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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...
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MMS - the three initials behind the BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster
Phil England
17th May, 2010
BP is in trouble. Big trouble. But others are to blame for the ongoing oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, and the US Mineral Management Service is at the top of the list... more...Clive Hamilton: 'solving climate change is out of the question'
Tom Levitt
26th May, 2010
Author Clive Hamilton on why we've left it too late to stop climate change, his horror over geoengineering and the urgent need to become citizens rather than consumers more...Finance, not politics, the main obstacle to nuclear, say campaigners
Ecologist
14th May, 2010
Nuclear industry's need for subsidies rather than political opposition remains main obstacle to building of a new generation of power plants in the UK more...We're all responsible for BP's oil spill disaster
Dan Box
10th May, 2010
Filled up your car recently? Bought new bike tyres? Popped any pills? Then you're in part responsible for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill... more...Green Party victory start of 'historic new political force'
Ecologist
7th May, 2010
Newly elected MP Caroline Lucas said her party was now ready to 'take its rightful place in Parliament' after her landmark victory in yesterday's general election more...EU votes for labels on nano, cloned and GM food
Ecologist
5th May, 2010
UK and other member states expected to fight proposals to bring in compulsory labelling for consumers on novel foods more...Microsoft's 'new busy' campaign leads only to antidepressants
Tom Hodgkinson
5th May, 2010
You must have noticed the new advertising campaign for Hotmail, 'the new busy'? Screw that, says Tom Hodgkinson, I want the old lazy... more...The next parliament will be the last that can act on climate change
Green Alliance
29th April, 2010
The MPs that fill the House of Commons after next week's election have a huge responsibility. What decisions should they make? Leading thinkers give some answers... more...Bond markets, not politicians, control our future
Dan Box
29th April, 2010
We've lost control of our spending and debt to international bond markets and whoever wins the election won't be able to take it back more...RAN's greenwash of the week: Earth Day sponsorship
Rainforest Action Network
23rd April, 2010
Who greenwashed Earth Day? Well, quite a lot of people actually, who bagged some incredible titles for their companies... more...None of the main parties seem to have a clue about food
Pat Thomas
21st April, 2010
In the run up to the British general election, Pat Thomas says the various party manifestos are starved of sound policies on food security and sustainability more...Can the green, 'hairy' city work with our existing, 'mineral' cities?
Susannah Hagan
19th April, 2010
Cities are at a crossroads - 'eco urbanists' want efficiency and artificial ecosystems; conventional designers want to maintain the best bits of our current urban spaces. Can they co-exist? more...What would banks do in a green economy?
Molly Scott-Cato
15th April, 2010
Banks - love 'em or hate 'em, they're an integral part of nearly every economic system. But just how would they function in a steady-state, earth-linked economy? more...