As the Stop the War Coalition holds its annual conference, ANDREW MURRAY warns that Britain’s alignment with US foreign policy is fuelling global instability and diverting billions from welfare, wages and public services
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Methane at a near-record high in 2023, despite pledges
Research reveals that companies are still getting away with driving climate change through methane emissions — but new tracking technology may finally make enforcement of regulations a reality, writes CRISTEN HEMINGWAY JAYNES
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the tension between treating children as vulnerable dependants and recognising them as citizens with rights
The tightening of protest rights reflects a broader shift toward repression in Britain’s strained liberal democracy. Socialists and trade unionists must be ready to resist further attacks on our freedoms, warns JOHN McINALLY
Until ministers stop deferring to the market and start drawing hard lines, the public will remain at the mercy of private power, says MATT KERR
As the US intensifies its economic and political pressure it is now vitally important to demand the British government intervene to end US aggression, writes GEOFF BOTTOMS
SEVIM DAGDELEN argues that a legal framework exists for a closure of US and Nato military base in Ramstein
ACCORDING to key findings from the International Energy Agency (IEA)’s latest Annual Methane Tracker, in 2023, global methane emissions from fossil fuels stayed close to a record high despite new global reduction pledges.
Human activities like agriculture, oil and gas production, and the accumulation of food waste in landfills produce methane — a much more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Methane emissions from the energy sector are responsible for roughly a third of global temperature increases since pre-industrial times, reported Reuters.
“Emissions of methane from fossil fuel operations remain unacceptably high … There is no reason for emissions to remain as high as they are,” said Tim Gould, IEA chief energy economist, as AFP reported.
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