Andy Rowell

There was growing outrage last night at the appointment of Steve Bannon as Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff.

As the UN COP22 climate talks enter the second week in Marrakesh, 400 civil society organisations, from over 60 countries, are calling on world leaders to put an immediate halt to new fossil fuel development and pursue a rapid transition to renewable energy.

There have been many words written about Donald Trump since his Presidential victory, but one we must add to the list is: hypocrite.

The breaking news is that, after one of the most divisive US Presidential campaigns in history, Donald Trump will be the next US President.

The protests by First Nations against the North Dakota pipeline are beginning to rattle the funders behind the highly controversial scheme. This means that the pipeline that once seemed unstoppable is increasingly looking vulnerable.

First the good news. After decades of denial, delay and obfuscation by the fossil fuel industry, an historic agreement on climate change, which was first signed in Paris last year, enters into force today.