Divestment is not enough – why students at University of Surrey are campaigning to end fossil fuel recruitment on campus
Across the UK, students are acting against universities for being complicit in ecological crimes by maintaining the oil, gas, and mining recruitment pipeline. For as long as these industries have…
What is the Fossil Free Careers campaign?
The Fossil Free Careers campaign is seeking to get universities to stop allowing oil, gas and mining companies from recruiting students on university campuses. On episode 7 of #BrightGreenLive, we…
Carla Denyer destroys right wing argument that tackling the climate emergency and cost of living crisis is incompatible
On her first appearance on BBC Question Time, Green Party of England and Wales co-leader Carla Denyer dismantled a right wing argument that tackling the cost of living crisis is…
Why socialists should join the Green Party #9: Greens recognise that the climate and economic crises are fundamentally interlinked
Where should socialists put their energy in 2023? This is a question facing many on the left. There are some obvious answers. The wave of industrial militancy that has swept…
Why we need to end fossil fuel sponsorship of cultural spaces
Fossil fuel companies sponsor cultural institutions across the UK. Culture Unstained is trying to stop this. On the fifth episode of #BrightGreenLive, our editor Chris Jarvis interviewed Chris Garrard from…
First US insurer commits to limit underwriting of oil and gas projects
The first US insurance firm has committed to limit its underwriting of oil and gas extraction projects. Chubb, one of the world's largest insurers, has announced a new suite of…
Why Extinction Rebellion is set to mobilise 100,000 people at the UK parliament
Extinction Rebellion (XR) is calling for 100,000 people to converge on parliament this April to demand action on the climate crisis. On the fifth episode of #BrightGreenLive, our editor Chris…
Jeremy Hunt’s budget offers no justice on pay or the climate
The Budget has begun to unravel today, as the chancellor’s flagship pension changes, presented as an answer to the retention crisis facing senior NHS consultants, have been exposed by the…
Budget 2023: A ‘vicious Tory attack on the most vulnerable’, Greens claim
The chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt today laid out the government's budget. With freezes on fuel duty and tougher sanctions on benefit claimants, the budget has been condemned for…
Labour represents the status quo. The Green Party is the real opposition to the Tories.
The Tories are descending to new lows as their policies no longer simply flirt with far right politics - but proudly contravene human rights conventions and flaunt it. Yet the…