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Michael Gove’s actions are simply not enough
Environmental Secretary Micheal Gove. Photo: flickr user 'Number 10', Creative Commons license There’s a real environmental catastrophe happening, right now. Michael Gove’s twisted vision of a capitalistic ‘green’ future puts us all at risk from excessive pollution levels; especially children, the elderly and…
Queen’s University Belfast set to divest from fossil fuels
Photo credit: flickr user Gerry Machen Creative Commons license: Queen's University Belfast last week announced their intent to end all investments in fossil fuels by 2025. The announcement on…
Why I shut down a coal mine to expose the ties between politicians and fossil fuels
Photo: End Coal Now Last Monday, me and a group of 20 others shut down a coal mine. Waking at 5 am, laden with D-Locks, arm tubes and some pretty tasty…
“The Frack Stopped Here”: Lancashire Council rejects fracking
Let's hope @Cuadrillauk frack right off now. #dontmesswithnannas #dontfracklancs #fracking — Henry Chown (@HenryChown) June 29, 2015 Lancashire Council have just rejected an application from Cuadrilla to frack for gas…
Partial progress as Edinburgh divests from coal and tar sands
Edinburgh students occupied the finance department for 10 days in May. Photo: Ric Lander Nearly a month ago, on Wednesday 27 May, Edinburgh University released a statement signalling its…
Why students should campaign for fossil fuel divestment
Glasgow students campaigning for divestment from fossil fuels. In October 2014, Glasgow University became the first university in the UK to commit to fossil fuel divestment. Photo: Ric Lander. Students…
BREAKING: Alumni occupy Oxford Uni to protest fossil-fuel indecision
Alumni of the University of Oxford are occupying the university in protest over its failure to divest from fossil-fuels. The University, under pressure to act on its major investments in…
Thousands march for climate action and against dirty energy
Art Not Oil protest BP's sponsorship of the Tate Britain. Image: Art Not Oil. Thousands of people took to the streets of London today to call for action on climate…
Breaking: Fracking and unconventional oil and gas halted in Scotland
Protesters at the SNP conference in Perth, October 2013. Image by the author. "From today there will be a moratorium on all unconventional oil and gas extraction", Scottish Energy Minister Fergus…
Extreme Energy Inquiry begins in Scotland
Green Councillor Mark Ruskell with local community representatives and Friends of the Earth members outside the Inchyra Hotel this morning. Image: Friends of the Earth Scotland. The UK's first public…