Carbon emissions are on the up. It’s time to stop all state support to the...
Carbon emissions are due to increase 2 per cent in 2017 after plateauing for three years. Enough is enough — governments must end all support for the fossil fuel industry. The release of the emissions...
View ArticleThe UK’s desperate fossil fuels industry is lashing out at human rights – but...
In the last week, local people and campaigners in the South East of England have inflicted two small but significant defeats on a desperate and ruthless onshore fracking and oil and gas industry – an...
View ArticleHow tackling climate change could actually rescue our economy
A new report has revealed that bold action on tackling climate change is exactly what our economy needs. The analysis, by the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate (GCEC), shows that what our...
View ArticleIconic Belfast shipyard and 79 jobs saved after nine-week sit-in
The shipyard that built the Titanic, Harland and Wolff in Belfast, has been rescued in a £6m deal after union workers refused to accept the closure, occupying the site for nine weeks. Denise Walker,...
View ArticleLib Dems vote to oppose Hinkley nuclear plant in emergency conference motion
Liberal Democrats voted to oppose a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C today in an emergency policy motion at party conference. The party agreed this morning that the new £18 billion plant...
View ArticleThe UK will ratify the Paris agreement by the end of the year – but what took...
In her maiden speech to the UN yesterday, Theresa May confirmed that the UK will ratify the Paris climate change agreement by the end of 2016. “We will continue to play our part in the international...
View ArticleRenewables are the future, whatever Donald Trump says
Faced with a Trump presidency, and reports from both poles of shocking levels of ice-melt, many people are feeling even more fearful about climate change. But acting together, doing all we can,...
View ArticleRight Wing Watch newsletter: The Frackers Return
This week I looked at the launch of Nigel Farage’s new campaign for a referendum on the Government’s Net Zero targets, which was dealt a blow when his first event was cancelled by the venue. I also...
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Majority of public back investment in renewables not fracking,...
An overwhelming majority of the public believe investing in renewable energy is the best way for the UK to generate more energy and improve its energy security, an exclusive poll for LFF has found....
View ArticleFossil fuel providers given £20bn more in government funding than renewables...
New research has found that in the last eight years, the fossil fuel industry has received £80bn in government support, compared the £60bn given to renewables. The research was commissioned by the...
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