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COP25: Anger Over Lack of Action for Vulnerable States as Climate Talks Conclude
By Sophie Yeo
on
Climate activists have found plenty to be angry about at this yearโ€™s UN climate talks, which are scheduled to conclude in Madrid tonight. From youth groups to indigenous people, civil society has b...
COP25: Climate Science Deniers Attend on Behalf of Trump-Affiliated Lobby Group
By Rich Collett-White
on
A US thinktank with close ties to Donald Trump has obtained accreditation for a delegation of climate science deniers to the UN summit currently underway inย Madrid. Organisations accredited to att...
COP25: Polluting Companies Blamed for Slow Progress at UN Climate Talks
By Sophie Yeo
on
Big polluters are to blame for slow progress in the annual UN climate negotiations in Madrid, Spain, according to activists โ€” with several companies sponsoring the talks in exchange for tax breaks....
uk/Election 2019: More than 50 Conservative Candidates Fail to Show at Climate Hustings
By Isabella Kaminski
on
A former environment secretary is one of dozens of prospective Conservative Party MPs who have declined to discuss their plans for tackling climate change with constituents at local pre-electionย de...
us/EPA Watchdog: White House Blocked Part of Truck Pollution Investigation, Caused Lack of Public Information
By Guest
on
Byย Jordan Davidson, EcoWatch.ย Reposted with permission fromย EcoWatch.ย  Theย Trump administrationย pushed through an exemption toย clean airย rules, effectively freeing heavy polluting, super-cargo tru...
uk/Revealed: Brexit Party and Conservatives Have Received ยฃ8m From Aviation Industry
By Rich Collett-White
on
British political parties and individual politicians have received more than ยฃ9 million worth of donations from the aviation industry, with the vast majority going to the Brexit Party and the Conse...
uk/The UK's Pro-Brexit MEPs Didn't Want the European Parliament to Declare a Climate Emergency
By Mat Hope
on
The European Parliament has declared a climate emergency. And it did so without the help of many of the UKโ€™s pro-Brexit MEPs. A resolution declaring the emergency and calling on all global actors ...
uk/Election 2019: Climate Pledges in the Scottish Party Manifestos
By Mike Small
on
The general election in Scotland is inevitably seen through the bifocal lenses of Brexit and independence, regularly morphed into a single telescope of 'constitutional crisis'. But alongside thatย e...
uk/Election 2019: Party Manifestos Go Green for the 'Climate Election'
By Sophie Yeo
on
Climate change has been high on the agenda this election. The UK had its first ever leadersโ€™ debate on climate change (where an ice sculpture stood in for the prime minister, Boris Johnson), more v...
uk/Follow the Leader: Conservative Candidates Failing to Attend Local Climate Hustings
By Isabella Kaminski
on
Conservative Party candidates across the UK appear to be following their party leader by failing to participate in public debates on the climateย crisis. From Glasgow to Hastings, hustings are bein...

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COP25: Anger Over Lack of Action for Vulnerable States as Climate Talks Conclude
BySophie Yeo
on

Climate activists have found plenty to be angry about at this yearโ€™s UN climate talks, which are scheduled to conclude in Madrid tonight. From youth groups to indigenous people, civil society has b...
COP25: Climate Science Deniers Attend on Behalf of Trump-Affiliated Lobby Group
ByRich Collett-White
on

A US thinktank with close ties to Donald Trump has obtained accreditation for a delegation of climate science deniers to the UN summit currently underway inย Madrid. Organisations accredited to att...
COP25: Polluting Companies Blamed for Slow Progress at UN Climate Talks
BySophie Yeo
on

Big polluters are to blame for slow progress in the annual UN climate negotiations in Madrid, Spain, according to activists โ€” with several companies sponsoring the talks in exchange for tax breaks....
uk/Election 2019: More than 50 Conservative Candidates Fail to Show at Climate Hustings
ByIsabella Kaminski
on

A former environment secretary is one of dozens of prospective Conservative Party MPs who have declined to discuss their plans for tackling climate change with constituents at local pre-electionย de...
us/EPA Watchdog: White House Blocked Part of Truck Pollution Investigation, Caused Lack of Public Information
ByGuest
on

Byย Jordan Davidson, EcoWatch.ย Reposted with permission fromย EcoWatch.ย  Theย Trump administrationย pushed through an exemption toย clean airย rules, effectively freeing heavy polluting, super-cargo tru...
uk/Revealed: Brexit Party and Conservatives Have Received ยฃ8m From Aviation Industry
ByRich Collett-White
on

British political parties and individual politicians have received more than ยฃ9 million worth of donations from the aviation industry, with the vast majority going to the Brexit Party and the Conse...
uk/The UK's Pro-Brexit MEPs Didn't Want the European Parliament to Declare a Climate Emergency
ByMat Hope
on

The European Parliament has declared a climate emergency. And it did so without the help of many of the UKโ€™s pro-Brexit MEPs. A resolution declaring the emergency and calling on all global actors ...
uk/Election 2019: Climate Pledges in the Scottish Party Manifestos
ByMike Small
on

The general election in Scotland is inevitably seen through the bifocal lenses of Brexit and independence, regularly morphed into a single telescope of 'constitutional crisis'. But alongside thatย e...
uk/Election 2019: Party Manifestos Go Green for the 'Climate Election'
BySophie Yeo
on

Climate change has been high on the agenda this election. The UK had its first ever leadersโ€™ debate on climate change (where an ice sculpture stood in for the prime minister, Boris Johnson), more v...
uk/Follow the Leader: Conservative Candidates Failing to Attend Local Climate Hustings
ByIsabella Kaminski
on

Conservative Party candidates across the UK appear to be following their party leader by failing to participate in public debates on the climateย crisis. From Glasgow to Hastings, hustings are bein...