We need a powerful vision of transformation. We need a Green New Deal.
The Green New Deal is a project with a powerful vision of transformation. Green politics is often cast as uncaring or too focused on the climate at the expense of…
Has the future of European energy arrived?
Image credit: Creative Commons, Tom Corser European electrical grids are breaking records. Covid-19 accelerated a rewriting of European power provision greater even than privatisation, and grids are not yet prepared.…
A Green New Deal must be built from the ground up
You would think that tackling inequality and climate change in one fell swoop would be almost universally popular. But the UK’s 2019 general election suggested otherwise. With per cent of…
What Oxford University’s historic commitment means for the divestment movement
It’s not every day that such an old institution as the University of Oxford takes an about turn on a policy that it has resisted for almost twenty years. But…
We urgently need to decolonise the environmental movement
A decolonised environmental movement is long overdue. For too long, there has been a notion by some in the environmental movement that racism is not the movement’s responsibility. In the…
5 explanations of the negative price of oil – and what climate activists can do now
On Monday April 20, reports began to emerge that the price of oil is now negative. Here are five explanations of what this means, and what climate activists can do…
What is the future of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme?
Last weekend saw the latest data release from the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS). This has been a cornerstone of the EU climate policy since it’s introduction in 2003. Greenhouse…
Democracy is just an add-on for the European Commission’s “Green Deal”
The European Commission has launched its proposals for a “Climate Pact” as part of the European Green Deal, an initiative - it claims - that “aims to engage citizens and…
Interview – Making Sustainable Theatre with Bea Udale-Smith
How To Save A Rock Cast - Image credits via Pigfoot Theatre Bea Udale-Smith is the director of Pigfoot Theatre, a multi-award-winning environmental theatre company. Their show How To Save…
The rich should be paying for energy efficiency, not the poor
It’s time to challenge the political consensus about energy customers paying for all the green measures that are needed to deal with the climate emergency. The big problem with these…