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Minister Claims UK Pushed for Stricter Diesel Rules When it Actually Tried to Weaken...
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Tina Rothery is standing as the Green party candidate in the Fylde, an area on the frontline of the UK's fledgling shale gas industry.
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Comment: Now is the time to tackle shipping emissions
By John Maggs
Out of sight, out of mind? Our blindness to what happens at sea has been skilfully exploited by the global shipping industry.
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Broken Promises and a Legacy of Distrust: Restoration Failures Show Long-Term Impact of Coal...
Read time: 14 minsEddy Blanche is jubilant. “I still can’t believe we won – it took us five years but we beat them. I’m gobsmacked.”
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Blow for UK Fracking Industry as Government Refuses Regulation Change
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The UK government has rejected calls from shale gas companies to loosen limits on earth tremors, in...
Comment: A Just Transition in Scotland Doesn’t Mean Riots on the Streets
Read time: 5 minsThe Scottish government established a Just Transition Commission in 2018, recognising the country’s unique need for a participatory plan to rapidly...
Oil Giants Shell and Eni Face Trial in Milan over Bribery Allegations in Biggest...
Read time: 4 minsOne of the biggest corruption cases faced by the oil industry in recent years is due to resume in Milan on...
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Read time: 7 minsFor the second time in four days, fracking company Cuadrilla halted and restarted its fracking activities at its Preston New Road...
‘This Won’t Break Us’: Lancashire Anti-Fracking Protestors Jailed
Read time: 2 minsBy Sara Stefanini for Climate Home News
Three anti-fracking campaigners were sentenced to prison on Wednesday for blocking shale gas drilling operations in northwest England.
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