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Seeking Climate Justice: Civil Society’s Crucial Role from Courtrooms to Communities

The climate movement is turning to courts to hold corporations and governments accountable for their role in causing the climate crisis. The number of cases filed each year has nearly tripled since the Paris Agreement in 2015. With courts becoming vital battlegrounds, civil society organizations (CSOs) play a key role, pushing legal cases forward and ensuring public engagement in the critical climate debate. 

If UK Labour scrapped billions for false solutions like CCS and hydrogen, it could fund pensioners’ winter fuel allowance 

In the UK, despite hundreds of millions being spent and no commercial projects in operation, a further £25 billion has been promised in new subsidies for Carbon, Capture and Storage (CCS) and Hydrogen. This is greater than the supposed £22 billion black hole that the previous Conservative Government left the new Labour government. If Labour is looking for a quick fix to find money to fund the winter fuel allowance, they should scrap these wasteful handouts to the fossil fuel industry.

Standing Against Right-Wing Violence and Racism in the UK

Oil Change International condemns the right-wing violence against innocent people in the UK and refuses to remain silent. We are appalled at the brutal and mindless thuggery, racism, violence, Islamophobia, and intimidation against People of Color, immigrants, refugees, and people seeking asylum.