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Farnborough air show: for the industry, not for the workers

Farnborough air show: for the industry, not for the workers

Tahir Latif Secretary, Greener Jobs Alliance The GJA Secretary went to Farnborough to join campaigners and activists from the anti-aviation/pro-worker organisation Stay Grounded in a protest against the Corporate love-in that is the Farnborough air show.  A photo...

All Climate Politics is Global

All Climate Politics is Global

Photo by Markus Spiske on UnsplashBy Paul Atkin As revealed in this Oxfam Report, the poorest 50% and middle 40% of the global population have a minimal or declining carbon footprint. The top 10%, and even more the top 1%, already have carbon footprints that are...

Polluter vs Public Interest

Polluter vs Public Interest

Tahir Latif Secretary, Greener Jobs Alliance A couple of years back a certain world-famous singer told of how he immediately booked a flight to Paris on hearing of the death of a friend.  Conscious of the world he is living in, he halted his story momentarily for a...

Challenger expedition reveals ocean warming

Challenger expedition reveals ocean warming

By Philip Pearson Challenger, the great ocean expedition of the 1870s, is now providing evidence to support the UN’s urgent warnings this week (5 April) that ‘It’s now or never’ if the world is to stave off climate disaster. The evidence is brought together for the...

What is the Net Zero Scrutiny Group? Part 2

What is the Net Zero Scrutiny Group? Part 2

So, let's have a look at the social class credentials of some of the people who run Net Zero Watch and the Net Zero Scrutiny Group, the former from an office in Tufton Street shared with a number of right-wing think tanks, and who all seem to be "posh folk" telling...

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