Two weeks ago a jury in Britain ruled that it is acceptable to break the law if you are protesting against climate change. They acquitted six Greenpeace protestors who had been charged with $70,000 worth of criminal damage after painting the side of the controversial Kingsnorth coal-fired powered station.
Now Al Gore, the former vice president […]

It’s not often that the world’s leading climate scientist, Professor James Hansen, turns up and gives evidence in your defence.
But Hansen’s appearance at a court in Maidstone in the South East of England is being credited as one of the reasons why a jury decided yesterday that the threat of climate change justifies breaking the […]

Every now and then you get a small, but significant shift in the battle against climate change and this could be one of those moments.
One of the America’s largest builders of coal-fired power plants has been forced to now give investors detailed warnings about the risks that climate change poses to its business.

At a briefing today on the Stategic Framework on Climate Change and Development, a World Bank official conceded that the proposed “Clean Technology Fund” might better be called the “Slightly Cleaner Technology Fund,” but said she would not go so far as to call it the “Dirty Technology Fund.”

Give a politician a minute and they will wriggle out of a supposedly steadfast commitment. Britain is seeking to change the rules governing renewable energy targets to make it easier for the UK to fulfil its commitment to promote clean energy.
At present, only 3% of the UK’s power comes from renewable energy, but government ministers […]