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21 April 2021
Climate change - Johnson spouts 'greenwash 2.0'
Boris Johnson grabbed the headlines with his announcement of a legally binding commitment to a 78% reduction in carbon dioxide gas emissions on 1990 levels by 2035 - some 15 years earlier than previously planned.
17 February 2021
Cumbria mine: How can we fight for jobs and stop climate change?
The government and the Labour-led Cumbria County Council have finally had to take notice of the obvious contradiction between talking warm words about fighting climate change and opening a new coal mine.
17 February 2021
Cryptocurrency bubble: Insanity of capitalism
Low interest rates and the declining profit margins of capitalist production have pushed speculators to find new areas to invest their capital. This has created a massive bubble in cryptocurrencies.
2 December 2020
'Building back greener' - yet more Tory greenwash
The Tories announced on 17 November their ten-point plan to tackle climate change, and reach a net-zero emissions target by 2050
12 February 2020
Johnson emits huge quantities of hot air!
Socialist policies needed to create green jobs and net-zero carbon emissions
15 May 2019
Socialist policies needed to halt climate disaster
People are rightly demanding that government and councils take immediate measures to reduce CO2 emissions.
17 April 2019
Labour needs socialist policies to solve "climate emergency"
October's UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report said there is only 12 years for global warming to be kept to a maximum of 1.5C to avoid devastating effects.
28 November 2018
We need system change to halt climate change
Was there ever a starker example of the destructive and unplanned nature of capitalism than the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) findings?
Climate change protest in London on 12.4.19, photo Mary Finch
16 November 2018
Climate change protest in London on 12.4.19, photo Mary Finch
22 November 2017
Carbon dioxide hits 800,000-year high: end profit-driven pollution
The feared surge in global warming gases in 2016 has been confirmed - researchers found the highest atmospheric carbon dioxide levels in 800,000 years
12 April 2017
47,000 kids exposed to illegal toxic air
Fight for publicly owned green energy and transport: Thousands of kids across Britain are having their living conditions worsened and lives potentially shortened as they are exposed to illegal levels of air pollution.
23 November 2016
UN climate change summit: more hot air from Marrakech
Trump's opposition to the already-insufficient Paris Agreement will allow other major polluters like China even more room to ignore it.
22 September 2016
Hinkley Point C: wasteful, dangerous and polluting
Theresa May has given the go-ahead to the £18 billion 'Hinkley Point C' in Somerset
22 June 2016
Carbon dioxide (CO2) levels are due to pass a major milestone this year. Avoiding a calamitous 2°C temperature rise will need a 40 to 70% emissions cut by 2050.
20 April 2016
Treasury boss attacks call to nationalise Tata
The Treasury's former chief civil servant has attacked the call to nationalise Tata Steel. Meanwhile, it turns out that Tata has taken over £700 million in European Union carbon subsidies.
13 January 2016
EU probes power plant for wrongdoing over switch from coal to biomass
A UK power plant is under European Union (EU) investigation - for daring to partially switch to a potentially lower-carbon fuel.
9 December 2015
It's one world for the super-rich, and another one for the rest of us. Richest 10% responsible for half of 'lifestyle' CO2 emissions; the Sun lies about terror routes.
25 November 2015
Socialist change not climate change
The climate summit in Paris meets as evidence continues to grow of the threat of global warming.
11 November 2015
Can biomass energy be part of a socialist plan of production?
A reader criticised the idea of using 'biomass' as part of green, socialist energy production. We publish this letter, along with a reply.
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