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The Climate Emergency
Byline Times' coverage of the consequences of, and responses to, the climate crisis
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EXCLUSIVE University Deal with Oil Giant Leads to Student Anger
Exeter University announces new, five-year funding arrangement with Shell, as students urge campuses to divest from fossil fuel interests, reports Max Colbert
‘Big Agricultural Firms are Plunging the Food System into Crisis’
Influential agribusiness monopolists and food producers appear to be cynically using the war in Ukraine and the aftermath of the pandemic to exert political influence, writes Thomas Perrett
Cumbria Coal Mine: ‘A Subterranean White Elephant’ in the Works
Stuart Spray reports on the reaction by politicians, environmental groups and climate activists to the Government's go-ahead for the country's first coal mine in 30 years
Cumbria Coal Mine: Climate Sacrificed Again Over Divisions in the Conservative Party
Approving Britain's first coal mine in 30 years will reap negligible economic benefits and cause significant environmental damage - but the decision was taken for reasons closer to home for the Tories, writes Thomas Perrett
COP15: Environmental Groups Call Out Government’s Failures on Reversing Biodiversity Loss
As the UN Biodiversity Conference kicks off, Stuart Spray reports on the UK's lack of progress in combating biodiversity loss over the past 12 years on the Conservatives' watch
The Sewage Scandal: ‘The Worst We Have Seen in Years’ - Why British Bathing Water is the Dirtiest in Europe
With its budget halved, the Environment Agency has seen a dramatic drop in enforcement actions against utility companies that continue to pollute our waterways
The Government’s Energy Price Guarantee is Subsidising High Carbon Lifestyles
Thiemo Fetzer, Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick, argues that the Government’s response to the energy crisis is wasting a unique opportunity
