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  • 9 Jun 2013
    Environmental and economic damage combine to hit the poor hardest

    The grim facts of environmental degradation are causing worldwide economic loss and that means greater poverty and health problems, says Fr Shay Cullen, focusing on the ecological and financial cost of coal, and upon the impact on East Asia. Time and again short term benefits are mostly for the rich while the environmental damage hurts the poor, he says, citing a report commissioned by the G8 and the United Nation's Environmental Programme.

  • 7 Jul 2011
    UK urged to push World Bank to clean up its act

    British MPs’ demands to withhold money from the World Bank unless it stops financing new, dirty coal power stations has been welcomed by Christian Aid.

  • 19 Aug 2010
    Church of Scotland opposes coal-fired power station

    A senior Church of Scotland minister wants the Scottish government to reject a coal-fired power station at Hunterston on environmental grounds.

  • 9 Apr 2010
    Campaigners score partial success on crucial World Bank coal vote

    The UK government yesterday abstained from voting on a $3.75 billion World Bank loan to finance a massive coal power station in South Africa

  • 18 Mar 2010
    Church of Scotland opposes coal-fired power station

    A senior Church of Scotland spokesperson has today called on the Scottish Government to dismiss an application for a coal-fired power station in Ayrshire, on environmental grounds.

  • 10 Nov 2009
    New coal plans 'need clean up'

    New government plans to clean up coal power stations are too weak to ensure that the UK keeps its promises to cut carbon emissions, Christian Aid said yesterday

  • 3 Sep 2009
    Poll says police are too heavy handed with peaceful protests

    A new opinion poll from Christian Aid reveals that 50 per cent of UK adults believe the police are too heavy-handed or deploy too many officers when dealing with peaceful protests.

  • 31 Aug 2009
    Christian Aid stages 'mass virtual trespass' at power station

    This weekend, Christian Aid marked the 100 day countdown to December’s crucial UN climate change summit in Copenhagen by staging a Mass Visual Trespass at an East Shropshire power plant.

  • 23 Apr 2009
    Important questions remain over coal

    The Government’s decision to require all new coal power stations to use carbon capture and storage (CCS) by 2025 is a courageous step forward, Christian Aid said today.

  • 21 Apr 2009
    Campaigners give red flag to dirty coal plants

    Campaigners against climate change have visited the DECC today to demand the UK Government say no to new dirty coal plants, and deliver renewable energy on a mass scale.