Greens slam government for fossil fuel tax breaks
Rishi Sunak this week announced the government's package for tackling the cost of living crisis. The package includes a windfall tax on the profits of oil and gas companies that…
LGBTIQA+ activists launch petition to kick fossil fuel companies out of Pride
LGBTIQA+ activists have launched a campaign demanding that Pride celebrations refuse to accept sponsorship from fossil fuel companies. Organised under the banner of Fossil Free Pride, the campaign has emerged…
Climate activists build giant oil pipeline outside Lloyds of London in protest over fossil fuel insurance
Climate campaigners from have today built a giant fake oil pipeline outside the headquarters of insurance market Lloyd's of London. The campaigners, from Coal Action Network, are protesting Lloyd's of…
‘Stop insuring fossil fuels’ – Extinction Rebellion blockade Lloyds of London HQ
Over 60 Extinction Rebellion activists have blocked the entrances of Lloyd's of London's headquarters, preventing staff from entering the building. Campaigners say they are seeking to close the London based…
Scottish Greens blast Johnson’s energy strategy as “not fit for purpose”
Boris Johnson’s new Energy Security Strategy is not fit for purpose as it fails to tackle the cost of living crisis or heed warnings on the climate emergency, the Scottish…
Green Party votes to support ban on banks holding fossil fuel assets by 2030
Green Party members have voted near-unanimously to support a policy of banning British banks from holding fossil fuel assets by 2030. They backed the policy at the party's spring conference…
Green Party votes to support international treaty to end fossil fuel expansion
The Green Party of England and Wales have voted to support the UK government signing an international treaty for the phasing out of fossil fuels. Party members passed a motion…
What would Green central banking look like?
The path to net zero runs through the City of London. We can all cycle more, insulate our homes, replace gas boilers with heat pumps but if the financial services…
What the 2021 oil price recovery means for the climate
For those readers who own oil wells, the last decade has probably not been profitable. The last year has been even less kind, Covid bringing home unprecedented demand destruction on…
The latest IEA report spells the end of one excuse for climate inaction
The world of energy has a lot of reports. Almost all of them that attempt to predict the future have been wrong. Most of them say nothing new. The International…