A Climate Science Denier Was Just Reappointed to a Parliamentary Science Committee
A trustee of the UK climate science denial think tank the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) has just been reappointed to a parliamentary science committee.
Labour...
UK Omits Climate Change from Post-Brexit Foreign Policy Plan
Megan Darby reports for Climate Home on how a UK proposal for its future relationship with the EU calls for cooperation on energy security,...
Growing Number of Restrictions Placed by Police, Councils on Anti-Fracking Protests
Local councils, police, and companies are increasingly trying to restrict how anti-fracking campaigners can protest shale gas development in Britain.
Over the past two months, there...
Environmental Activist to Challenge INEOS over Anti-Fracking Protest Injunction
By Ruth Hayhurst at DrillorDrop.
The anti-fracking campaigner, Joe Corre, is to go to court next week to oppose an injunction brought by INEOS Upstream against...
Activists Come Together to ‘End the Story’ of European Coal
Is the coal industry on its last legs in Europe? A quick look at the statistics suggests it might be.
Since 2007, coal power production has...
Abandoned North Sea Wells May be Emitting ‘Significant’ Amounts of Methane, Study Warns
Abandoned offshore oil and gas wells in the North Sea may be a source of significant methane emissions finds a new study, which claims...
Australia’s Tony Abbott to Address London Climate Science Denial Group
Abbott becomes second former Australian prime minister to address Global Warming Policy Foundation. His speech will be called ‘Daring to Doubt’, writes Karl Mathiesen,...
Fracking’s Health Impacts Review ‘Long Overdue” – Activists Petition Public Health England
Anti-fracking activists today delivered a petition to government agency Public Health England calling for a review of the health impacts of shale gas extraction.
The handover...
Anti-Fracking Campaigners Make Final Legal Challenge to Cuadrilla’s Shale Gas Plan
Anti-fracking activists have been making their case in court to overturn a decision that allowed shale gas company Cuadrilla to start work on a...
Government Keeps Flawed Environmental Justice Report Quiet
A report on access to environmental justice has been quietly published by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) during peak holiday season....