Tag: environment

Youth Strike 4 Climate: ‘We are challenging the systemic exclusion of young people from climate dialogue’
As thousands of children walk out of school to protest climate crisis, we spoke to a 15-year-old organiser about how the strike came about, how it has been coordinated and why it's important.
London’s Air Quality Is a Problem, But Sadiq Khan’s Congestion Charge Isn’t the Solution
From April this year, Sadiq Khan plans to impose a new congestion charge of £11.50 per day on minicab drivers in an attempt to reduce air pollution in London. But with the charge set to cost up to £4k each year to drivers already on the brink of poverty, this policy needlessly pits people against planet, argue Kulsoom Jafri and Charlie Macnamara.
Brexit and the Climate Crash: Time for a Reality Check
The political impasse surrounding Brexit has created a significant distraction from the news that we have 12 years or less to ensure the future habitability of the planet. Steve Rushton argues it's time to point to the anti-climate motivations of some of the highest profile Brexiteers and put climate change back on the agenda.
Extinction Rebellion: Arresting Climate Change?

After 96 arrests in 2 weeks #ExtinctionRebellion have got climate change in the headlines. But can this movement last? Founder Roger Hallam and Novara Media’s Clare Hymer join us to discuss.
Climate Breakdown, Melts in Meltdown

On this week’s episode of The Bastani Factor Aaron looks at some of the biggest stories of the week, including the Observer giving space to the most marginalised voices in Britain and the fact that the climate is very likely screwed.
Want to Save the Climate Justice Movement? Join a Union
The climate justice movement has for too long been confined to the fringes of political discourse because there’s been a clear split between climate and labour organising. This urgently needs to change, argues Chris Saltmarsh.
Germany Won’t Save the Environment
5 Reasons Not to Be An Environmentalist
Narratives and strategies that frame the environment as abstracted from people and power aren't going to halt climate change. Here are five reasons not to be an environmentalist.
500 Fires in One Day: Lessons From Portugal
Wildfires on the Iberian Atlantic coast have burnt an area of over 58,000 hectares and caused the deaths of at least 45 people. With the government downplaying accusations of mismanagement, the prevention of future catastrophes has to start with comprehensive environmental action.
7 Reasons Voting Tory Means You Hate Your Children
From their assaults on education, housing, healthcare, and working conditions, to their destructive environmental policy and draconian surveillance record, here are 7 reasons voting Tory means you hate your kids.
Surrey’s Water Protectors: 3 Reasons Protesters Are Occupying Leith Hill
Leith Hill Protection Camp is an occupation of a proposed exploratory drilling site in an area of natural beauty in Surrey. Here are three reasons the occupiers are there - and why you should join them.
5 Things You Should Know About Toxic Water Inside the United States
With corrupt government officials and big business devastating the country's clean water supply, America's  poor are being poisoned. A look into the murky water politics of the US.
Exposing London’s Dirty Energy Complex: 5 Companies (and Industries) Causing Climate Change
Climate change is being driven by more than just big name oil and gas firms like BP. A whole network of industries contributes to and relies on environmental destruction. Here are five of the worst offenders based in London.
Campesinos Against Climate Change: The Fight for Economic Justice in Colombia
In the second of our features on social justice movements in Colombia, Milo Phillips reports on how climate change and neoliberal economic reforms have endangered the livelihoods of farmers - and how they are fighting back.
Take Back the City: The Disillusioned Londoners Calling for Radical Democracy.
Take Back the City proposes a radically different vision of political organising. In a city riven with social divisions and worsening living conditions, can it hope to achieve change for ordinary Londoners?
On the Frontlines of Neoliberalism: Resource Extraction and Popular Resistance in Colombia
Colombia's programme of neoliberal reforms is wreaking social and environmental havoc, channeling the profits from the country's natural resources into the coffers of private companies. A diverse coalition of residents, activists and unionists is fighting back, in defiance of the state's violent attempts to silence them.
The Choices Are Awful, But We Have To Vote To Stay In The EU
Eleanor Penny explains why Britain needs to remain in the EU despite it's structural racism and lack of democracy.
5 Reasons the Fight for Energy Democracy Starts in Communities
Since its inception in late 2015, Switched On London has gone from strength to strength in its campaign for energy democracy. Now the campaign is looking to build a community-led movement to take on fuel poverty.