Environment

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Edition 45

War, weather and oil: greengrocers navigating an economy on the brink

With global conflicts, fuel price hikes and extreme weather events pushing up the price of fruit and veg, the Cable talks to Bristol shopkeepers about how they’re keeping their businesses alive 

Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins
Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins

Edition 45

A group of five people working together in a field during a harvest. It's a sunny day and there is a row of trees behind them

‘People don’t get a say in the food system’: How Generation Soil is transforming Bristol’s food waste

Sofia Lambis
Sofia Lambis

Edition 45

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Dividends, Debt… Direct Action

Michal Grant
Michal Grant
Two individuals smiling at the camera, standing close together. One is wearing a 'Bristol Cable' branded T-shirt and the other a plain green T-shirt. The text 'PEOPLE JUST DO SOMETHING' is displayed across the front. In the background is a grainy image of high-rise buildings.

People Just Do Something

Listen: People Just Do Something – Nicholas Beuret on disrupting the climate transition

Nicholas Buret on why a plan for the planet is no substitute for actual politics.

Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins Priyanka Raval
Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins and Priyanka Raval
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Photography

Photo essay: Kitchen Table Photo Club

Esther May Campbell and Chiz Williams
Urban street scene showing a cyclist in the foreground and a lineup of parked cars on either side, with commercial buildings.

Features

‘Liveable neighbourhoods’ have caused uproar in east Bristol. How will they fare south of the river?

Alex Turner
Alex Turner

Features

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Are the Greens going to save Yew Tree Farm?

Yew Tree Farm, one of Bristol’s most important wildlife sites, remains under threat from private and council development. But now the Greens say they don't have the power to deliver on their commitment to protect it.

Nick Scott
Nick Scott

Podcasts

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Mikaela Loach: ‘We need climate justice, not just climate action’

Climate activist and author Mikaela Loach spoke at a packed out live event earlier this summer about how she processed her climate guilt and how we can fight for a more just future.

George Colwey
George Colwey

General Election 2024

Person speaking in a video with the headline "Tory government's disgraceful legacy of weaponising action on climate change" and a lower banner reading "GE2024: WHAT WE WANT".

VIDEO: What We Want – Meaningful climate action not culture wars

Extinction Rebellion activist Kathy says the Tory government's disgraceful legacy of weaponising action on climate change as part of culture wars.

Aphra Evans
Aphra Evans

Features

St Paul’s residents call for action on ‘upsetting and depressing’ fly‑tipping in their neighbourhood

After years of what they say is disproportionate dumping in their area, and too little action to find lasting solutions, a group of BS2 residents are taking their concerns to the doorstep of City Hall.

Alex Turner
Alex Turner

Reports

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‘This is long overdue’: campaigning high-rise residents promised action to improve their homes

After years of living in crumbling, leaking housing, and putting pressure on the council to take action, people in neglected blocks of flats at St Jude's hope change is finally coming.

Alex Turner
Alex Turner

Features

‘Hypocritical and unacceptable’: Leading climate academics call out Bristol Uni for accepting fossil fuel funding

Bristol University is an institution famed for its world-leading climate research. But over recent years it’s taken £3m from oil, gas and mining companies.

Billy Stockwell
Billy Stockwell
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