, some of their claims have been refuted.…
Will Brexit be a disaster for Scotland’s environment?
Image credit: © John MacPherson / WTML Scotland’s natural environment has benefited enormously from European environmental policies, which have helped us achieve, among other things, cleaner rivers, cleaner beaches, cleaner…
Impartiality in the media is impossible. But Sky News has taken things too far.
Image credit: YouTube screengrab This week Sky News haven’t just been reporting the top stories - their journalists have been making the headlines themselves. From Adam Boulton branding Extinction Rebellion…
Policing rebellion – Extinction Rebellion needs to understand power
Image Credit: Creative Commons: Julia Hawkins Extinction Rebellion (XR) has succeeded over the last week at bringing parts of the country to a standstill and raising the climate crisis in…
#YouthStrike4Climate tell Theresa May the Green New Deal is here to stay
Image Credit: Chris Saltmarsh On the day of the third #YouthStrike4Climate, the UK Student Climate Network (UKSCN) came out in support of a Green New Deal. Demonstrations in March saw…
Bold actions are needed to repair climate-induced loss and damage
Image credit: Creative Commons - Trocaire From increasingly severe droughts in Africa to extreme flooding in Asia, millions of people are already seeing their lives and livelihoods devastated by climate…
Police disruption of the boat race protest shows our movement is too powerful to ignore
Image credit: Cambridge Zero Carbon (This image is of the 2018 boat race protest) ‘Oxbridge Come Clean’ was the message we planned to unfurl across Hammersmith Bridge during the 2019…
Fiddling whilst the planet burns: Celebrity posturing on the environment
Image credit: Creative Commons, Caitlyn Ridenour For any young person on the “indie music” scene in 2015, Grimes is a familiar name. After releasing the hit album Art Angels, Grimes'…
Cargo bikes could be a game changer for London
Cargo bikes can deliver faster than vans, according to a Transport for London trial which could spark a green makeover for goods transportation in the capital. Faster and Greener Pedal…
London’s battle against Heathrow expansion
Image credit: Creative Commons, tataquax Heathrow – Londoners don’t want expansion or to be overflown by thousands more noisy and polluting planes, but the Government keeps pushing for it. Despite…