Category: Press Releases
Leading lawyers warn breach of 1.5˚C threatens end of rule of law
More than 170 leading lawyers have signed an open letter warning: Breach of the 1.5˚C Paris goal threatens mass loss of life and end of rule of law Companies...
NOTICE FOR PRESS
NOTICE FOR PRESS The Supreme Court is asking that members of the press wanting to attend Tim Crosland’s trial on Monday, 10 May, contact the court press office in...
Plan B responds to Attorney General
“I consider the Supreme Court’s ruling, which undermines the Paris Agreement and legitimises the dangerous, discredited 2˚C climate target, a direct threat to my children and to all young...
Contempt of Court
“I am the lawyer who committed contempt of court over Heathrow’s expansion plans – this is why I did it” https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/heathrow-expansion-third-runway-b1775755.html
Supreme Court betrays young and Global South
Today, 16 December, the Supreme Court has betrayed all young people and the Global South, with a treasonous judgement, that overrules the Court of Appeal’s decision that the expansion...
Young People and Plan B launch new Legal Claim
Today, 12 December, the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, Plan B together with three young people, and in collaboration with the Stop the Maangamizi campaign, has begun a...
Plan B writes Letter before Action over New Deal for Polluters
We’ve just sent Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak, Michael Gove and Andrew Bailey a letter threatening legal action over their “new deal” for polluters, for which they have no democratic mandate....
A “WELLBEING ECONOMY” MUST EMERGE FROM COVID-19
Yesterday, 26 March, climate litigation charity Plan B gathered together over 100 members of the British media, many of them leading figures in print and broadcast journalism, for a...
Plan B highlights human rights violations in policing of XR
Today, 11 October, Plan B has written to the Metropolitan Police to highlight numerous reports of abuses, including the use of armed police to stop peaceful activists. Tim Crosland,...
High Court backs Heathrow Expansion
Today, 1 May, the High Court dismissed all the legal challenges to the Government’s plans to expand Heathrow Airport, including the claims brought by Friends of the Earth and...
Plan B writes to Energy Minister, Claire Perry, seeking urgent response
Today Plan B wrote to the Energy Minister, Claire Perry, seeking urgent clarification of her request for advice from the Committee on Climate Change (CCC). Coming just a week...
Plan B begins legal action against Heathrow expansion
Climate change charity Plan B, has started legal action against Transport Minister Chris Grayling over his plans for Heathrow expansion. Plan B say the proposal breaches legal obligations in...
Press Release 5th July 2018: High Court postpones decision on whether climate case proceeds to full trial
View the Plan B press release here.
Press Release 4th July 2018: Historic legal challenge to hold UK government to account on climate change
For immediate release Historic legal challenge to hold UK government to account on climate change Download as a pdf here. The UK government is failing to honour its international...