Carbon pollution by billionaires exposed in new report
An average hour and a half in the lives of 50 of the world’s richest billionaires emits more carbon pollution than a normal income person does in their entire life…
Peterhead carbon capture and storage project emissions scam
A fossil fuel and an energy company have vastly underplayed the emissions that a proposed carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at a gas power station in Scotland will spew…
private water company dumped 140m litres of sewage
United Utilities is a private water company whose current CEO got a pay packet of over £1.4m in 2023/24. And it has “repeatedly dumped millions of litres of raw sewage…
Zack Polanski pushes Khan over climate-wrecking airport growth
In his latest refusal to stand against pollution in London, mayor Sadiq Khan rejected an offer by Zack Polanski AM to join together and urge the national government to reject…
Brazil Indigenous People subjected to soaring rates of suicide
Content warning: this article contains references to suicide, which readers may find distressing. Suicide is a major global public health issue, leading to approximately 700,000 deaths each year. While the…
Stansted Airport expansion flies in the face of the climate crisis
The Labour government just announced a £1.1bn investment in a Stansted Airport expansion over the next five years, ultimately showing how little it cares about the planet and climate crisis:…
Carbon Capture and Storage lobbyist schmoozed Labour for a year
Labour Party ministers have hobnobbed with members of the industry lobby group the Carbon Capture and Storage Association (CCSA) on at least sixteen separate events or occasions over the past…
Fracking project tried to avoid an environmental impact assessment
Fossil fuel company Europa Oil & Gas is seeking permission for a fracking project in North Yorkshire. And thanks to a gaping loophole in the current moratorium on the environmentally…
Labour CCS plan shows it’s been captured by corporate lobbyists
As predictably as as false climate crisis solutions follow conference lobbying, the Labour Party government has announced its latest chunk of taxpayer cash it’s gearing up to inject into the…
Fracking plans for Yorkshire expose the gap in the moratorium
A fossil fuel company, Europa, has plans afoot for a fracking project in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. Despite the 2019 moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, Scarborough’s local authority – or the government…
Reuters Sustainability Awards disrupted by activists
Environmental activists have disrupted the Reuters Sustainability Awards ceremony in central London – stacked with big polluters. They aptly branded the event “The Greenwashing Awards” as the likes of corporate…
Reed announces return of Blair-era PFI deals
The Labour Party government’s new sewage scandal solution reeks of more private sector profiteering. Rather than pulling the plug on the failed project of water sector privatisation, it’s readying to…