Chloe Farand

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onMay 16, 2019 @ 22:21 PDT

With the European elections around the corner, populists and right-wing parties are gathering momentum and teaming-up into a pan-Europeanย alliance. The alliance is being established around a commo...
onMay 8, 2019 @ 06:44 PDT

Nine climate activists are standing as independents in the upcoming European elections in the name of climate and ecological emergency. None of them have stood in an election before, some have been...
onMay 1, 2019 @ 01:29 PDT

After weeks of mass demonstration, Extinction Rebellionโ€™s demand that the government โ€œtell the truth by declaring a climate and ecological emergencyโ€ has moved from the streets of London to the cor...
onApr 30, 2019 @ 05:07 PDT

Environmental activists representing more than 200 organisations have called on the EU and the US to put an end to a booming transatlantic trade in fracked gas or face โ€œtaking the world far beyond ...
onJan 31, 2019 @ 16:01 PST

A part-UK owned company could be prevented from drilling in a World Heritage site in the Democratic Republic of Congo after questions were raised over the legality of itsย contract. The Compagnie M...
onJan 29, 2019 @ 08:55 PST

Nearly a decade after being held responsible for the largest marine oil spill in history, BPโ€™s first global advertising campaign in ten years has been denounced as โ€œdeceptive andย hypocriticalโ€. Th...
onJan 24, 2019 @ 23:10 PST

A close advisor to Donald Trump who wants to slash environmental regulation and regards Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro as a โ€œlike-minded partnerโ€ is acting as the go-between the White House and ha...
onJan 17, 2019 @ 03:13 PST

As the worldโ€™s rich and powerful gather in Davos for the World Economic Forum (WEF), the threats to the global economy caused by environmental disasters and climate change are set to be high on the...
onJan 16, 2019 @ 06:08 PST

Nigel Lawson, the founder of the climate science denial group the Global Warming Policy Foundation, has announced that he is stepping down as the group'sย chairman.ย  Lawson, who served as Chancel...
onJan 14, 2019 @ 21:01 PST

The UK government has been boasting about its global climate leadership both at home and on the world stage for more than 25 years. But, for the first time, a trove of confidential government docum...