Tag archives for climate change
A new approach to ocean policy is crucial for a just transition
Oceans and the climate emergency conjure images of melting glaciers and stranded polar bears, and rightly so: the summer Arctic has shrunk by 40% in the last 40 years, with terrifying…
The latest IEA report spells the end of one excuse for climate inaction
The world of energy has a lot of reports. Almost all of them that attempt to predict the future have been wrong. Most of them say nothing new. The International…
Breaking Things at Work: An Interview with Gavin Mueller
Our culture editor Harry Holmes interviews Gavin Mueller, author of the newly released Breaking Things at Work from Verso Books. Gavin Mueller is a lecturer in New Media and Digital…
Ben Houchen is able to claim green credentials because the left offered no alternative
Ben Houchen is the newly re-elected Tory mayor of Tees Valley, and he has a good case to be the most green-friendly Tory mayor in the country (there are not…
Climate campaigners demand Lloyd’s stop insuring coal mines
Climate campaigners in thirteen cities across the UK coordinated protests on May 17 to demand Lloyd's of London and its insurers immediately stop insuring coal mines. The campaigners were taking…
The G7 summit in Cornwall is set to re-awaken Extinction Rebellion
On June 11, the presidents and prime ministers of the seven largest developed economies plus India, South Korea, South Africa and Australia will meet in a hotel on the shores…
Oxford University’s fossil fuel ties legitimise racism
It is no secret that fossil fuel companies are racist. As Shell’s activities in Ogoniland show, the industry exploits the lands of indigenous peoples against their will and shows higher…
Is opposing HS2 the best use of the left’s political energy?
Unlike most infrastructure projects, HS2 has potential ecological benefits, which means that environmentalists have to choose between two harmful options. Yet we cannot consider HS2 in the abstract: we must…
If the left is serious about tackling climate change, we need to back HS2
Sections of the UK’s terminally incoherent environmental movement have chosen High Speed 2 (HS2) as their latest object of opposition. The planned high-speed rail system was first proposed in 2009…
Number of UK universities committed to divest from fossil fuels reaches 86
The total number of UK universities to publicly commit to not investing in fossil fuels has reached 86. The university of Brighton has joined the majority of universities in the…