Climate change

Climate protester told to travel 400 miles to court during lockdown

The state is calling on Extinction Rebellion members to travel across Britain during the coronavirus pandemic

Reports round-up - climate strike, Ferry and Tube action and more

School climate strikers walked out on Friday last week in Sheffield.

It’s right to be this afraid

Coronavirus, climate catastrophe and nuclear war make us feel existential dread about the future of the world. But there is an emergency brake says Simon Basketter

Misery after Brazil landslides

Reports round up: Deal agreed at Harrods

Security guards and CCTV operators at Harrods department store in west London have accepted a deal over pay and working conditions.

Final week to win massive strike vote in Royal Mail

Royal Mail workers are campaigning hard to win a national strike ballot by the biggest majority possible.

Greta Thunberg says new laws won’t tackle climate crisis

09 March 2020
Greta Thunberg has blasted the latest plan by the European Union (EU) commission to tackle carbon emissions as “empty words”.

Climate round-up: Activists follow school strike with forum to prepare for more action

03 March 2020
Around 140 climate activists gathered to debate how to take the fight for ecological justice forward in Bristol on Saturday.

Tens of thousands march with Greta Thunberg in Bristol

28 February 2020
School climate strikers poured on to the streets and demanded urgent action

Activists celebrate ruling against Heathrow third runway—but prepare to fight on

28 February 2020
Activists were celebrating on Thursday after plans against Heathrow Airport expansion were blocked in a dramatic court ruling

Flooding victims say ‘help came too late’

23 February 2020
Climate catastrophe is here—and it’s causing storms and other forms of extreme weather

Thousands join XR march demanding action on climate emergency

22 February 2020
Over 5,000 people joined an Extinction Rebellion march in London on Saturday, and it led to discussions on tactics

Come out and join the fightback

18 February 2020
Faced with a vicious Tory government, we need to step up the fightback outside parliament urgently.

Weather - a novel written for an era of climate grief and anxiety

18 February 2020
Weather follows the story of an ordinary person coming to terms with climate catastrophe. It’s engaging, but not very hopeful, says Sophie Squire

Canada fracking pipeline faces fierce defiance

18 February 2020
The Canadian government is ramping up attacks on indigenous First Nation land in an effort to support fossil fuel interests.

Anger at the Tories after climate chaos sparks floods

17 February 2020
The damage caused by the floods across Britain has exposed the total failure to provide for people in danger.

School climate strikers furious at government inaction

14 February 2020
Thousands took part across Britain. but the movement needs to grow again

Protest can turn climate chaos into Tory chaos for Johnson

11 February 2020
Boris Johnson has lurched into the chaos of cobbling together a team and strategy for hosting the United Nations (UN) Cop26 talks

Capitalism—a system rigged for oil

11 February 2020
Multinational bosses plan to keep pumping out more oil and gas—despite climate catastrophe. Sarah Bates looks at why we have to keep fossil fuels in the ground and why the industry is so central to how capitalism operates