Heathrow 13: The UK’s first climate prisoners?

UPDATE: None of the Heathrow 13 is going to prison! They have been handed six-week suspended sentences in addition to 100+ hours of community service. Tomorrow (Wednesday, 24th February) thirteen individuals who blockaded a runway to protest against expanding Heathrow airport are likely to be sent to prison, which would make them the first climate activists... (More...)

Live Blog: Tropical Cyclone Winston

Tropical Cyclone Winston is a massive category 5 storm that is about to make a direct hit to Fiji. This will be one of the largest storms in decades to make landfall on Fiji. It has already hit Tonga twice and then it strengthened and is approaching Fiji. We will be sharing updates from the... (More...)

Moving forwards with shaking knees

A story by Emma Örn from Stockholm When I was 23 years old, I traveled to Copenhagen to volunteer with Greenpeace during the climate summit COP15 (2009). Each icy morning, I stood outside the Conference centre barriers wearing a bright yellow jacket and tried my best to smile and engage as many delegates as possible... (More...)

Why We Need to Keep 80% of Fossil Fuels in the Ground

Reposted from Yes! Magazine  Join the Movement. It’s Time to Break Free from Fossil Fuels. By Bill McKibben Physics can impose a bracing clarity on the normally murky world of politics. It can make things simple. Not easy, but simple. Most of the time, public policy is a series of trade-offs: higher taxes or fewer... (More...)