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Yesterday the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, announced a package of measures to help with the cost of living crisis. The hotly-anticipated and much needed package ended up being yet another short-sighted sticking plaster for fuel poverty, and a catastrophe for the climate. The measures will only provide temporary relief on energy…
People in Scotland demand that our government lives up to its promises on climate change – that means ending support for new fossil fuels, while protecting Scottish jobs.
This Black History Month, we’re telling the stories of Black people across the UK working in a variety of green jobs.
This report shares the testimonies of workers in the industry and their perspectives and priorities in the looming energy transition. The survey results show that morale is low amongst the workforce, who feel they are bearing the brunt of an industry in decline. But these workers are willing to retrain and move to new sectors. They want secure and well-paid work that makes use of their skills and experience.
CAMPAIGNERS have installed a 12-ft oil-splattered statue of a dithering Boris Johnson at Downing Street today, urging him to end the UK’s reliance on oil, to protect consumers, workers and the climate.
On Thursday 30 March, the government is expected to announce a package of responses to the global race to lead on green tech advancement, Chris Skidmore’s Net Zero Review and last year’s High Court ruling that its current…
Greenpeace's recommendations provide a minimum standard for an election manifesto that properly responds to the climate and nature emergencies.
Coalition of civil society groups call for greater action on fuel poverty and to cut fossil fuels in upcoming Energy Independence Plan 39 organisations spanning fuel poverty, social justice and environmental campaigns have today [15.03.2022] written to the government calling for greater support…
As energy bills go up and up, there have been suggestions that increasing the flow of oil and gas from the North Sea will help to combat spiralling bills. But the way energy is traded across the world, as well as decisions made by this and previous governments, means that churning out more fossil fuels is not the answer.
YOUTH climate strikers have staged a protest in the North Sea today [WEDS 21] at Scotland’s biggest offshore wind farm, calling for a just transition for oil workers.
18 civil society organisations, supported by millions of British people, have warned Sajid Javid that the government is on course to miss its net zero target without a big investment in climate and nature.
In the sequel to Greenpeace's viral hit Rang-tan, supported by Paul McCartney's Meat Free Monday campaign, a jaguar fleeing deforestation for meat in the Amazon ends up haunting a child's kitchen.
Brazilian Space Agency INPE estimates that 430 km² of forest were cleared in just one month New Data from the Brazilian Space Agency INPE’s DETER-B deforestation monitoring system registered the highest rate of deforestation for the month of January…
Fungi comes in all joyous shapes and colours, and is everywhere in the UK. Here are 11 types of fungi to look out for – some you might even find on a walk around the neighbourhood.
After an intensive global campaign by Greenpeace, Wilmar International has published a detailed action plan to map and monitor its palm oil suppliers