The Hinkley Conundrum
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 has given the…
It’s the end of the world as we know it
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 recently been published…
Ross Sea is safe, for now
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 one, and although…
Negative Emission: Panacea or Curse?
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. In the…
The Great Barrier Grief
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, so the news…
Black Lives Matter has a point about climate change
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 people are disproportionally…
Sussex students take to the streets in Paris for action on climate change
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 red…
Howard Pilott: “The environment will force the hand of the world”
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 he stands distractedly…
No Students’ Union funding for climate activists – apparently climate change is not a student issue
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 explained that, as…
The Big Debate: Should Sussex University divest from fossil fuels?
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 climate change agreements.…
Green Party Conference 2015
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, the European refugee…
Sussex researcher questions handling of Carbon markets
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 by the government…
Do we still care about climate change?
As someone who was a Greenpeace activist at the age of 14, you would expect the answer to be YES: I should be spending every waking hour defending our climate.…
Activists set up climate camp
On Friday 22 April, local climate campaigners occupied the abandoned grounds of St. Anne’s school in Lewes. With the support of 60 campers and numbers peaking to one hundred at…
From Copenhagen to Cancun
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 and Environmental officer…
Interview with former Students' Union president Dan Glass
Perhaps too often, university life is described as being comparable to existing within a bubble. A bit like ‘Big Brother’. Throughout your time as a student, you will most likely…
Shameful week for Brown’s governement
Business Secretary Peter Mandelson had a face full of green custard last week, after a member of the anti-aviation group Plane Stupid hurled it in his face in protest against…
Runway madness…
The decision on Heathrow’s third runway came on Thursday 15 January. It was not, unfortunately, a surprise. The government has continued to prioritise the needs of business and profit above…
“E.ON F OFF” protesters take to the streets
Climate change protesters dressed as animals staged a “mass extinction” in Brighton city centre last weekend to protest against plans for energy company E.ON’s new coal power plant at Kingsnorth.…