This week, countries gather in Katowice, Poland, for the latest round of UN climate negotiations, known as COP24. Their plan is to try to agree on how to implement the 2015 Paris Agreement. However, the Polish Government has… Read More

German energy company RWE has been put on notice that it will face major protest actions if it does not phase out coal mining by Aug. 23. Video below shows an activist from Ende Gelände putting RWE and its… Read More

Rachel Smolker, co-director of Biofuelwatch (BFW), published the following VTDigger.org commentary on the non-carbon neutral nature of biomass, which is often pitched as an environmentally friendly source of energy. Smolker, who holds a Ph.D. in biology, is an active member… Read More

Via Rainforest-Rescue.org: The Sundarbans – the world’s largest mangrove forest and home to Bengal tigers and millions of villagers – has weathered cyclones and tsunamis. Now the UNESCO World Heritage Site faces a new threat: the planned Rampal… Read More

Here and no further (“Ende Gelände”) for lignite coal in Lusatia: climate justice in action! 13. – 16. May 2016 In 2016, the farewell to coal continues: Vattenfall, owner of the coal field in Lusatia is trying to… Read More