Australia’s hypocrisy over new climate pact while refusing to stop burning fossil fuels
On Thursday 9 May, Australia unveiled plans to keep burning gas beyond 2050. They claim this would not affect their pledge ...
Tag: Environment
Japan defies international consensus on whaling by launching a ‘mothership’
This month, Japan is launching a ‘new whaling mothership’ which, shockingly, plans to catch around 379 whales this year. The ...
Mining, big agribusiness, and fossil fuel sectors linked to over 600 attacks against 20,000 human rights defenders in 2023
Mining, big agribusiness, and the fossil fuel sectors have unleashed an astronomical spate of attacks on human rights defenders (HRDs) ...
Globalised capitalism’s eating habits are responsible for one third of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions
According to a new report from the World Bank, changing how we farm could cut global emissions by almost one ...
Born Free complete gargantuan 8,000 mile leopard rescue and relocation
Friday 3 May marked International Leopard Day. So coinciding with this day of celebration and awareness for the iconic spotted ...
Held to account: the global banks financing the coal industry to the tune of $470 billion in three years
A new report released today shows commercial banks are still heavily funding coal, eight years on from the Paris Agreement. ...
Oil giants actively undermining global efforts to curb the climate crisis
Oil giants have been spreading disinformation as part of a decades-long campaign to shut down important environmental policies. A new ...
Fossil fuel lobbyists predictably shut down international motion to reduce plastic production
This week, delegates at the INC dismissed a motion to reduce plastic production by 40% in the next 15 years. ...
The UN just slammed the G7 for completely falling short on tackling the climate crisis
On Monday 29 April the Group of Seven (G7) convened for two days of climate crisis talks in Turin. This ...
While plastic is destroying the planet, fossil fuel lobbyists try drown out Indigenous voices and scientists
Environmental activists have condemned the increase in oil industry lobbyists at the so-called UN INC plastic pollution talks in Ottawa. ...
An Indigenous tribe is facing genocide – all in the name of capitalist settler-colonialism
Experts on Indigenous Peoples have warned that India's controversial Great Nicobar Development Project must be scrapped. Crucially, their open letter ...
Should the Scottish government bring in a new ‘ecocide’ law? By the looks of it, yes.
A new report commissioned by the Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland (ERCS) considers how the unprecedented support for criminalising ecocide can translate ...
UNESCO World Heritage Day is a celebration of violent colonial conservation against Indigenous people
Thursday 18 of April marks the annual United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Day. This year ...
Land-grabbing luxury safari tourism is displacing Maasai communities in Tanzania
Indigenous Maasai communities in Tanzania are being subjected to more land-grabbing and human rights abuse. This time, a major tourism ...
Climate crisis-induced coral reef mass bleaching goes global, again
The climate crisis is careering coral reefs to the brink of disaster. Alarmingly, for the second time in 10 years, ...
The climate crisis is already wreaking havoc in the UK – and it’s only just begun
Climate crisis extreme weather has been wreaking havoc in the UK, causing home insurance claims to shoot up to record ...
Fossil fuel major Shell is trying to slip away from Nigeria oil spill pollution – but rights groups have called it out
Human rights groups have called out fossil fuel major Shell's plans to palm off its projects in the Niger Delta. ...
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