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The September issue of our monthly newsletter for WDM groups and activists, Think Global, is out now! Find out the latest on all our campaigns here, including new actions for our 'climate debt' campaign and full event listings for the autumn.

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Drilling in the Arctic - is our money oiling the cogs?

26/08/2010 - 13:40

WDM condemns the link between public money and Cairn’s Arctic drilling. RBS underwrote loan to oil company one month before it acquired rig for arctic drilling.

Drilling in the Arctic - is our public money oiling the cogs?

26/08/2010 - 13:05

WDM condemns the link between public money and Cairn’s Arctic drilling. RBS underwrote loan to oil company one month before it acquired rig for arctic drilling.

India blocks Vedanta mine on Dongria-Kondh tribe's sacred hill

26/08/2010 - 12:12

India has rejected plans by UK-based Vedanta Resources to mine bauxite from indigenous lands in Orissa, India. The ruling has been described as a 'landmark victory' for indigenous rights.

WDM objects to new coal at Hunterston

25/08/2010 - 12:54

WDM objects to Ayrshire Power's planning application to build a new coal power station at Hunterston in Scotland. Scotland's climate debt to developing countries will only worsen.

Coalition trouble with commitment

18/08/2010 - 17:03

By Tim Jones

Politicians break promises. We are told it is naïve to think otherwise. However, society can only function through the making of promises. It is how we collectively agree to work together.

Coalition trouble with commitment

18/08/2010 - 17:01

By Tim Jones

Politicians break promises. We are told it is naïve to think otherwise. However, society can only function through the making of promises. It is how we collectively agree to work together.

Wheat prices are the highest since the food crisis in 2008

06/08/2010 - 17:04

Wheat prices have hit a two year high. Prices are again climbing steeply for wheat and, despite claims by some analysts in the media, there is plenty of wheat available and talk of global shortages is unfounded.

The last time prices were higher, there was a food crisis and people were going hungry across the developing world, whilst in the US and UK people were paying more for their weekly shop.

Media and web internship

03/08/2010 - 16:49

Voluntary role, three days a week for a minimum of three months.
Closing date: 23 August at 5pm.

WDM is an activist organisation campaigning across the UK for global justice. The media and web intern is an important part of WDM's communications team which consists of a media officer and a web officer.

If you have some experience of HTML, CSS and content management systems, along with desktop publishing software such as Photoshop and an interest in media work, buzz monitoring and social media, we'd like to hear from you.

New report shows how greening our Royal Bank of Scotland could create 50,000 jobs

28/07/2010 - 16:34

A new WDM/PLATFORM report released today finds that transforming the Royal Bank of Scotland into the Green Investment Bank would kick start the green energy revolution.

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