Climate

How You Can Stand with Standing Rock Activists to Stop the Dakota Access Pipeline

Posted by Martin Vainstein - 12th October 2016
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Right now, hundreds of Indigenous activists are peacefully protesting the construction of a crude oil pipeline on ancestral lands, and they need your support. Between 10 and 12 of October, people in the Americas commemorate Indigenous Peoples Day. They mark this day instead of celebrating ‘Columbus Day’ and the… Read More

When it comes to fracking, does democracy count for much?

Posted by Hannah Martin - 6th October 2016
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Today marks a new low in the government’s plan to force fracking on the UK. In a move that makes a mockery out of the government’s claim to champion local democracy, Westminster politicians have overturned Lancashire council’s decision to block fracking — and decided that fracking firm Cuadrilla should be… Read More

Deepwater Horizon: the world has changed, but the oil industry hasn’t

Posted by Mal Chadwick - 5th October 2016

Everyone knows the story. Miles below the seabed, a cement seal fails. A rig explodes. Smoke fills the sky, oil stains the sea, and 11 people never make it home. Ashen-faced execs stumble through press conferences. Rubber-gloved hands scrub poison from seabirds’ wings. Everyone solemnly agrees… Read More

World Habitat Day in pictures: A Nepalese Village moves

Posted by Angela Glienicke - 30th September 2016

It’s World Habitat Day today! Each year we reflect on the importance of the basic human right to adequate shelter reminding the world of its responsibility for the habitat of future generations. Due to global warming, the water in the Sam Dzong area is very scarce and the… Read More

What I told the government about fracking and their unsustainable ‘dash for gas’

Posted by Hannah Martin - 22nd September 2016
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Last week I spoke at an event in Parliament to discuss “Shale Gas and Climate Change.” The event was hosted by the All-Party Parliamentary Climate Change Group (APPCCG) which is a coalition of lots of different people who have an interest in climate change. It’s been running for over 15… Read More

Stories from the Front Line: Arnaldo Munduruku and the Munduruku struggle for climate justice

Posted by Martin Vainstein - 8th September 2016

Despite facing mega dams, colonialism and more than 500 years of violence and neglect, the Munduruku People have stayed strong and continued fighting for justice. Here’s a brief insight from their General Chief Arnaldo Kaba Munduruku, from his recent visit to the UK to work alongside Greenpeace. Dams in the Tapajos region of the Amazon… Read More