MPs grill bailed-out banks chief over RBS climate chaos funding

AndyBrace — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:58:10 +0000

A select committee hearing today into RBS's use of public money described as -one of the angriest- ever. MPs quizzed Treasury and UK Financial Investments directors over failure to stop bailed-out RBS financing fossil fuels instead of low-carbon lending.

Ask Gordon to get a climate deal back on track

TomAllen — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:45:53 +0000

COP15 ended so badly, Christian Aid want you to write to Gordon Brown, Spain's José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, and European Council president, Herman Van Rompuy asking them to commit the EU to a 30% emissions reduction target.

Use the button below to take action on COP15, and to make sure it remains a key issue in the lead up to the election.

New Report - RBS is UK's biggest tar sands funder

AndyBrace — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:12:56 +0000

A new report has confirmed that bailed-out RBS is the UK's biggest lender to companies operating the filthy tar sands extraction projects in Canada, to the tune of more than $7.5 billion.

Energy in developing countries

AndyBrace — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:02:18 +0000

My first trip away with Practical Action, to East Africa, has been with a focus on our energy work, and it’s already been quite an eye-opener to the challenges and opportunities for our organisation in the region. Practical Action is aiming to develop energy sources that can meet the needs of the very poor, while being [...]

The Stop Climate Chaos Coalition needs YOU!

TomAllen — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:48:31 +0000

We are looking for an intelligent, enthusiastic and dedicated office intern who can work on a range of tasks supporting the coordination of the Stop Climate Chaos Coalition.

Will Britain's biggest funders drop tar sands?

AndyBrace — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:51:36 +0000

The campaign to stop the funding of tar sands is gathering pace. Now, an ethical investment group are leading a campaign to get massive fund managers to stop big oil companies extracting tar sands.

University of York says goodbye to RBS on campus

AndyBrace — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:46:32 +0000

York P&P students held a party outside their local RBS branch to celebrate their victory in kicking the bank off campus. RBS is Britain's biggest funder of fossil fuel extraction and York student persuaded their union to switch bank accounts.

Fears over carbon emissions as IPC opens for business

AndyBrace — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:01:01 +0000

Government plans to fast-track major infrastructure projects such as power stations and large waste incinerators threaten efforts to tackle climate change and undermine local democracy, Friends of the Earth warned today (Monday 1 March 2010).

Heroes and villains as historic rebellion in Parliament fails to secure a block on dirty coal

AndyBrace — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:15:39 +0000

An emissions performance standard would mean no more unabated power stations.

We almost did it. Thousands of you emailed your MP via our website, WWF's, and with online campaigners 38 degrees. And they listened, and turned out to vote, and we almost secured an emissions performance standard - a legal limit to pollution which would have stopped dead any future plans to build dirty, unabated coal power stations.

Influencing government policies on climate change adaptation

AndyBrace — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:57:43 +0000

This is the fifth full day of the conference on Community Based Adaptation in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, and my head is full of the experiences that people have presented, and of the plans people have developed in small groups meeting late at night or over breakfast for working together on particular topics. I [...]