18,000 people sign petition calling for ban on fossil fuel advertising
More than 18,000 people have signed a petition calling for the UK government to ban advertising for fossil fuels. According to the petition, fossil fuel advertising 'encourages' their use and…
Every single university in Wales has now committed to divest from fossil fuels
Every university in Wales has now committed to divesting from the fossil fuel industry. This comes following a decision from the University of South Wales to exclude fossil fuel firms…
Scottish Greens call on next Westminster government to ban fossil fuel advertising
The Scottish Green Party has called for a ban on advertising for fossil fuels. The party's co-leader Lorna Slater issued the call at their campaign launch, where she also reiterated…
Waverley Borough Council’s campaign to stop the drilling for fossil fuels in the Surrey Hills
Earlier this month (January 9), we learned the proposal from UK Oil and Gas (UKOG) to drill for hydrocarbons in the heart of the Surrey countryside has now been given…
Rosebank oil field ‘totally incompatible’ with COP commitments, Scottish Greens say
Licensing the Rosebank oil field is 'totally incompatible' with COP commitments, the Scottish Greens have said. This week at the COP28 climate summit, the UK joined countries around the world…
Tories are ‘printing fossil fuel licenses as fast as covid contracts for dodgy donors’, Mark Ruskell MSP tells Scottish Green Party conference
Scottish Green Party MSP Mark Ruskell has accused the Tory government in Westminster of "printing off oil and gas licences as fast as covid contracts for dodgy donors". He made…
102nd UK university divests from fossil fuels
Plymouth Marjon University has become the 102nd university in the UK to divest from fossil fuels. The university updated its ethical investment policy to exclude all fossil fuel investments from…
Four insurers rule out providing cover for the West Cumbria Coal Mine
Four insurance firms have given guarantees that they will not provide cover for the planned West Cumbria Coal Mine. AEGIS Managing Agency, Argenta Syndicate Management, Hannover Re and Talanx have…
Taxes on UK’s biggest polluters could have raised £23bn over the last year
A new report has found that fairer taxes in the UK's biggest polluters could have raised up to £23bn last year. The report, published by Oxfam, found that more rigorous…
Climate campaigners in Manchester protest East African Crude Oil Pipeline
On Friday 15 September, campaigners protested in Manchester against the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). EACOP is currently under construction and is intended to transport crude…