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With the Climate Emergency Intensifying & Democracy Crumbling, an Inquiry into Murdoch has Never Been More Urgent
CJ Werleman reports on calls for a royal commission into News Corp in Australia, following James Murdoch’s comments that his father’s media empire ‘legitimises disinformation’

I’m Boycotting Murdoch Until Climate Truth is Front Page News
Following his arrest at a recent Extinction Rebellion protest, Rupert Read sets out his new ‘David versus Goliath’ campaign for change by example

Stop Press: Why I Had to Take a Stand Against my Former Employers on Climate Change
Steve Tooze, a former newspaper journalist, explains why he took part in Extinction Rebellion's recent blockade of newspaper print works

The Climate Emergency: Could Just 108 People Help Save the World?
Stephen Colegrave considers the importance and potential outcome of the Climate Assembly UK report published today

Extinction Rebellion: Damaging Society or the Best Hope to Tackle Climate Change?
While the UN continues to highlight the urgent need to tackle climate change, the British Government continues to vilify activists argues Stuart Spray

EXCLUSIVE Why I Was Willing to be Arrested, Protesting Against Tufton Street Climate Deniers
Rupert Read spent last night in the cells, after joining Extinction Rebellion activists outside 55 Tufton Street

Does COVID-19 Show the Writing’s on the Wall for Tackling Climate Change?
CJ Werleman considers how alarming environmental developments have been sidelined again as the world deals with the Coronavirus crisis

The Coronavirus Crisis: A Wake-Up Call for Climate Change or an Accelerator?
The COVID-19 pandemic has briefly cut global emissions, but could countries around the world simply return to business as usual in their attempts to repair the economic, political and social consequences of the virus once it has eased?
The Coronavirus Crisis: The Dangerous Crossover Between Climate and COVID Denial
Mat Hope and Zak Derler from DeSmog expose how the groups trying to undermine environmental action are also most likely to call the global pandemic a hoax.
Meet the 'Anti-Greta': Climate Denial’s Latest Vessel
Mat Hope explains how the dark money-funded US alt-right is using a German teenager to advance more misinformation about the climate emergency.
Climate Change Scepticism and Inaction is a Form of Violence
CJ Werleman argues that governments which refuse to take action to combat climate change by reducing carbon emissions are participants to violence.
Rupert Murdoch's Son Reveals the Climate Change Disinformation Driving his Family's Media Empire
Murdoch-owned tabloids control nearly 70% of Australia's newspapers – providing the country’s right-wing political establishment with the space to deny the consequences of climate change.
'Omnicide: Who is Responsible for the Gravest of All Crimes?'
Danielle Celermajer calls for accountability for the destruction unfolding in Australia – a crime against humanity she believes is akin to genocide.