BREAKING: Half of all UK universities have now divested from fossil fuels
The proportion of UK universities that have cut their ties with the fossil fuel industry has reached 50%. 78 public universities have now committed to divest from fossil fuel companies.…
Green New Deal on tour – UK Green news round up week 43
Alex Phillips launches Green New Deal report The Green New Deal is all the rage right now. One of its most prominent proponents in the Green Party of England and…
Scottish Green Party conference special – UK Green news round up week 41
Scottish Greens seek to win 16 Holyrood seats Image credit: Scottish Green Party The Scottish Green Party met for its Autumn Conference this weekend in Inverness. And top of the…
The councils trying to go carbon neutral while investing in fossil fuels
As concern grows everywhere about the impact of climate change, councils are beginning to stir into action. Climate emergencies are being declared, climate pledges are being taken, solar panels are…
Only 5% of UK universities are taking investment in renewables seriously
Image credit: Creative Commons, Tom Corser People & Planet has revealed the universities leading the UK higher education sector in investment in renewable energy. The student activist network has published…
Building a movement: People & Planet’s Power Shift
Tents, students, vegan food and (hopefully) sun. You could be forgiven for thinking this was a budget Glastonbury with a political edge, but that’s where the similarities end. People &…
Bright Green relaunch – three months on
A little more than three months ago, Bright Green was relaunched. I wrote at the time about the need for radical media outlet that could help contribute to and steer…
Police disruption of the boat race protest shows our movement is too powerful to ignore
Image credit: Cambridge Zero Carbon (This image is of the 2018 boat race protest) ‘Oxbridge Come Clean’ was the message we planned to unfurl across Hammersmith Bridge during the 2019…
Police disrupt student divestment protest at Oxbridge boat race
Image credit: Cambridge Zero Carbon (This image is of the 2018 boat race protest) More than 50 students, representing Oxford Climate Justice Campaign and Cambridge Zero Carbon Society, today attended…
Momentum members join fight against Barclays’ fossil fuel funding
Image Credit: Against the Grain Photography Momentum are treading new ground as they launch a new ‘Bankrupting Climate Change’ campaign against Barclays over their funding of fossil fuel companies. Collaborating…