My journey from direct action to Green Party leadership candidate
When I left university in 2007, no-one was talking about the climate and ecological emergency. The Labour government were proposing a third runway at Heathrow Airport and there was very…
“Jet Zero’s” techno-optimism is a flight of fancy
‘Jet Zero’, the UK government’s proposed aviation strategy, is not just a moronic oxymoron but a failure to conceive how to bridge the gap between aviation’s growth aspirations and the…
The government’s proposed carbon charge for airlines misses the mark
Image credit: Solvay Group, Creative Commons The Department for Transport has proposed to offset the CO2 emissions produced by various modes of transport, most significantly airplanes, by introducing a new…
The EU is subsidising Ryanair’s carbon emissions
Image credit: Bart Busschots, Creative Commons As the number of people flying regularly continues to rise, CO2 emissions from aviation have soared, rising by in the last five years in…
Caroline Lucas was right in her row with an aviation industry boss
Image credit: Creative Commons, tataquax Last Friday, Green MP Caroline Lucas and Airbus Senior UK VP Katherine Bennett got into a tad of a statistical snafu on Any Questions. Katherine…
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…
What we’re saying Yes to: utopian, regenerative projects like Grow Heathrow
Picture courtesy of Fergus Murray / Flickr The following article is part of a series on Bright Green, What We’re Saying Yes To, inspired by Naomi Klein’s recent book, No…
Natalie’s Train Ride: The Potency of Eco-Individualism
Natalie Bennett with 'renationalise the railways' poster and Green PPC Tony Mabbott. Photo: Leighton Buzzard Observer Adam Ramsay writes on why the Evening Standard's attack piece on Natalie Bennett taking a train…