Tag: United Kingdom

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Simon Tisdall at The Guardian explains the difference between Socialist Spain and the disorganized Conservatives in control of U.K....

The world of Neoliberalism attempts to reduce everything to a commodity, but public spaces are not simply a financial asset to be sold off to the highest bidder.

Cuadrilla Resources was forced by law to pause operations at its site in Lancashire, England when a tremor with a magnitude of 0.8 took place in the area Friday morning.

The similarities of the recent experiences of the Windrush generation to the plight of the DREAMers in the United States, are striking.

“As part of our 25-year environment plan we have pledged to eliminate all avoidable plastic waste and that includes single-use products that include plastic such as wet wipes.”

Hopefully, other countries and companies will join the UK Plastics Pact and do their part in producing less plastic waste.

"This week we will look closely at how we can tackle the many threats to the health of the world's oceans, including the scourge of marine plastic pollution."

"Great to see less plastic bags in our oceans, but we need the government to put an end to the use of all avoidable single-use plastic by 2025."

More than 20,000 African elephants die every year to feed the ivory trade.

It’s an astonishing reversal of fortune, and also a lesson in the importance of standing up for ordinary people.