There was a sense of disappointment - bordering almost on despair - when it became apparent that the first major storm of the season was going to coincide with...

During the cold war, the United States used the defcon alert system to reflect the threat condition of an iminnent nuclear strike. Defcon 5 was the least...

'Glastonbury evening sun From where have all the angels come We could hear an angel's choir as we sang round an evening fire A yellow moon lit up the sky And...

The 'good' news is that on 15th May, the chair of the Arctic Council was handed over to Canada. Does this mean that Stephen Harper's shadow - if not his...

That was the title of an event I attended at the Scottish Parliament last Tuesday, organised by Friends of the Earth Scotland (FoES). The event featured a...

M&S, Co-op and Sainsbury's say chickens will be fed on GM soya. This is the headline the Guardian carried recently. The big surprise here is the...

After my last blog post on Fracking. I sent an email to The Dept. of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) asking if they were aware of the report produced by the...

On the 13 December 2012, the Government in another display of breathtaking wisdom, gave the go-ahead to shale gas exploration in the UK. ...

On Thursday 25th October, I attended a discussion at the Scottish Parliament regarding the consultation of the Lobbying Transparency Bill. The deadline for the...

Let’s sort out our Energy Future by Richard George, Energy Campaigner We are standing at an energy crossroads and a new law, the Energy Bill, will set out the...

Hurrah! I'm here! After a week of fighting tech gremlins - from a PC crash to an internet break down I'm finally back online again. My apologies to anyone...

Your chance to #TellShell to stop Arctic drilling by Vicky Wyatt, Climate Campaigner Over two weekends in July Greenpeace supporters took action to shut down...

4 years ago this month, the US Geological Survey (USGS) published the results of an Arctic investigation on potential petroleum reserves. It concluded...

'...Oh sunshine take me away from here, I'm a needle on a spiral in a groove, And the turntable spins as the last waltz begins, And the weatherman says...

Shell-Day 2 Saturday 22nd September by Sara Ayech, climate campaigner Last month saw two huge days of action against Shell in the UK in support of our...

The Good: Greenpeace and the 1 million people who signed the Arctic Scroll. The Bad: Royal Dutch Shell. The Polar Bear: Well, you couldn't possibly describe...

When former World Bank chief economist Sir Nicholas Stern published his Stern Review back in October 2006, he concluded that 'climate change is the...

Shell-Day Saturday 21st July by Vicky Wyatt, climate campaigner At 6.30 this morning 70 + Dutch Greenpeace volunteers, including their executive director...