by Agency Reporter | Apr 14, 2021 | Briefing
THIS WEEK, SEVEN PEOPLE charged with £25,000 worth of criminal damage at Shell’s London HQ are appearing at Southwark Crown Court in London for a jury trial. The trial comes almost two years to the day since Shell was the focus of non-violent direct action by...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 14, 2021 | Briefing
A YEAR ON FROM THE START OF THE PANDEMIC, new research from debt charity StepChange reveals nearly a quarter (23 per cent) of the 1.6 million people who accessed credit payment deferrals have subsequently missed repayments, while half (50 per cent) say they have...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 13, 2021 | Briefing
FISHING PRESSUE ON THE INDIAN OCEAN high seas is threatening ocean health, coastal livelihoods and iconic species, with governments failing to act, a new Greenpeace International report shows. The new investigation in the north western Indian Ocean reveals:...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 13, 2021 | Briefing
A JUDICIAL REVIEW hearing will be held on Wednesday 14 April and Thursday 15 April 2021, over the volume of carbon emissions permitted and the exclusion of waste incinerators from the UK’s new emissions trading scheme. The High Court hearing will be held remotely. ...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 12, 2021 | Briefing
QUAKERS HAVE TAKEN A STEP towards becoing an actively anti-racist church by ceasing to name a room in their London offices after William Penn. Naming public rooms in Friends House shares the story of Quakers with hundreds of thousands of visitors to the building each...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 12, 2021 | Briefing
A SMALL COMMUNITY OF BRAZILIAN INDIANS has won a land rights case at Brazil’s Supreme Court that could have major repercussions for indigenous people across the country. The Court has ruled that a 2014 judicial decision canceling the return of some of their ancestral...
