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RBS should become the UK's Green Investment Bank, say NGOs
Ecologist
26th July, 2010
Campaign groups say turning the publicly-owned RBS into the Green Investment Bank would save money and also provide a model of sustainability for the rest of the banking sector more...
Jonathon Porritt slams Government decision to scrap crucial watchdog
Ecologist
23rd July, 2010
Getting rid of the Sustainable Development Commission was a 'transparently vacuous' decision that exposes the Government's opposition to true sustainable development more...
Michael Meacher MP: humans only have 200-300 years left on earth
Tom Levitt
22nd July, 2010
Former environment minister Michael Meacher on the place of humanity in the universe, intelligent design, the survival of the human race, Gaia theory and uncertainties over climate change more...
When will Australia 'get' climate change? And will it be too late?
Dan Box
19th July, 2010
The upcoming Australian elections will see yet another tussle between industry-supporting climate sceptics, and politicians trying to nudge their electorate towards the real world more...
We scare people off by talking about 'degrowth'
Molly Scott Cato
14th July, 2010
The French have a much better word for it: 'decroissance'. Using ugly and frightening terms like 'degrowth' won't help pave the way for a new and exciting economics more...
Will high petrol prices help the environment?
Mark Jansen
12th July, 2010
High petrol prices mean less demand and less pollution, right? Not necessarily, finds Mark Jansen. Our relationship with our cars is far more complex... more...
Will putting a price on nature put environmentalists out of a job?
Dan Box
5th July, 2010
The launch of the massive economic ecosystem assessment, TEEB, will help force the natural world onto the corporate balance sheet. It's a step forward. But how will protesters react to the ground shifting under their feet? more...
I love Glastonbury, but there's absolutely nothing green about it
Tom Hodgkinson
30th July, 2010
Tom partied in the fields of Somerset last weekend like the best of them, but the commercial and environmental impact of Glastonbury left a sour taste in his mouth more...
The link between BP, geoengineering and GM
Jim Thomas
28th June, 2010
BP won't stop at dangerous deep water drilling: the company is bent on still more dangerous projects, including genetic modification and hacking the planet's atmosphere... more...
UK budget avoids decision on new aviation tax
Ecologist
22nd June, 2010
Chancellor George Osborne promises only to 'explore' proposals for bringing in a per-plane tax on the aviation industry more...
Economists think they are invulnerable and intellectually superior. We all suffer for it
Molly Scott Cato
14th June, 2010
'Rational Economic Man' can be a useful mathematical construct. The trouble is, far too many economists seem to have taken him to their heart, and now believe him to be real more...
Government ignoring rail in favour of domestic flights
Ecologist
10th June, 2010
Majority of UK Government departments are choosing to fly staff to destinations easily accessible by train, such as London to Glasgow, Edinburgh and Manchester more...
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UK population growth needs to be reversed
Ecologist
9th June, 2010
Sustainability watchdog argues for an end to larger family tax benefits and a bigger political debate on reducing population growth and its impact more...
Stop the big pubcos taxing our local pubs out of existence
Dan Box
7th June, 2010
Pubs are closing everywhere, and in many cases there's a simple reason behind the shuttering of the local... more...
Fatal Bhopal pesticide plant disaster sees first convictions
Ecologist
7th June, 2010
A twenty-five year wait for first convictions relating to the gas leak at Bhopal chemical plant in India ends, but the contamination of the local environment and population continues more...
Think nuclear is clean energy? Ask the Nigeriens
Carolyn Lebel
1st June, 2010
As the new nuclear renaissance grows, so too does uranium extraction. In Niger, which boasts some of the world's richest deposits, NGOs say that the poor are being exploited for the West's 'clean energy' more...
Saving and rebuilding community shops
Eifion Rees
1st June, 2010
Mourning the loss of your beloved local shop? With a little help from the Community Shops Network, you can set up and run your own shop and post office...more...
Protecting rainforests shown to reduce poverty
Ecologist
28th May, 2010
Introduction of measures to protect rainforests and ecosystems in Costa Rica and Thailand over the past 40 years have improved the livelihoods of the local population more...
Letter - Time to get serious with the EU Emission Trading Scheme
27th May, 2010
Mark Chadwick
Mark Chadwick from Carbon Clear argues a full auctioning of ETS permits is needed if the trading scheme is to start working more...
What will the coalition Government do about planning law?
Bibi van der Zee
25th May, 2010
Planning - a dull subject that has a direct impact on some of the most important areas of our lives. One proposal to speed up planning has just been scrapped by the new Government. What will replace it, asks Bibi Van Der Zee more...
Mangroves vs airport: Mumbai's development battle
1st June, 2010
Ambika Hiranandani and Tom Levitt
Plans for a new international airport in the coastal city of Mumbai will destroy yet more of its mangrove ecosystems, and there are fears the deal has already been closed more... The Government has found a backhanded way to subsidise nuclear power
Dan Box
24th May, 2010
21st century nuclear power needs a 21st century subsidy... no blank cheques this time - just an apparently green tweak to the emissions trading system, and voila! more...
Industry threats to relocate over carbon targets exposed as 'misleading'
Ecologist
22nd May, 2010
Heavy industry has pleaded for special treatment since the European Emissions Trading System was set up, but a new report suggests their complaints were exaggerated more...
BP oil spill: can environmental crime ever be made to pay?
Tom Levitt
24th May, 2010
Million dollar fines and compensation claims may dent the profits of BP and other companies admitting responsibility for ecological disasters but, on their own, are they enough of a deterrent?more...
Wildlife conservation repeatedly ignores the needs of the poor
Dilys Roe
19th May, 2010
Gorillas, elephants, tigers - icons of philanthropy and generosity in the west, but also symbols of the damage that modern conservation can inflict on the less industrialised world more...Members
