Sussex researcher calls for a rethink on energy subsidies, highlighting their financial and environmental costs No student enjoys paying the electricity bill; it seems an extortionate expense…
In discussions on climate change, people point to cars, air travel, home electricity and heating as major contributors. However, a little known fact is that agriculture contributes…
It will cost billions to build, the technology isn’t sound and there are cheaper, safer alternatives yet we’re still going ahead with Hinkley point C. The government…
A recent study along with Trump’s platform for the 2016 election means it’s pretty much game over in the fight to save ourselves A new study has…
In this globalised world, regions untouched by humanity and the problems we bring are fast diminishing. Like many of the world’s problems, climate change is a vast…
Author: Eduard Campillo-Funollet Overconfidence in the new negative emission technologies could lead to a catastrophic increase in carbon emissions, according to a paper published in Science in October.…
David Bowie, Alan Rickman, Terry Wogan, Britain’s relationship with the EU, to name but a few: 2016 has been a year full of painful losses thus far,…
The organisation’s recent demo at London City Airport has left many scratching their heads. You may not agree with their conclusions but it is undeniable that non-white…
On December 12th, over 20 University of Sussex students took part in the D12 red lines demonstration in Paris to demand that world governments at COP-21 not cross the…
It doesn’t feel like the setting for talk of revolution. It’s a rainy day in Lewes, and I’m sat in Howard Pilott’s large open plan kitchen as…
The Students’ Union have denied a funding request made by Sussex student activists planning to cycle to Paris for December’s momentous UN climate change conference. The Union…
Yes The University of Sussex is renowned as a progressive institution, however it continues to invest in fossil fuel exploration in direct contradiction with UN and international…
Last weekend saw over a thousand Green Party Members gather in Bournemouth for the Green Party’s Autumn Conference, with the Green Surge at the 2015 General Elections,…
Researchers from the University of Sussex and the University of East Anglia have called for a reconfiguration of carbon markets. The carbon market is an approach adopted…
[caption id="attachment_11788" align="aligncenter" width="514" caption="The crushing evidence"][/caption] As someone who was a Greenpeace activist at the age of 14, you would expect the answer to be YES:…
[caption id="attachment_10772" align="alignleft" width="344" caption="Lewes Climate Camp 2011 Photo: Nick Hider"][/caption] On Friday 22 April, local climate campaigners occupied the abandoned grounds of St. Anne’s school in…
Hopkins While Caroline Lucas, Green Party MP, can offer insight into the ongoing political and practical negotiations surrounding climate change, Ellie Hopkins – former Student’s Union Ethical…
[caption id="attachment_8114" align="aligncenter" width="468" caption="Dan Glass as he attempts to superglue himself to Gordon Brown. (Photo: Plane Stupid)"][/caption] Perhaps too often, university life is described as being…
[caption id="attachment_4518" align="alignleft" width="174" caption="Business Secretary Peter Mandelson covered in custard - Photo: Irishtimes.com"][/caption] Business Secretary Peter Mandelson had a face full of green custard last week,…
[caption id="attachment_3136" align="alignleft" width="290" caption="Photo: planestupid"][/caption] The decision on Heathrow’s third runway came on Thursday 15 January. It was not, unfortunately, a surprise. The government has continued…