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Government Approves Expansion of London City Airport, as Climate Campaigners Say Only 'Private Jet Users' Will Benefit
2024-08-19 by in Byline TimesSecretaries of State allow passenger numbers to soar by 38% at business airport, despite objections from locals and climate campaigners
'By Mobilising Their Members Onto the Streets, Is this a New Dawn for the Power of Conservation Charities to Enact Change?'
2024-06-25 by in Byline TimesThe influence of wildlife charities has been insignificant in the face of the financial and lobbying might of the vested interests profiting from nature destruction, writes Charlie Gardner
'Lord Walney Wants to Stop the Public From Acquitting Protesters - to Safeguard Those Making Money From the Issues They Demonstrate Against'
2024-06-13 by in Byline TimesHe wants juries to stop finding defendants not guilty and to prevent judges from applying laws "differently" when they involve issues like climate change and anti-racism
Tagged under: Activism | Racism | Climate Change
'We Must Stop Incitement of Violence Against Environmental Activists Before Someone is Seriously Harmed'
2024-04-29 by in Byline TimesRegulators are failing to stop the media from encouraging vigilante action against activists – the law must step in to keep them safe, argues Tom Hardy
Tagged under: Activism
'Keeping Carbon in the Ground' Missed the Point: How COP28 Signals End of Oil – Byline Times
2023-12-12 by in Byline TimesWestern hypocrisy nearly scuppered global climate negotiations. But now the direction of travel is clear. Byline Times' columnist sums up his conclusions after addressing the Dubai summit
Tagged under: COP28
'If You Ask People to Change their Minds Quickly, they Struggle with It': Chris Packham on the Need for Political Parties to Step Up to Save Our Planet – Byline Times
2023-10-05 by in Byline TimesStuart Spray speaks to the activist and TV presenter, who has announced he is challenging the Prime Minister on the legality of abandoning key net zero commitments
Tagged under: Net Zero | Activism
Campaigners Risk Prison by Standing Outside Courts Telling Jurors of 'Right to Acquit' – Byline Times
2023-09-25 by in Byline TimesTrudi Warner faces up to two years in prison for contempt of court. Now activists across the country are copying her action in solidarity
Tagged under: Activism
Activist Who Held Sign Outside Court Informing Jurors of 'Right to Acquit' Insulate Britain Activists Could Face Two Years in Jail – Byline Times
2023-09-18 by in Byline TimesThe Attorney General's office has said it plans to push forward contempt of court proceedings against retired social worker Trudi Warner.
Tagged under: Activism
Big Oil Billions and The Real Cancel Culture Threatening Brits With Prison for Telling the Truth – Byline Times
2023-08-25 by in Byline TimesHow the legal system is silencing climate activists fighting for their right to speak up about the crisis
Tagged under: Activism
As Sea Ice Melts and Forests Burn, Will the World Heat More than We Feared? – Byline Times
2023-08-07 by in Byline TimesIf there’s any risk future climate change may be worse than we’re anticipating, we must double-down on decarbonisation even more urgently, writes Charlie Gardner
Tagged under: Climate Change | Decarbonisation | Trees
The Tory donor, Soviet-born Billionaire and Fossil Fuel Interests Bankrolling British Politics – Byline Times
2023-07-20 by in Byline TimesPolicy Exchange, Institute for Economic Affairs, Global Warming Policy Foundation and co refuse to name their donors. But Peter Geoghegan has found recently published US tax documents that reveal important new details about who funds these secretive think tanks
'In a World Without Sea Ice, What Next for Nature?' – Byline Times
2023-06-29 by in Byline TimesWe can no longer prevent the extinction of many species – but will this provide the wake-up call we need?
Tagged under: Extinction
Climate-Sceptic MP ‘Failed to Declare’ Ties to Controversial Net Zero Watch – Byline Times
2023-04-11 by in Byline TimesTwo of Craig Mackinlay's staffers have had close ties to the Global Warming Policy Forum (now Net Zero Watch) and its wholly-owned charitable wing report Josiah Mortimer and Max Colbert
Tagged under: Net Zero
MPs links to Christian Nationalism Revealed – Byline Times
2023-03-10 by in Byline TimesKaram Bales looks at the senior British Conservatives appearing at the National Conservatism Conference with its international right wing network, from Peter Thiel to Viktor Orbán
‘Courts of Conscience and the Climate Emergency’ – Byline Times
2023-03-06 by in Byline TimesTom Hardy explores the role of the judiciary in combatting the climate emergency as activists are prohibited from mentioning the issue in their defence in court
Tagged under: Activism | Judiciary
Concerns that Government’s Finance Bill Benefits Big Money and Harms the Planet – Byline Times
2023-01-27 by in Byline TimesThe Financial Services and Markets Bill risks wrecking the UK's commitment to net zero, writes Thomas Perrett
Tagged under: Net Zero | Finance
Landmark Ruling in Strasbourg as MPs Challenge UK Government over Failure to Investigate Russian Interference in Brexit – Byline Times
2023-01-19 by in Byline Times'Nothing less than the future of democracy is at stake' says Caroline Lucas as a cross-party coalition and The Citizens win an unprecedented hearing over electoral safety and national security
Special Investigation: The Vested Private Interests Behind Westminster’s Influential Lobbying Groups – Byline Times
2023-01-17 by in Byline TimesSam Bright investigates a murky aspect of our political system, where landlords fund private rental research and fossil fuel firms donate to environmental groups
Energy Firms’ Fossil Fuel Investments Radically At Odds with Climate Change Obligations – Byline Times
2023-01-05 by in Byline TimesBig energy companies are piling money into increasingly inefficient oil and gas investments, reports Thomas Perrett
Tagged under: Climate Change
Climate Scientists Blind to ‘Existential Threat’ to Humanity, New Research Warns – Byline Times
2022-11-08 by in Byline TimesA new report suggests that, far from being alarmist, the real social and economic dangers of the climate emergency are outside of boundaries of traditional climate science
Fracking Minister Funded by Fossil Fuel Investor – Byline Times
2022-09-22 by in Byline TimesNafeez Ahmed investigates Jacob Rees-Mogg's relationship with his former hedge-fund mentor and political donor Robin Crispin Odey
Tagged under: Fracking
Behind the Scenes of British Media’s Climate Denial – Byline Times
2022-08-02 by in Byline TimesEliz Mizon talks to journalists from across the spectrum to discover why the UK media still peddles climate denying misinformation – even during an unprecedented heatwave
Tagged under: Heatwaves | Disinformation and Misinformation
We Need to Stop Pretending we can Limit Global Warming to 1.5°C – Byline Times
2022-07-06 by in Byline TimesThe era of a safe climate is over – now we must confront the reality that we will overshoot and adapt, says top earth system scientist James Dyke
Rishi Sunak’s Stealth Subsidy for Fossil Fuel Firms is ‘Disastrous’ says UK’s Former Climate Chief – Byline Times
2022-05-27 by in Byline TimesSir David King told Adam Bienkov that the stealth tax cut would damage the fight for 'a manageable future for humanity'
Tagged under: Climate Change | Rishi Sunak
UN Warns of ‘Total Societal Collapse’ Due to Breaching of Planetary Boundaries – Byline Times
2022-05-26 by in Byline TimesA landmark report by the United Nations concludes that ‘global collapse’ is becoming more likely. But was it watered-down before being published?
Tagged under: Collapse
Newspapers Accepted Money to Publish Positive Environmental Stories About Saudi Arabia Around COP26 Climate Change Summit – Byline Times
2021-11-29 (or before) in Byline TimesTagged under: COP26 | Climate Change | Saudi Arabia
UK Power Station Pillages North Carolina Forests
2021-11-03 (or before) in Byline TimesTagged under: California | Trees
How ExxonMobil Captured COP26 – Byline Times
2021-11-03 (or before) in Byline TimesOil System Collapsing so Fast it May Derail Renewables, Warn French Government Scientists – Byline Times
2021-10-22 (or before) in Byline TimesTagged under: Renewable Energy | France | Collapse
The Government Must Face Down Big Business and Put Nature First – Byline Times
2021-07-01 (or before) in Byline TimesClimate Science Denial Network Behind Great Barrington Declaration – Byline Times
2020-10-11 (or before) in Byline TimesCoronavirus: We Must Resist this Exercise in Hypernormalisation – Byline Times
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