Eco Friendly & Sustainable Living
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- Keystone XL: police discussed stopping anti-pipeline activists 'by any means' Mon, 25 Nov 19, 10:00pmRevealed: records show law enforcement has called demonstrators possible ‘domestic terrorism’ threats
- Students accuse Cambridge university of 'greenwashing' ties with oil firms Sat, 23 Nov 19, 7:00pmActivists call Cambridge Zero initiative a ‘PR stunt to divert attention from links to fossil fuel industry’
- Fracking is finished in the UK – thanks to the power of public protest | Anna Vickerstaff Wed, 6 Nov 19, 12:16amCreativity, solidarity and determination have stopped the government-backed ‘dash for gas’ in its tracksOn Saturday morning the UK government announced it would be halting fracking in England with immediate effect...
- Don’t frack with us: meet the victorious activist ‘Nanas’ of Lancashire Sun, 13 Oct 19, 10:00pmAfter almost 1,000 days camping out in a field near Blackpool and obstructing fracking operations, the ‘Nanas’ have seen off energy company Cuadrilla...
- Fires, explosions and toxic releases: Front Range residents fight fracking boom Thu, 10 Oct 19, 11:27pmHow oil and gas production is devastating Colorado communities and endangering the climate
- Richmond v Chevron: the California city taking on its most powerful polluter Wed, 9 Oct 19, 10:00pmLocal activists are suing the fossil fuel firms that gave the city life – but may also be slowly killing it
- Australia has dodged global attention on fossil fuels because of assiduous diplomatic efforts | Richie Merzian and Fergus Green Tue, 24 Sep 19, 12:00pmIf the country doubles its coal production, the Paris climate agreement goals cannot be met
- It was an ideal place for our children to grow up – but the coalmine has silenced our schoolyard | Alison Smiles-Schmidt Thu, 19 Sep 19, 12:39pmThe permanent closure of our school is imminent, yet some call this progress. I call it an emergency and a lesson to learn from the story of Wollar
- Laid off and owed pay: the Kentucky miners blocking coal trains Wed, 18 Sep 19, 4:00pmThe protest has endured for more than six weeks, gaining national attention and support from Bernie Sanders
- Manchester Extinction Rebellion activists glue themselves to banks Tue, 3 Sep 19, 3:08amBarclays and HSBC targeted on final day of protests against fossil fuel investments
- 'Bunch of bedwetters': Matt Canavan attacks Aurecon for cutting ties with Adani Thu, 22 Aug 19, 9:30amResources minister defends his extraordinary spray accusing engineering firm of being ‘weak as piss’ and giving in to anti-coal ‘bullies’
- Government's shift to relax shale gas fracking safeguards condemned Fri, 16 Aug 19, 5:43amEnvironment groups fear possibly ‘weakened’ earthquake risk rules after report on Cuadrilla drilling
- Kids are hungry for books about eco-activists, in what publishers call 'the Greta effect' Thu, 15 Aug 19, 2:30amThe soaring popularity of the feisty, outspoken environmental advocate – who is only 16 – has caused a rise in young people seeking stories about saving the planet...
- Cuadrilla seeks extension to drill for shale gas until 2021 Mon, 5 Aug 19, 11:07pmThe fracking company will ask Lancashire council to change its licence, which ends in November
- Greta Thunberg will sail across Atlantic to attend UN Climate Summits Fri, 2 Aug 19, 1:30amGreta Thunberg, the 16-year-old climate activist from Sweden, is faced with a dilemma: how will she get to the U.N. Climate Summit in New York City with out leaving a carbon footprint?[...]