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UK energy - where are we at?

Posted by kcumming — 6 December 2013 at 2:16pm - Comments

What a month for the Big 6! Whether cuts to energy efficiency measures, a green light for unabated coal burning, fracking tax breaks that lock in the UK’s reliance on gas, or the multi-billion pound windfall due to companies like EDF and Centrica from an unchanged carbon floor price, the energy giants have won another round at the expense of ordinary people.

Article tagged as: autumn statement, coal, energy bill, energy bills, fracking, gas

Christmas cards for all the family? We've got it covered

Posted by sara_a — 6 December 2013 at 9:03am - Comments

In my family I am known as the one who always sends emails about campaigns and petitions. I suppose I am a campaigner so that is not a newsflash! Luckily my loved ones are very obliging and lovely and do sign up to almost everything I send them. However I know in my heart of hearts that really my aunts and uncles would love a little more often to receive a personal message from me, with an update on how I am and what I am up to, rather than a petition to sign.

Help save Santa’s home this Christmas

Posted by sara_a — 5 December 2013 at 5:14pm - Comments

Santa’s in trouble, and Christmas is at risk, but you can help him. His home, the North Pole is melting fast because of climate change.

Article tagged as: arctic, climate change, North pole, save santa

Oops: University of Aberdeen used to justify Iceland's whaling programme.

Posted by Willie — 3 December 2013 at 12:35pm - Comments

University of Aberdeen research is being used to justify Iceland's whaling programme.

Science doesn’t always get a lot of breaks, it’s constantly twisted and misrepresented in the media, and sometimes the best intentions end up being used in ways the scientists themselves would never want them to be or condone. Who’d have thought, for example, that UK universities could be used to defend commercial whaling? Yet, that's exactlly what's happening right now.

Article tagged as: iceland, IFAW, INCA, IWC, oceans, St Andrews University, University of Aberdeen, WDC, whales, whaling

Will MPs cut 1,600 premature deaths from coal?

Posted by kcumming — 2 December 2013 at 2:13pm - Comments

Almost as many people die each year from coal burning in the UK as road accidents, according to new figures out this week.

Article tagged as: Climate Act, coal, energy bill

Tell West Sussex Council : drilling for oil and gas is the wrong move

Posted by Lawrence Carter — 2 December 2013 at 12:58pm - Comments

Please write to West Sussex County Council and tell them to refuse permission for Celtique to explore for oil and gas in Wisborough Green. If hundreds of us raise our objections, the council will have to consider them - we hope they will see sense and turn down the application.

Article tagged as: energy, fracking, gas flaring, West Sussex

The last of the Arctic 30 gets bail

Posted by Esther Freeman — 28 November 2013 at 5:48pm - Comments

Colin Russell at his detention hearing in St Petersburg

Amazing news! This morning Colin Russell was in court in St Petersburg to appeal the decision that he should not be released on bail. Not even four minutes after we learned that his hearing had started, news came that Colin had been granted bail.

Article tagged as: arctic, Arctic30, freethearctic30, gazprom, oil, SaveTheArctic, shell

In pictures and video: 30 acts of courage

Posted by victoriah — 21 November 2013 at 5:56pm - Comments

Thirty acts of courage appear outside Shell's HQ

These last few days in Russia have been awash in joyful news. At time of writing, 26 of the Arctic 30 have been granted bail, though sadly one has bafflingly been denied bail and given three more months of pre-trial detention.

Article tagged as: arctic 30, energy, oil, shell

UK government progress on marine conservation isn’t making many waves

Posted by Willie — 21 November 2013 at 3:11pm - Comments

The government has at long last made an announcement on the first wave of marine conservation zones (MCZs) in UK waters. This is long overdue, but frankly fails to deliver. Today’s announcement to designate only 27 sites is a whopping 100 sites short of what the government’s own consultation said was necessary. So what’s going on?

Article tagged as: oceans

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