by Tom Howarth | Aug 3, 2023 | News
After covering Sunak’s house in black fabric, campaigners on the roof held up a sign reading: “No new oil”. When they returned to ground level, police arrested the activists. Five activists were arrested after climbing onto the roof of prime minister...
by Tom Howarth | Jul 28, 2023 | News
As record breaking temperatures sweep across the globe, we recap what’s happened, where it’s happened and what it means. Heatwaves, which scientists say have been “made much more likely by climate change”, have battered much of the Northern Hemisphere this...
by Seb Lowe | Jul 25, 2023 | News, Politics
Last week’s by-election results show the climate is not the priority for voters. Recent by-elections in Selby and Ainsty, Somerton and Frome, and Uxbridge and South Ruislip showed us three things: people have had enough of the Conservatives; efficient tactical voting...
by Tom Howarth | Jul 20, 2023 | News
Student campaigners have welcomed the university-commissioned report but criticised ‘green subsidiaries loophole’. In the latest development in the Fossil Free Research movement, a new Cambridge University report published on Tuesday found that “it is difficult to...
by Jonathan Leggett & Vedika Mandapati | Jun 19, 2023 | News, People & Movements
Could the decision by Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam to cut ties with fossil fuel companies represent a turning point for universities across Europe? This April, the Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam announced an end to all research collaborations with the fossil fuel...
by Tom Howarth | Jun 13, 2023 | News, Politics
Last month the European Council gave the final go-ahead to a regulation seeking to minimise the risk of deforestation and forest degradation. On May 16, 2023, the European Council agreed to bring into law historic new legislation banning the sale of several...
