by Spoiler | Mar 30, 2021 | False Solutions, Ways to fight coal
More recently, the nuclear and there is currently no feasible solution for industry has been working hard to sell us nuclear power plants as a green method of energy production and the solution to the climate crisis. Their main argument: nuclear power plants do not...
by Spoiler | Mar 30, 2021 | Ways to fight coal
When was the last time you felt you made a difference at the ballot box? Or by writing a letter to your elected representative? In 2003, two million people marched in London against the UK’s involvement in a war in Iraq, and still the government did not listen. Over...
by Spoiler | Mar 30, 2021 | Ways to fight coal
The impact of climate change is not felt equally by all. In addition to the racist power structures already addressed, women and non-binary people are often more negatively affected than men by coal projects and climate change – and are often not the people making the...
by Spoiler | Mar 30, 2021 | Ways to fight coal
Divestment – as opposed to investment – means selling stocks, bonds, or investment funds for financial, ethical, or political reasons. Divestment campaigns demand that institutions such as universities, states, or companies stop investing in those companies whose...
by Spoiler | Mar 30, 2021 | Ways to fight coal
In 2017, the citizens of Munich decided that the local coal power plant should be taken off the grid in 2022. From 2020 onwards, this power plant will be operating at reduced capacity, using less than half of the usual amount of coal each year, thanks to the direct...
by Spoiler | Mar 30, 2021 | Ways to fight coal
Businesses do not want to encourage people to fight their projects. They hide activists’ successes behind corporate nonsense and market-based reasoning on how they claim to achieve ‘net-positive’ environmental impacts and contribute to society’s wellbeing. They...