The Green Alliance Podcast

XR, Environment Bill and bird song in the charts (News review, episode 5)

Episode Summary

The latest insights into environmental politics and policy.

Episode Notes

In this episode: extinction rebellion, MPs' responses to the draft Environment Bill and natural climate solutions. Plus we discuss climate change in pop culture: RSPB's dawn song competing with Taylor Swift and Lil' Dicky's 'Earth' feat 30 celebrities, including Leonardo DiCaprio.

Interested in what you're hearing? Here are some links to read on:

Extinction Rebellion:
Rebecca Willis: https://greenallianceblog.org.uk/2019/04/23/after-extinction-rebellion-where-next-for-climate-politics/
James Murray: https://www.businessgreen.com/bg/blog-post/3074582/rebel-alliance

Environment Bill:
Ruth Chambers: https://greenallianceblog.org.uk/2019/04/25/mps-demand-more-from-the-environment-bill/
Environment Audit Committee, "Scrutiny of the Draft Environment (Principles and Governance) Bill" https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/environmental-audit-committee/news-parliament-2017/draft-environment-bill-report-publication-17-19/
Amy Mount, "Some thoughts on the relationship between environmental progress and the #RuleOfLaw", https://twitter.com/ASmallAMount/status/1121413512855728129

Natural Climate Solutions:
Green Alliance, "Cutting the climate impact of land use", http://bit.ly/2DwAsFv
George Monbiot et al. https://www.naturalclimate.solutions/

And listen to the songs:
RSPB, "Let nature sing",https://www.rspb.org.uk/get-involved/campaigning/let-nature-sing?utm_source=letnaturesing_shorturl&utm_medium=print&utm_campaign=letnaturesing
Lil' Dicky: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvuN_WvF1to

Questions or comments? Tweet us @GreenAllianceUK!

Music is Podington Bear, used under Creative Commons licence.