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24 Jul 2014 4 minute read

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Protesters question airport expansion plans

Ylenia Gostoli talks to activists demanding a cleaner, greener future for London.

12 Nov 2013 3 minute read

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The struggle continues, 18 years after the death of Ken Saro-Wiwa

Shell has left Ogoniland but the promised clean-up never came, reports Celestine Akpobari.

Welcome to Manila, the gates of hell

30 May 2013 3 minute read

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Welcome to Manila, the gates of hell

Novelist Dan Brown’s description is sadly apt, says Iris Gonzales.

Last camp standing at Combe Haven

25 Jan 2013 4 minute read

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Last camp standing at Combe Haven

A chronicle of resistance from Tom Druitt, who took to the trees to try and stop the Bexhill-Hastings Link...

London tar sands protest backs Idle No More

17 Jan 2013 2 minute read

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London tar sands protest backs Idle No More

A First Nations activist will join the UK Tar Sands Network as they hand over a petition to the Canadian government.

Why I joined the second Battle of Hastings

16 Jan 2013 2 minute read

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Why I joined the second Battle of Hastings

Tom Druitt is one of the activists defending East Sussex’s Combe Valley, and Britain’s pollution levels, from...

8 Jan 2013 5 minute read

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Life and death in Chile’s ‘sacrificial zone’

Mischa Wilmers meets the activists fighting against industrial pollution – and for their health and...

Climate change is no joke

24 Dec 2012 4 minute read

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Climate change is no joke

As climate-change catastrophe gets closer, the ‘solutions’ get sillier. Zoe Cormier doesn’t know whether to...

27 Jul 2012 4 minute read

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Out, damn logo! Reclaiming Shakespeare from the sponsors

An anarcho-thespian performance at the British Museum raises eyebrows – and awareness.

1 Jul 2012 2 minute read

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Australia puts a price on carbon

Climate campaigner Anna Rose welcomes the new levy on big polluters, saying it will push Oz into a far greener...

Frackers given the go ahead

17 Apr 2012 3 minute read

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Frackers given the go ahead

Environmental activists are furious as a report published this week gives the green light for energy companies to drill for...

Chevron's excuses go into overdrive

13 Jan 2012 1 minute read

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Chevron's excuses go into overdrive

Despite being found guilty, Chevron is still trying to squirm out of responsibility for its massive oil spills in the Amazon,...

Chevron found guilty in Ecuador… again

5 Jan 2012 4 minute read

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Chevron found guilty in Ecuador… again

But it won’t be long before they come up with another excuse, says Mike G from the Rainforest Action Network...

Resource curse: Can Yasuni ITT Initiative learn a lesson from Ashio copper mines experience?

8 Dec 2011 1 minute read

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Resource curse: Can Yasuni ITT Initiative learn a lesson from Ashio copper mines experience?

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The biggest leak in the world?

20 Oct 2011 1 minute read

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The biggest leak in the world?

Howls of protest follow approvals for the expansion of the leaking Olympic Dam copper and uranium mine in South Australia.

1 May 2011 5 minute read

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Fracking the world

Hydraulic fracturing, or ‘fracking’ – Big Oil’s newest way to extract natural gas from an exhausted planet – comes with a...

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