Why I shut down a coal mine to expose the ties between politicians and fossil fuels
Photo: End Coal Now Last Monday, me and a group of 20 others shut down a coal mine. Waking at 5 am, laden with D-Locks, arm tubes and some pretty tasty…
Taking power: Why you should be excited about the new Green energy policy
Image: Skye Wind Farm, David Skinner Scottish Green Party members voted unanimously to pass policy promoting “Energy in Community and Public Hands” at the party’s annual conference last weekend. As…
Climate change is a health emergency, and it’s time for radical action
Ele Dow (third from left) with MedSin members protesting Edinburgh University's investments in fossil fuels, February 2015. Image: Ric Lander Climate change is a health emergency. I am a medical…
Greek Green appointed deputy environment minister
Photo: Wikimedia A Greek Green politician has been re-appointed as the country’s deputy environment minister, following the victory of the left-wing Syriza coalition in Sunday’s national election. Giannis Tsironis is…
Why Greens Should Support Corbyn’s People’s Quantitative Easing
Green Infrastructure QE was the idea of using public money to build highly insulated homes and to convert buildings to be more energy efficient. (Photo: BedZED, the UK's largest eco-village,…
Congratulations to Sadiq Khan, but only Greens oppose all London airport expansion
View image | Congratulations to Sadiq Khan. His selection adds another interesting candidate to the race to be London’s next Mayor. The Green Party candidate Sian Berry has a…
Faith changes everything – the missing element in climate activism
Photo by Daniel Macmillen Voskoboynik The sorrowful facts are all too familiar. Our ecosystems are being destroyed. Extreme weather is becoming more frequent and more destructive. Emissions of greenhouse gases…
Jeremy Corbyn, here’s how to address climate change like an anti-capitalist
View image | It is in a comradely manner, as a socialist within the Green Party, that I offer some genuine advice to Jeremy Corbyn’s campaign. I watched Jeremy’s speech…
The Tories have ended the Green Deal Finance initiative—what does that mean?
Photo: Steven Lek, Wikimedia. Last Thursday, 23rd July, the Department of Energy and Climate Change announced it was ending funding for the Green Deal Finance Company. In a press release it…
“The Frack Stopped Here”: Lancashire Council rejects fracking
Let's hope @Cuadrillauk frack right off now. #dontmesswithnannas #dontfracklancs #fracking — Henry Chown (@HenryChown) June 29, 2015 Lancashire Council have just rejected an application from Cuadrilla to frack for gas…