by Andrew Simms | Feb 11, 2020 | General
As Boris Johnson bolts on a few buses and cycle lanes to sweeten the pill of the vastly expensive HS2 rail project, the first phase of which is unlikely to open for over a decade, many are waking up to the need for much faster action on the climate emergency. But,...
by Richard Murphy | Jan 28, 2020 | General, Other coverage
The Guardian reported the pledge by one of the UK’s largest supermarkets to go carbon neutral by 2040, but the headline doesn’t tell the full story. This is how the Guardian reported the announcement: Sainsbury’s has pledged to spend £1bn to...
by Colin Hines | Jan 18, 2020 | Other coverage
Rebecca Long-Bailey, like all Labour’s leadership candidates, emphasises democratic movement-building as a precursor for change (Giving power to the people is Labour’s path back to power, Journal, 17 January). But this approach will inevitably involve the few but not...
by Andrew Simms | Jan 17, 2020 | Media, Other coverage
Across the world, national and local governments are declaring a climate emergency on the back of dire warnings from UN scientists about the need for urgent and far-reaching action. As of November 2019, 1,191 jurisdictions in 24 countries representing over 290 million...
by admin | Dec 19, 2019 | General
Writing in the Guardian, journalist Zoe Williams reviews Green New Deal Group member Ann Pettifor’s, The Case for the Green New Deal “Like many political neologisms, “Green New Deal” became de rigueur so fast that it had multiple variations, passionate...
by Colin Hines | Dec 18, 2019 | Other coverage
The environment movement needs to learn two lessons from the UK election result of December 2019. First, that despite all the coverage of climate events and growing public clamour for something drastic to be done about it, 12 December was definitely not a ‘climate...
by admin | Dec 4, 2019 | General, Reports and briefings
How to Pay for the Green New Deal Debate in the 2019 election campaign in the UK has focussed on whether spending plans proposed by political parties are affordable. This, the Group argues, is to fundamentally misunderstand the way that government investment works....
by Ruth Potts | Nov 11, 2019 | General, Reports and briefings
This election must deliver a Green New Deal. The challenge is clear. We need a plan ambitious enough to tackle climate breakdown at the scale and speed set out by science. We need a plan to create a fair society that works for everyone and involves us all. This...
by Caroline Lucas | Oct 22, 2019 | General, Media
Writing in a new collection of essays published by IPPR and WWF, Green New Deal member Caroline Lucas, writing with Ed Miliband and Laura Sandys, makes the case for the need for a clear vision at the heart of the Green New Deal. With climate emergencies declared...
by Colin Hines | Oct 8, 2019 | General, Media
Support has been surging on both sides of the Atlantic for the idea of a Green New Deal. Time to turn it into action, and jobs, on the ground. The huge increase in support for a Green New Deal in Europe and the United States has led many groups, old and new,...
