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Victoria Seabrook

About

Victoria Seabrook writes about climate change, the criminal justice system, and social justice. She is news editor at independent local newspaper Hackney Citizen and co-editor of Prison Watch UK.

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A team of experts including Professor Brian Cox tore apart the arguments made by climate science deniers and discussed the implications for UK climate action in the wake of Brexit during a discussi...
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American climate science denying pressure groups the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) and the Heritage Foundation joined forces with British campaign group the Taxpayers’ Alliance (TPA) at th...
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Prime Minister Theresa May’s decision to omit the Paris climate deal ratification or any environmental issues from her opening speech at the Conservative Party Conference has been called “worrying”...
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The Conservatives have been left the only major political party in the UK to back fracking, after Labour on Monday announced it would introduce a ban if it wins the next general election. Shadow e...
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Future carbon emissions to be released from our already 'unlocked' fossil fuel reserves alone would take us beyond the 2°C warming threshold, research by Oil Change International (OCI) has found. ...
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A British diplomat has come under fire for celebrating Europe's newest coal plant, in spite of UK government efforts to phase-out coal on home turf. Environmental campaigners have called it “incom...
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I’d wondered what to expect from this small group of climate science deniers, but the array of pamphlets laid out in the entrance hall gave me a very big hint. ‘Volcanoes rule’, said one. ‘United ...
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Clean technologies are already cheaper, on average, than the incumbent fossil fuel technologies, and the advantage is widening, argued Anthony Hobley, chief executive of Carbon Tracker. “Renewable...
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Environmentalists are celebrating a decision by central government on Thursday to intervene in plans for an open cast coal mine near Druridge Bay which could see the proposal blocked on climate cha...
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Brexit could usher in an opportunity for more radical policies on climate change, food systems, and habitats, argued the Green Party’s EU relations spokesperson. Speaking at the Green Party Autumn...