https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/pnRwqS25b6o&source=uds Environmental activist Tim DeChristopher on Letterman, talking about the climate crisis and environmental activism and why he took part in civil disobedience resulting in a two year prison sentence.
Guest blog: The World Needs Zero Plastic Heroes
By Derek Leahy Can you be a ‘Zero Plastic Hero’ and shop plastic-free for an entire week? A global initiative from the Netherlands called Zero Plastic Week (ZPW) is challenging people to […]
Opinion: Obama’s plan to save the climate
Obama during a US wind farm visit. By Anders Lorenzen The plans might not match the ambitions of other countries, but the climate speech given by Barack Obama in the sweltering heat […]
European Parliament approves backloading
By Anders Lorenzen The suffering European Union Emissions Trade Scheme (EUETS) today received a welcome boost, MEP’s voted to support the proposal of backloading with the votes 344 for and 311 against. […]
Guest blog: The Big Green Comms Deal
By Charlotte Webster So, no homes have taken up The Green Deal since its launch five months ago. £3 million was spent on communications. Someone’s got to be under the spotlight this […]
Obama: We don’t have time for a meeting with the Flat Earth Society
Obama trying to keep cool during his climate speech at Georgetown University. By Anders Lorenzen In a stringent attack on Republicans, Obama laid out his climate plan to an enthusiastic audience at […]
Video: Franke James Interview: Canada an undemocratic country
‘Banned on the Hill’ book cover. Credit: Franke James. By Anders Lorenzen Franke James, a Canadian author, artist and activist, is an outright critic of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his […]
Guest blog: Sports stadiums and environmental initiatives
By Jill Clayton The San Francisco 49ers may have been 2013’s Super Bowl Runner-ups, but they could be #1 in LEED (“Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design”) standards by the start of […]
Guest blog: Daily routine of oil giant Rosneft: oil drilling=oil spilling
Aerial of an oil spill at the Rosneft oil field Pyt-Yakh in Siberia, Russia. Copyright: Denis Sinyakow, / Greenpeace. By Zhenya Belyakova, Greenpeace Russia Arctic campaigner We are near a town called Pyt’-Yah, in […]
Guest blog: The Burning Question: A Review
Taking down the fossil fuel industry with balloons and bubbles. By Tara Clarke One argument that caught my eye quite early on in this book is our attitude to efficiency as we […]