Facing the Evidence – How EIA Reports Can Drive Change
Unseen behind each EIA report are long weeks, sometimes months, of cautious investigation and meticulous fact-checking. It can be a little frustrating (if somewhat predictable) to see our findings...
View ArticleDear Mum: A Letter from the future
By Alexandra Whittington – Foresight Director and Rohit Talwar – CEO, Fast Future Dear Mum, We’ve missed you over the ten long years since you passed away. You wanted me to write to you to tell you...
View ArticleUse of Climate-Friendly Tech Rising – But Some Supermarkets in for a Nasty...
The adoption of climate-friendly cooling technology is on the rise in Europe – but some tardy retailers are heading for a major financial shock when drastic cuts in supplies of hydrofluorocarbons...
View ArticleTesco has been fined £8m after admitting to polluting river with petrol
Britain’s biggest supermarket chain, Tesco, has been fined £8m after admitting to a fuel leak from one of its petrol stations in Haslingden which polluted nearby sewers and waterways. The Environment...
View ArticleEU urged to honour Paris Agreement and withdraw support for gas mega-pipeline
In an open letter released today, climate scientists, indigenous leaders, environmental and social justice groups, actors and artists call on the European Union to immediately withdraw its support for...
View ArticleExposed: the Chinese town at the centre of global ivory smuggling
An exhaustive investigation has revealed how criminal gangs originating from an obscure town in southern China have come to dominate the smuggling of illegal ivory tusks poached from African elephants....
View ArticleSchroders launches Climate Progress Dashboard
Schroders is today announcing the launch of the Climate Progress Dashboard, designed to give investors a unique insight into the progress governments and industries are making towards meeting the 2°C...
View ArticleUK Ban on Microbeads
The UK is to introduce a ban on the use of plastic microbeads in personal care ‘rinse-off’ products and toothpaste. This follows on from the 5p charge placed on supermarket plastic bags in 2015 that...
View ArticleTop 6 Polluters' Emissions vs GDP
Summary: The set of graphs generally indicates that developed countries are beginning to reduce their emissions, whereas India and China are seeing their emissions rise, as they undertake vast...
View ArticleUK is the Largest Supplier of the World's Ivory Markets
New analysis by the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has revealed that the UK is the world’s largest exporter of legal ivory – and the largest exporter of legal ivory to Hong Kong...
View ArticleGreens call for ban on grouse hunting as shooting season opens
The Green Party has called for a ban on grouse hunting as shooting season opens [1] and an end to government subsidies for grouse shooting estates [2]. The UK government spends millions of pounds...
View ArticleGreen party Condemns High Court Ruling Against Sheffield Tree Protesters
The Green Party says it is deeply disappointed by today’s ruling by the High Court in favour of granting an injunction against tree felling protesters in Sheffield [1]. The injunction was taken out by...
View ArticleNot Correctly Recycling Your Inhaler is Leaving Behind a Damaging Carbon...
Help the environment by recycling inhalers properly. Not disposing of inhalers correctly harms the environment, so please recycle your inhaler. (Video below.) New research, released today, has revealed...
View ArticleThe Human, Smart and Sustainable Future of Cities
The city of the future is a symbol of progress. The sci-fi vision of the future city with sleek skyscrapers and flying cars, however, has started to give way to a more plausible, human, practical, and...
View ArticleThis Lunatic Ten Hour Working Week Idea!
Just when you thought you'd heard it all, along comes the Labour bigwigs backing an absolutely loony-tunes proposal for a ten hour working week. PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW: Doesn't it sound so...
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