Environment

Climate change trade union conference

16 March 2010
Up to 150 activists came to the Campaign Against Climate Change (CACC) trade union conference last Saturday.

Real agenda of climate deniers

09 March 2010
We are witnessing a frenzy of climate "scepticism". Following the hacking of emails from the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, the right are arguing that the science of human-caused global warming is wrong.

Campaign Against Climate Change trade union conference

02 March 2010
The Campaign Against Climate Change is holding its third trade union conference on Saturday 13 March.

Climate campaigners meet for AGM

23 February 2010
The Campaign Against Climate Change (CACC) held its AGM in London last weekend.

What's really behind 'Climate-gate'?

16 February 2010
Scientists studying climate change are taking quite a battering.

Carbon report slams trading

09 February 2010
The government’s favoured method for "reducing" carbon emissions is failing.

Right wing lies are snow joke

12 January 2010
Sections of the right wing media have gone on the offensive – over snow.

Copenhagen deal exposes the real climate culprits

05 January 2010
The United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen last month proved to be a historic watershed. This isn’t because of what it achieved.

Copenhagen: repression but no climate progress

05 January 2010
The UN’s climate talks in Copenhagen last month were a bitter disappointment for millions of people around the world who are concerned about the future of the planet.

Climate protests defy the police in Copenhagen

17 December 2009
The demonstration "Reclaim Power" in Copenhagen on Wednesday of this week attracted several thousand Danish and international protesters.

Pictures of Copenhagen demonstrations against climate change

15 December 2009

Why there’s no such thing as ‘clean coal’

15 December 2009
Coal is the dirtiest fossil fuel there is. Burning coal to generate energy is responsible for around 40 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions and is the single biggest contributor to man-made carbon emissions.

‘Flood’ of protest hits Copenhagen

15 December 2009
More than 100,000 protesters gathered in the Danish capital of Copenhagen last Saturday to demand that world leaders take serious action on climate change.

Climate summit has no solutions

15 December 2009
The outcome of the UN climate talks at Copenhagen will be rises in carbon dioxide emissions. The draft texts provide a variety of ways for countries and companies to keep polluting.

Copenhagen: the secret plan to hit the poor and burn the planet

08 December 2009
United Nations climate talks finally began in Copenhagen this week, after months of speculation and infighting among those at the top.

Massive climate ‘Wave’ protest turns up the heat on the government

08 December 2009
A blue sea of protesters flowed through central London last Saturday as Britain’s biggest ever climate protest hit the city.

Photos of climate demos, 5 December 2009

08 December 2009

Climate change: don’t get blinded by science

08 December 2009
What is climate change?

Britain's biggest ever climate protest hits London

05 December 2009
A blue sea of protesters flowed through central London today calling on Gordon Brown to take serious action to cut carbon emissions and stop climate change.

We need to look for collective solutions to climate change

01 December 2009
Growing concerns about climate change, fuelled by the failure of governments to address the problem, have led many people to ask what they can do to stop the destruction of the environment.