Tag: environmentalism

4 Ways We Can Continue Building a Green New Deal
The prominence of climate politics over 2019 failed to be translated into the UK general election, but with the task of mitigating climate change only growing there is no time to spare. Angus Satow suggests four ways to continue building towards a green new deal.
Opinion: Beyond Politics? The Limits of Extinction Rebellion’s Strategy Are Beginning to Show
Extinction Rebellion’s protests against Labour during the election campaign might come across as mind-boggling – but it should come as no surprise, argues Alex May.
GE2019: Labour Needs a Bold Climate Vision in This Election – Including a 2030 Decarbonisation Target
In what is being touted as the UK's first 'climate election', Aliya Yule argues it's up to the Labour party to put forward the strong vision required to tackle the climate crisis.
In Pursuit of a Common Wealth | Interview With George Monbiot

George Monbiot is a writer and activist. He is the founder of The Land is Ours, a campaign for the right of access to the countryside and its resources in the United Kingdom. His latest book, Out of the Wreckage: a new politics for an age of crisis sketches a new political story, tailored to […]
Ash Sarkar X Extinction Rebellion: Lovebomb the Cops?

Ash Sarkar visited Extinction Rebellion’s Westminster occupation, to find out whether climate change activists still felt so dedicated to peace, love and positivity after hundreds of their mates were arrested for blockading the streets.
In the Ring With TyskySour: Green New Deal

Parliament has finally declared climate change a national emergency. However, whilst most of the Corbyn movement is on board with the idea of a Green New Deal, there are many different visions over what a truly transformative Green New Deal can look like. This live episode of #TyskySour will delve into these tensions, debating the […]

Amazon in Flames

As the Amazon burns, its time to join the dots between right-wing populism and the climate crisis. With Oscar Guardiola Rivera, Professor in law at Birkbeck and author of “What if Latin America Ruled the World?” and Daniel Willis, from Global Justice Now.
The Budget & the IWGB

On this episode of #FixLive Clare Hymer​ discusses the environmental policies announced in last week’s budget, Dalia Ed looks at the Tories’ housing policies and Eleanor Kate interviews IWGB Vice-President Mags Dewhurst about organising precarious workers.
COP23 Is Over. What Did It Really Mean for Indigenous People?
Many have hailed COP23 as a milestone in terms of its inclusion of indigenous people in negotiations. However, grassroots indigenous groups see it very differently.
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.
COPs Aren’t Going to Save the World

Tomorrow hundreds of global leaders will descend on the German city of Bonn for COP23 – the next round of climate talks. Clare Hymer explains why COPs aren’t going to save the world from climate apocalypse.
Climate Justice Focus Week
What is climate justice? This week Clare Hymer and Dalia Gebrial are in Bonn at the COP23 negotiations reporting on the side of the climate story you usually don’t hear.
Interview with Asad Rehman
As part of Novara Media's Climate Justice focus week Dalia Gebrial interviewed executive director of War on Want Asad Rehman. They discussed COP23, migration, the Labour manifesto and more.
Interview with George Monbiot
Clare Hymer caught up with George Monbiot about climate change, the media and his new book Out of the Wreckage: A New Politics for an Age of Crisis.
Long Read: Climate Apocalypse Vs. Liberal Utopianism: The Arguments For and Against the End of the World
Over the past few days there have been a series of arguments and rebuttals around a recent New York Magazine article about impending climate catastrophe, opening a debate about what facts mean for environmental action and the politics of fear.
4 Reasons Zac Goldsmith Is the Worst Kind of Eco-Hypocrite
Having resigned his parliamentary seat following the government's decision to push ahead with a third runway at Heathrow, Zac Goldsmith is today contesting the Richmond Park byelection (with no Conservative opponent) in a stunt to rescue his political image.
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.
Long Read: 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.

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