Chemical weapon and radiation fear at Scottish RAF base
Ecologist
21st May, 2012
RAF Kinloss in Moray, Scotland, at the centre of an investigation into radioactive contamination and chemical weapons buried at the sitemore...
Keeping our daily coffee: the farmers in Peru adapting to climate change
Matilda Lee
14th May, 2012
Shade-grown, hand picked coffee is one of Peru's biggest exports, but the country's smallholder farmers face sustained crop losses from extreme weather. Matilda Lee reports from Peru
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Coffee farmers in Peru look to carbon market to fund climate adaptation
Matilda Lee
14th May, 2012
Coffee brands' project aims to stop slash and burn farming by linking local reforestation to the international carbon market. Matilda Lee reports from Peru
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Liu Jianqiang: fighting for environmental justice in China
Tom Levitt
11th May, 2012
Tom Levitt speaks to one of China's most respected investigative journalists Liu Jianqiang on the rise of environmental activism in China
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Environment chief backs gas 'fracking' and nuclear in the UK
Ecologist
8th May, 2012
Lord Smith, chairman of the Environment Agency, joins the calls for a gas 'fracking' boom, saying it would provide 'energy security'
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Special report Crisis or rebirth? The future of Ethiopia's pastoralist tribes
Tom Levitt
3rd May, 2012
Pastoralism is in crisis across Africa. But it could yet survive as the best available defence against climate change and famine. Tom Levitt reports from southern Ethiopia
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Nuclear waste 'may be blighting 1,000 sites' in the UK
Rob Edwards, guardian
2nd May, 2012
MoD under fire after DECC report finds number of sites contaminated with radioactive waste is far higher than previously estimated
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World Naked Bike Ride: the environmental protest with a difference
Amy Hall
27th April, 2012
How a seemingly jovial naked bike ride protest can bring key environmental issues like oil and car dependency to new audiences
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London mayor election: who is the greenest choice?
Mark Briggs
26th April, 2012
With Londoners due to go to the polls to elect a mayor for the next four years, the Ecologist analyses the policies and asks, who is the greenest choice?
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Top global brands accused over controversial 'painted home' adverts in Africa
Sarah Bentley
25th April, 2012
Global brands, including Coca-Cola, Unilever and Vodafone offer African township residents a ‘lick of paint’ in exchange for turning their homes into advertisements
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Charles Taylor verdict could set precedent on conflict resources
Ecologist
23rd April, 2012
The trial of the ex-Liberian President - accused of purchasing arms with funds from the illegal timber and diamond trade - could lead to a wave of prosecutions using the 'pillage' theory
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Evgenia Chirikova: 'Putinomics' the biggest threat to Russia's environmental movement
Ecologist
19th April, 2012
'We all live in Khimki Forest' has become the rallying cry of a local forest defense campaign. Goldman Prize winner Evgenia Chirikova describes what it's like to be green in Russia the why a culture of impunity and corruption risks destroying the country's natural heritage
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BP, Dow and Rio Tinto targeted by Olympic ‘greenwash’ award
Mark Briggs
16th April, 2012
Row over ‘unethical’ London 2012 sponsorship continues as campaigners target BP, Rio Tinto and Dow Chemicals
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Namibia's 'cruel' seal hunt sparks calls for tourism boycott
Tafline Laylin
12th April, 2012
In the lead up to the new seal hunting season, activists have expressed dismay over the failure of Namibia to halt its annual slaughter of 91,000 Cape Fur sealsmore...
Do protected areas for wildlife really work?
Eifion Rees
11th April, 2012
Can national parks and marine protected areas safeguard endangered wildlife against the growing pressures of population growth and climate change?
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Bottled water industry wages PR battle against tap water movement
Eifion Rees
4th April, 2012
Worried by an eco backlash, the bottled water industry is waging a PR battle to turn the public back onto plastic bottled water
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What has happened to the UK’s eco-towns?
Bethany Hubbard
2nd April, 2012
Although currently out-of-favour with the UK government, eco-towns may still offer the best hope for creating sustainable communities
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Pesticides linked to honeybee decline
Damien Carrington, guardian head of environment
29th March, 2012
The first study conducted in a natural environment has shown that systemic pesticides damage bees' ability to navigate
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Ghosts of farming: Britain's forgotten sheep farmers poisoned by pesticides
Tom Levitt
28th March, 2012
Government orders to use dangerous organophosphate chemicals left hundreds of sheep farmers with debilitating ill health, Tom Levitt reports on the UK's forgotten pesticide tragedymore...
UK fights EU attempts to bring in stricter rules on pesticide and crop spraying
Alistair Driver
28th March, 2012
UK opposition to restricting the use of pesticides in the 1990s and 00s has at times even seen the intervention of former Prime Minister Gordon Brown to lobby the case for the farming industry
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Dietary supplement and functional food industry is ‘placebo-driven’ warns expert
Bethany Hubbard
23rd March, 2012
Monsanto, Kellogg’s and PepsiCo are just a few of the companies cashing in on our addiction to nutraceuticals - the fast-growing pharma food and supplements sector
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