COP27: Thousands expected to march for climate justice in global day of action
Thousands of people are due to take to the streets at the weekend in protests calling for climate justice.
COP26 headlines: 11/11/21
COP26 president, Alok Sharma, told a review session this morning there was “still a lot more work to be done”. He said ministers had to “dial up” their engagement if the talks were to finish on time at the end of tomorrow (12/11/21).
COP26: 300+ worldwide protests demand climate justice – 100,000 people reported in Glasgow
People took to the streets in more than 300 protests today on every continent in the world, demanding climate action and justice.
COP26 criticised for excluding delegates from climate front line
UK visa rules and a lack of access to Covid-19 vaccines has stopped some delegates from the front line of climate change attending the COP26 talks, campaigners said today.
Bill seeking to curb rights to protest gets second reading
Labour has failed to block the government’s new policing bill which includes restrictions on the right to protest and criminalises unauthorised encampments.
“Priced out of justice” – environment organisation forced to withdraw from challenge to fracking protest injunction
Friends of the Earth said today the threat of “huge financial penalties” had forced it to withdraw from a court challenge to Cuadrilla’s injunction against protests outside its fracking site near Blackpool.
Harthill villagers tell High Court they were “treated unfairly” at Ineos shale gas inquiry
Residents in Harthill, south Yorkshire, called today for the quashing of planning permission granted to Ineos for a wellsite in their village.
Villager brings legal challenge against go-ahead for Ineos shale gas drilling at Harthill
A resident from Harthill in South Yorkshire is bringing a legal challenge over the decision to approve exploratory drilling by Ineos in the village.
Trial of first people arrested in Balcombe protest
The trial is due to begin today (7/1/14) of the first people arrested at the protests against Cuadrilla’s oil exploration operation in Balcombe. Eleven environmental campaigners were arrested on July 26th 2013, the second day of the blockade of Cuadrilla’s site at Lower Stumble. They are all charged […]
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