The grassroots activists fighting fracking at Preston New Road
In May 2014, oil and gas exploration company Cuadrilla applied for planning permission for a shale gas exploration site at Preston New Road, Lancashire. A grassroots activist collective quickly…
The end of fracking is a crucial step forward in the battle against fossil fuels
Yesterday, tens of thousands of people who’ve contributed to the anti-fracking struggle had cause to celebrate. They woke to the news that their efforts had contributed to a big step…
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…
BP: Very much business as usual
BP, the British oil major which produces million barrels of oil per day and brought in $ billion in profit in 2018, has been running a PR campaign under the…
The people taking on the hostile environment and climate breakdown
Image credit: Neil Cummings, Creative CommonsIn the face of huge popular mobilisation demanding action to address climate breakdown, the government is currently considering giving energy company Drax approval for what…
Green MEP candidate: We must not frack away our future
It was in the Sussex village of Balcombe that fracking exploded into the public consciousness in the UK. In August 2013 Caroline Lucas was arrested as part of the protests…
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…
Two massive victories for the student divestment movement
Image credit: Creative Commons - Kate Ausburn In the past 48 hours, the student divestment movement took another leap forward. Two more institutions joined the more than 1,000 worldwide that…