Closure of Ffos-y-fran coal mine must mark next chapter of Wales’ renewable revolution say Greens
Last week's confirmation that the Ffoys-y-Fran coal mine will be closed in November has been welcomed by the Wales Green Party. The mine is the UK's largest opencast coal mine. …
Money Rebellion protesters disrupt AIG Women’s Open
Climate protesters disrupted the AIG Women's Open last Sunday by rushing onto the green on the 17th hole. The campaigners, from Money Rebellion, were protesting AIG's insurance of major fossil…
Why Christian universities should sever their links with fossil fuels
I was delighted to see the news that that Bishop Grosseteste University (BGU) has become the first church-founded university to make a Fossil Free Careers commitment, and the fourth UK…
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…
University of Portsmouth divests from all fossil fuels
The University of Portsmouth has announced it is set to divest from fossil fuels, having updated its ethical investment policy to exclude all fossil fuel industry investments. Portsmouth becomes the…
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 oil giants are making record profits and what we can do about it
It tells you something about the questioner if when confronted with someone with an extraordinary amount of wealth they ask how they came into possession of it, or what they…
Why hydrogen won’t be a major solution to decarbonising domestic heating
Winter has come are dreaded words in the Song of Ice and Fire books and in the real world. In the former it is due to the risk of an…