Category: Environmental activism

A tree a minute for 24 hours: the young Victorian forest that was planted in a day

Film-maker Beau Miles set himself the challenge of planting 1,440 trees and shrubs in one day. Four years later the result is ‘totally worth it’Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free...

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‘Compassion and care are being stripped away’: a Just Stop Oil activist on her time in prison

Louise Lancaster reflects on the unique challenges faced by neurodivergent inmates, raising concerns for those left behindLouise Lancaster, 59, was one of a group of Just Stop Oil activists given the longest-ever UK sentences...

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Climate groups call for UK wealth tax to make super-rich fund sustainable economy

Growing number of campaigners urge government to ensure green investment is not done ‘on backs of the poor’What is a wealth tax and would it work in the UK?A growing number of climate groups are campaigning for the...

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‘Don’t dodge your responsibilities,’ Starmer warns English councils that block new homes

PM vows to overrule local authority heads who resist housing revolution amid concerns from wildlife groups and Labour-run administrations• On wokeness, patriotism and change, Kamala Harris’s defeat has lessons for...

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Government drops appeal over climate activist who held sign outside UK court

Judge had thrown out case against Trudi Warner, whose sign told jurors they had a right to acquit ‘according to conscience’The government has dropped an appeal against a judge’s decision to throw out a contempt...

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Labour donor calls for review as Southport rioter is jailed for less time than Just Stop Oil protester

‘Two-tier policing’ claims are nonsense, but government is guilty of ‘two-tier sentencing’, says green energy boss Dale VinceA Labour donor has called on the government to review a sentencing regime that...

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Campaign groups call on Home Office to stop ‘steady erosion’ of protest rights

Civil society organisations demand home secretary protects the ‘safety valve’ of democracyEnvironmental groups are among 92 civil society organisations who have warned Yvette Cooper against “the steady erosion...

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Landmark supreme court ruling throws doubt on new UK fossil fuel projects

Campaigners hail judgment that planning approval bodies must consider full ongoing climate impact The climate impact of burning coal, oil and gas must be taken into account when deciding whether to approve projects, the supreme...

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