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7 Mar 2018 adminWhat’s the role of climate change in Snowmageddon and the gas crunch?
National Grid issued emergency warnings last week when snow and freezing temperatures caused a gas crunch in the UK. With great tact, Big 6 company E.on chose the same week to hike average energy bills up to £1,150. This gas crunch was itself an outcome of burning fossil gas and accelerated climate change – specifically…
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16 Feb 2018 jamesIn memoriam Ed Ross – in honour of one who honoured others
A Robin sings among the bare branches of the Ash trees. A small crowd is gathered in a corner of Highgate Cemetery to commit the ashes of Ed Ross to the earth. A few hundred yards away, obscured by the gravestones and tree trunks, is the imposing bust of Karl Marx. Ed died suddenly…
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13 Nov 2017 adminNo TAP. No TANAP. Not here. Not anywhere.
Earlier this morning, a group of us demonstrated outside the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to demand that the bank rescinds its Oct 18th commitment to finance $500 for TANAP – the middle and largest pipeline of the Southern Gas Corridor, and does not fund the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) or any part…
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9 Nov 2017 annaRevealed: UK council pensions are banking £16.1 billion on climate disaster
Today we’re releasing new data analysis showing that UK councils invest £16.1 billion in fossil fuel corporations through their workers’ pensions. These investments are bankrolling the companies most responsible for climate change, like Shell and BP. The councils with the biggest investments in fossil fuels – Manchester, Galloway & Dumfries, Hammersmith & Fulham, and Torfaen…
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31 Oct 2017 annaThe Great Gas Lock-in
New Report out on the gas industry’s lobbying power This year we have seen devastating hurricanes and floods, deadly wildfires, and other extreme climate catastrophes. But rather than facing up to the problem and focusing on renewable energy and energy reduction, the European Union is locking itself into another 40-50 years of fossil fuel infrastructure.…
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13 Sep 2017 adminBoom! – Historic Union Vote for Climate Transition
A worker led movement for climate justice came one step closer to reality yesterday as the UK trade union movement unanimously passed a motion calling for a just climate transition for workers, divestment from fossil fuels and putting energy under public, democratic control. The motion was passed unanimously by the 5.7 million member TUC. What…
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16 Mar 2017 annaAzerbaijan suspended by extractive industries governance watchdog
On 9 March 2017, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), an initiative set up to promote transparency and good governance in oil, gas and mining industries, suspended Azerbaijan for failing to lift restrictions on civil society freedoms and address human rights concerns. The European Investment Bank (EIB) and The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development…
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Media advisory: ‘True outrage’ – oil campaigner on High Court Shell spill ruling
The UK High Court has just blocked [1] a court case by 42,000 people in the Niger Delta seeking remediation for loss of lives and livelihoods due to oil leaks on Shell’s pipelines in the Niger Delta.[2] Platform campaigner Sarah Shoraka, who documented Shell’s failure to clean up Niger Delta pollution over the past five…
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28 Sep 2016 annaFirst UK Pension Fund divests 100% from fossil fuels
We won! Last week the pension fund committee of London Borough of Waltham Forest became the first UK public authority to announce its commitment to go 100% fossil free. The decision to divest was unanimously agreed by both Labour and Tory councillors. Why is this important? Exactly a year ago, we published our data, showing…
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13 Sep 2016 adminSolidarity with Black Lives Matter UK shutdown at City Airport
Platform has signed a statement of solidarity with Black Lives Matter and their shutdown at City Airport. We stand in solidarity with Black Lives Matter UK and fully support the inspiring shutdown of London City Airport that they led on 6 September to oppose the airport’s expansion. We agree that the climate crisis is a…
