By Rupert Read I’m in London, to be with the family at Christmas. Every year, the lights are bigger and brighter. Is this progress? Thinking about the meaning of ‘progress’ is not easy to do in our society. Because it’s hard-wired into the hegemony of capitalist economics and of liberal ...
Three generous workers enjoying their Christmas do interrupted their party to help a 71-year-old homeless woman - and paid £145 for her to stay in a hotel. Roger Hartigan, 43, and his colleagues Joe Rich and David Harrison, were out in the centre of Bristol for their work Christmas party ...
The fate of 41 trees planted in 1919 to honour fallen Great War heroes was sealed yesterday (Wed) as council bosses voted to fell and replace them. Campaigners shouted "shame" at councilors as they revealed the WW1 memorial trees will be felled - because saving them would cost £500,000. Furious ...
Latest study predicts sea rises of between 3.1ft and 8ft this century Heavily populated US Atlantic and Gulf coasts could face up to 11ft sea rise Homes of 153 million people in at risk areas around the world threatened If carbon emissions "immediately and aggressively” cut, rise could be limited ...
Amazon drivers are being forced to deliver up to 200 parcels a day and urinate in plastic bottles so as not to leave their vans, a shocking new investigation has revealed. With deliveries ramping up ahead of Christmas a saddening report finds many drivers routinely exceed the legal maximum shift of ...
Every year lovers of all things finance and technology gather for FinCon, the largest financial content expo in the world. This expo allows people to talk about all the latest and greatest trends in the industry. Not only that, FinCon topics usually are in line with what the general population ...
Coca-Cola has been found to have financed and promoted 24 bogus studies on childhood obesity. According to a paper published in the Journal of Public Health Policy the soft drinks brand failed to disclose Coke's influence in its research papers on obesity. Studies from the International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and ...
After Blue Planet 2 exposed the levels of plastic and other waste in the sea, it is good to know that the Welsh are doing all they can to clean up their country, and are the second best household waste recycler in the world. England, on the other hand, is ...
This interactive map below exposes the links between those trying to thwart efforts to tackle global warming. Research by Mat Hope ,Editor of Desmog UK. Donald Trump is nothing if not distracting. And so he promises to be again this week on Tuesday, when world leaders gather in Paris for President Macron’s ...