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onOct 17, 2018 @ 02:29 PDT

Environmental campaigners converged on the Royal Courts of Justiceย in support of an appeal against the โ€œexcessiveโ€ sentencing of three anti-fracking protestors, warning that the case could set โ€œa d...
onOct 10, 2018 @ 04:25 PDT

The UK Government is planning to support the expansion of a multi-billion pound oil refinery in Bahrain which could have โ€œsignificant adverse environmental impactsโ€ as part of efforts to boost Brit...
onOct 9, 2018 @ 13:37 PDT

Climate campaigners have accused big oil and gas companies of trying to โ€œsubvertโ€ the divestment movement as top executives gathered in London to discuss how to use PR โ€œto combatโ€ the growing campa...
onOct 3, 2018 @ 08:09 PDT

A London-based mining company accused of extensive human rights abuse and environmental damage in India has delisted from the London Stock Exchange amidst concerns it is seeking to escape publicย sc...
onOct 2, 2018 @ 07:46 PDT

In a packed lecture hall a few hundred metres away from the Conservative Party Conference, climate science denier and hard-Brexiter MP Owen Paterson told the cheering crowd: โ€œWe are the mainstream ...
onOct 1, 2018 @ 10:17 PDT

The UKโ€™s Energy Minister Claire Perry has strongly rebuffed anti-fracking campaigners warning them that energy policy should not be dictated by โ€œthe demands of the shouting fewโ€, as she pledged to ...
onSep 27, 2018 @ 02:27 PDT

Some UK trade unions have been accused of adopting a โ€œdivisiveโ€ approach that risked slowing down the transition to a low-carbon economy after they agreed on a lobbying strategy to ensure workers i...
onSep 25, 2018 @ 07:36 PDT

The Labour Party has pledged to help British businesses export their goods and services to boost low-carbon projects overseas and ensure UK aid does not support fossil fuel projects if it wins the ...
onSep 24, 2018 @ 07:18 PDT

Hardline Brexiters are calling on the UK government to cut EU environmental regulations to secure free-trade deals with the US, China and India after Brexit. Environmental NGOs said the plans were ...
onSep 12, 2018 @ 09:00 PDT

Nearly all of the worldโ€™s largest 200 industrial companies have directly or indirectly opposed climate policy since the landmark Paris Agreement was signed three years ago, according to new researc...