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Russian communities clean up oil spill as company does nothing

Posted by Laura Kenyon - 5 June 2013 at 11:53am

On Sunday 26 May, oil began flowing down the Kolva River through Komi indigenous land in northern Russia. For a week now, the oil has been coating the river and building up on the banks, with no reaction from Rusvietpetro, the joint venture company of VietPetro and Zarubezhneft, a state-controlled Russian oil company, and no cleanup being organised by the company or even the local authorities.

Article tagged as: climate change, energy, oil, oil spill, russia, rusvietpetro. komi

Energy Bill: too close to call

Posted by Richardg - 4 June 2013 at 2:20pm

MPs are deciding whether a clean power target should be included in the Energy Bill. Will they back clean renewable power, or a costly, dirty dash for gas?

Article tagged as: climate change, energy, energy bill, renewables, solar, storify, wind

The last tree or the final straw?

Posted by Kumi Naidoo - 3 June 2013 at 10:27am

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Our office in Istanbul has been under siege. It is in the heart Taksim, an area in which a brutal police clampdown has been trying to end the peaceful protest over the planned destruction of the small, and historic, Gezi Park by Taksim Square. The protest has grown to involve tens of thousands of people and drawn the support of people from all over the world.

Article tagged as: istanbul, occupygezi

Making waves on the long road to fishing reform

Posted by simon clydesdale - 30 May 2013 at 4:07pm

A petition of over 100,000 paper and digital paper boats is delivered to the EU Irish Presidency ahead of crucial CFP meetings

Listen. Can you hear it? No? Come closer. There. The fat CFP lady is beginning to sing.

Article tagged as: brussels, CFP, discards, oceans, overfishing, sustainable fishing

Tweet for victory: #vote4cleanpower

Posted by Richardg - 30 May 2013 at 3:45pm

Tweet for good - let's green the UK's energy supply

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Together, we can secure a clean energy future

We're rounding up a Twitter posse to persuade MPs to back clean power. Will you join us?

George Osborne is putting our energy future at risk. Let's stop him.

Posted by Richardg - 29 May 2013 at 5:30pm

George Osborne can't take his foot off the gas

For once, we all agree. 82% of people want to see more renewable energy. Yet George Osborne is still trying to keep us hooked on fossil fuels. On Tuesday, MPs must pick a side.

Article tagged as: coal, energy, gas, osborne, renewables, solar, wind

APRIL, you can't spin your deforestation

Posted by Richardg - 24 May 2013 at 5:57pm

David Goodwin failing to answer the question

Here's a tip for anyone looking to do public relations for forest-destroying companies. The correct way to respond to a simple question about how much forest you're clearing is not to ask the journalist to stop filming.

Article tagged as: APRIL, forests, indonesia, palm oil, pulp and paper

Dear Mrs Merkel, please help - I’m afraid of commitment

Posted by Elena Polisano - 24 May 2013 at 4:36pm

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Of all the shoulders to cry on, it might seem strange to pick the German Chancellor’s. But that’s what the German car association (VDA) did this week when its president Matthias Wissman wrote to her to moan that long-term targets for cleaner cars could strangle the car industry. He asked her to take a strong position against the regulations which are currently being debated in Brussels.

Article tagged as: angela merkel, cars, co2, europe, oil, transport

Balcombe or bullshit?

Posted by Lawrence Carter - 24 May 2013 at 1:54pm

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“I know that everything I say sounds like utter fucking bullshit,” a top Cuadrilla PR executive told me yesterday when I asked him about the risks fracking poses to the sleepy Sussex village of Balcombe.

Article tagged as: Balcombe, climate change, Cuardilla, fracking, gas

Turtle recall

Posted by Willie - 23 May 2013 at 9:00am

An Olive Ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) swims in the open blue ocean of the Pacific.

When I heard it was World Turtle Day, I hatched a plan. I know that to an international audience ‘turtle’ covers a multitude of reptile species, but rather than getting all Queens’ English-y over what is a tortoise, a terrapin or a turtle, I thought this was a good opportunity to focus in on the seven amazing species that roam our oceans – the sea turtles.

Article tagged as: biodiversity, oceans, sea turtles, turtles

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