
Archive: News Focus
11/05/2012» Keeping our daily coffee: the farmers in Peru adapting to climate change
11/05/2012» Coffee farmers in Peru look to carbon market to fund climate adaptation
10/05/2012» Liu Jianqiang: what it's like being an "enemy of the state" in China
08/05/2012» Environment chief backs gas 'fracking' and nuclear in the UK
30/04/2012» Crisis or rebirth? The future of Ethiopia's pastoralist tribes
26/04/2012» Nuclear waste 'may be blighting 1,000 sites' in the UK
25/04/2012» World Naked Bike Ride: the environmental protest with a difference
25/04/2012» London mayor election: who is the greenest choice?
24/04/2012» Top global brands accused over controversial 'painted home' adverts in Africa
20/04/2012» Charles Taylor verdict could set precedent on conflict resources
17/04/2012» Evgenia Chirikova: 'Putinomics' the biggest threat to Russia's environmental movement
30/03/2012» BP, Dow and Rio Tinto targeted by Olympic ‘greenwash’ award
30/03/2012» Namibia's 'cruel' seal hunt sparks calls for tourism boycott
30/03/2012» Do protected areas for wildlife really work?
30/03/2012» Bottled water industry wages PR battle against tap water movement
29/03/2012» What has happened to the UK’s eco-towns?
29/03/2012» Pesticides linked to honeybee decline
27/03/2012» Ghosts of farming: Britain's forgotten sheep farmers poisoned by pesticides
27/03/2012» UK fights EU attempts to bring in stricter rules on pesticide and crop spraying
22/03/2012» Dietary supplement and functional food industry is ‘placebo-driven’ warns expert
21/03/2012» Thich Nhat Hanh: in 100 years there may be no more humans on planet earth
21/03/2012» Thich Nhat Hanh: happiness is possible without simply consuming all the time
19/03/2012» Smash EDO: the inside story of activists' battle against arms giant
14/03/2012» US-style 'obesogenic' diet being exported to poor countries, says UN expert
06/03/2012» Revealed: the prescription drugs and medications most likely to harm or kill you
06/03/2012» Birth uncut: how women were turned off natural childbirth
06/03/2012» Labour of love: the demise of traditional midwifery
27/02/2012» Are the 'big six' energy companies blocking renewables in the UK?
27/02/2012» Coca Cola responds to orange harvest 'exploitation' controversy
23/02/2012» Humanity has already had four major ecological collapses: how can we avoid a fifth?
23/02/2012» Coca Cola challenged over orange harvest linked to 'exploitation and squalor'
23/02/2012» Activists target 'ethical' supermarket Waitrose over Shell partnership
22/02/2012» UK shamed as appetite for cheap timber sees it top sales of illegal wood
20/02/2012» O2's 'Think Big' ploy exposes limits to the green business ideal
20/02/2012» Revealed: the new species threatened by deep-sea mining
07/02/2012» Battlelines drawn as Cumbrian residents square up over nuclear waste site
07/02/2012» Links between childhood leukaemia and nuclear power plant radiation
07/02/2012» Population is 'our biggest challenge' says government chief scientist Sir John Beddington
07/02/2012» Glencore faces questions over controversial DRC mine sales
06/02/2012» Co-operative, M&S and Waitrose accused of greenwash over close links to 'unethical' companies
06/02/2012» Bill Gates backs climate scientists lobbying for large-scale geoengineering
03/02/2012» Is there a future for carbon footprint labelling in the UK?
30/01/2012» Who are the Mashco-Piro tribe and can they still hope to stay 'uncontacted'?
30/01/2012» Salmonella study accused of 'exaggeration' in new battle over factory farm antibiotic use
25/01/2012» Peru's vanishing fish stocks 'devastated' by corruption and growing fishmeal demand
24/01/2012» Pepper: how our favourite spice is tainted by a deadly legacy
20/01/2012» Climate change sceptic Bjorn Lomborg: 'I'm the victim'
13/01/2012» Amazon 'uncontacted' tribes at risk from new highway plan
13/01/2012» Tainted gold: thousands join protest against Peru's largest ever mining project
13/01/2012» Middle England and eco-activists unite in opposition to shale gas and fracking
04/01/2012» Programmed to be fat: everyday chemicals linked to obesity and diabetes
04/01/2012» The mother who exposed the links between obesity and common chemicals
04/01/2012» Which chemicals are making us fat?
04/01/2012» David v Goliath: Chevron plots to avoid cleaning up oil pollution in Amazon rainforest
03/01/2012» Revealed: the child victims of pesticide poisoning in India
03/01/2012» David Attenborough: Frozen Planet was not alarmist about climate change
19/12/2011» Who's to blame for supermarket rejection of 'ugly' fruit and vegetables?
19/12/2011» The world's 'alternative' Nobel Prize: an award fit for the 21st century
16/12/2011» Advertising makes us 'more individualistic' and less concerned about the planet, says report
15/12/2011» Biofuels not food the biggest driver of 'land grabbing' deals, says report
12/12/2011» Warning as infectious salmon disease spreads from Europe's fish farms to Canada
12/12/2011» Will London 2012 sponsors BP, Dow, EDF and Rio Tinto tarnish the Olympic brand?
08/12/2011» UK uses EU 'loophole' to delay tackling air pollution in London
07/12/2011» Can GM-free biofortified crops succeed after Golden Rice controversy?
07/12/2011» Occupy protests: a four step guide to bypassing high-street banks
06/12/2011» Global Witness quits Kimberley Process as Zimbabwe 'blood diamonds' exported
02/12/2011» Biomass is the next biofuel 'land grab' on tropical forests, warn campaigners
01/12/2011» On patrol with Zimbabwe's wildlife defenders: the last hope for black rhinos?
29/11/2011» Artist attempts takeover of BP with sales of 'oil spill art'
25/11/2011» The carbon con: the true cost of offsetting
25/11/2011» UN-backed coal power station linked to deforestation and land grabbing
25/11/2011» What's happened to Guyana's rainforest deal with Norway?
16/11/2011» Common infections will be 'untreatable' if antibiotic misuse continues
07/11/2011» Monsanto, Bayer and Dow face trial for 'systematic human rights abuses'
07/11/2011» The hidden costs of gold: mercury poisoning blights mining communities
07/11/2011» Revealed: the secret horror of the world's 'mega' factory farms
03/11/2011» Durban climate change conference: is it time to forget about 2C of warming?
02/11/2011» Durban climate change conference: 'Sideline the UN' says leading academic
01/11/2011» Beyond climategate: can we keep the politics and science of climate forecasting separate?
01/11/2011» Shale gas fracking 'probable' cause of Lancashire quakes
31/10/2011» US-style 'mega' Foston pig farm could still be halted says Soil Association
25/10/2011» Occupy the Streets: voices from inside the London protest
24/10/2011» Freedom food: the organic farmers who took on the Italian mafia
21/10/2011» Brazil’s Forest Code: call for farmers to be paid to protect Amazon
14/10/2011» Putin’s Russia will lead a ‘new era of Arctic industrialisation’
14/10/2011» How oil and corruption have become so closely linked
14/10/2011» Arctic will become 'more of a Mediterranean than a frozen border'
11/10/2011» How India squared up to Monsanto’s 'biopiracy'
07/10/2011» Bitter harvest: how exploitation and abuse stalks migrant workers on UK farms
07/10/2011» Inside the salad 'mega-farm' supplying the UK's appetite for lettuce
03/10/2011» Our sugarcane is greener than your corn: Brazil takes on US biofuel industry
27/09/2011» Europe's prawn obsession 'devastating' local communities in Bangladesh
27/09/2011» Melting chocolate: climate change threatens West Africa's cocoa dominance
22/09/2011» Salmon farm threatens Scottish island of Eigg's green credentials
14/09/2011» Space junk: we're on a collision course in outer space
14/09/2011» UK fashion retailers struggle with 'bonded' girl labour in India
07/09/2011» Banks should end 'secretive' trade in food commodities
07/09/2011» How Goldman Sachs started the food speculation frenzy
07/09/2011» Mexico's corn heritage eroded by free-trade and food speculation
06/09/2011» Does Kenya need GM crops as it battles famine in the Horn of Africa?
31/08/2011» China exports its environmental problems as consumer culture booms
29/08/2011» Scandal of the 'tomato slaves' harvesting crop exported to UK
29/08/2011» Chemical warfare: the horrific birth defects linked to tomato pesticides
29/08/2011» Bamboo: can it live up to the 'green gold' hype?
23/08/2011» Tesco and Starbucks feel the heat in battle against 'clone town Britain'
17/08/2011» Illegal ivory openly on sale in Chinese cities
16/08/2011» GM corn being developed for fuel instead of food
15/08/2011» Belo Monte dam marks a troubling new era in Brazil's attitude to its rainforest
11/08/2011» The mission to build a toilet that utilises human poo
05/08/2011» Export of Zimbabwean diamonds threatens ethical jewellery trade
29/07/2011» Why 'long-life' sandwiches could be bad for health and the environment
29/07/2011» Public sector should develop GM crops for seed companies, says leading researcher
25/07/2011» Air pollution may be ‘health timebomb’ for London’s deprived children
20/07/2011» Lamb, beef and cheese have largest food footprint
19/07/2011» Sceptics told they'd be 'foolish' to ignore potential of geoengineering
14/07/2011» Organic movement fights 'supermarket takeover' of ideals
14/07/2011» Quebec to beat California in setting up first carbon market in North America
13/07/2011» UK government announces plan to cull badgers
13/07/2011» Experts hail world's first 'sustainable industrial fishery' for tuna
12/07/2011» Can the palm oil we eat ever be wildlife-friendly?
08/07/2011» Revealed: UK fish and chips linked to Icelandic whale slaughter
05/07/2011» Greenwash and spin: palm oil lobby targets its critics
01/07/2011» Britain's richest man to build giant Arctic iron ore mine
01/07/2011» Plans to strip mine the moon may soon be more than just science-fiction
30/06/2011» Greenpeace takes on Monsanto over 'pesticides arms race'
28/06/2011» Contaminated Bayer site houses get green light despite 'health risks'
24/06/2011» Peak oil is 'getting closer' but the world is not ready
23/06/2011» European airlines to start controversial biofuel-powered flights
23/06/2011» Don't believe the spin on thorium being a ‘greener’ nuclear option
22/06/2011» Trial of anti-aphid GM wheat awaits government green light
13/06/2011» Black carbon: how reducing it could slow global warming and lift the Asian smog
13/06/2011» Warning over REDD projects excluding rural poor from forests
13/06/2011» UK ministers ignored 'peak oil' warnings, report shows
10/06/2011» Barclays, HSBC and RBS linked to 'dirty financing' for fossil fuels
08/06/2011» Seagrass meadows remain 'forgotten' in conservation debate
07/06/2011» A guide to food speculation: how to argue with a banker
06/06/2011» Do mobile phones really cause cancer?
03/06/2011» Scramble for Arctic oil and gas puts pristine ecosystem at risk
02/06/2011» 'Routine antibiotic use' linked to new MRSA strain found in UK dairy cows
02/06/2011» UK scientists launch scathing criticism of EU biofuel targets
31/05/2011» Madagascar fears repeat of Canada's tar sands devastation
30/05/2011» Record carbon emissions leave climate on the brink
25/05/2011» Is the Amazon heading towards a 'tipping point' as a carbon sink?
25/05/2011» Amazon rainforest activist killed after ambush
20/05/2011» Popular antibiotic ciprofloxacin linked to UK deaths
20/05/2011» Adverse reactions lead US patients to ask 'just how safe are antibiotics?'
20/05/2011» Overuse of drugs in animal farming linked to growing antibiotic-resistance in humans
19/05/2011» 'Underhand tactics and smear campaign' alleged over controversial Tesco store
13/05/2011» UK company implicated in toxic e-waste trail from London to West Africa
06/05/2011» Should future generations be forced to deal with our nuclear legacy?
06/05/2011» Conservation International 'agreed to greenwash arms company'
05/05/2011» How one town foiled energy giant ‘bribes’ over renewable grid
03/05/2011» Battery rabbit farm proposals could see return of fur farming to UK
03/05/2011» Wind industry and Decc urged to come clean on output of wind farms
03/05/2011» PHOTO STORY: Drought, food insecurity and desertification blight Niger
18/04/2011» Solar power: a niche or serious energy source for the UK?
15/04/2011» How trams could save us from the ‘tyranny of the car’
15/04/2011» Illegal European fishing contributing to poverty and piracy in Africa
15/04/2011» Germany joins up with Lufthansa to sponsor biofuel six times worse than fossil fuels
13/04/2011» Only a quarter of UK population concerned about climate change
12/04/2011» PG Tips and Lipton tea hit by 'sexual harassment and poor conditions' claims
12/04/2011» Revealed: the bitter taste of Cambodia’s sugar boom
12/04/2011» Milk: why the white stuff leaves a bad taste in the mouth
12/04/2011» Environmental damage and human rights abuses blight global tea sector
12/04/2011» Sugar: why our favourite spoonful is not so sweet
08/04/2011» Do smaller trees play any real role in tackling carbon and pollution?
05/04/2011» Disney caught up in carbon offsetting controversy
04/04/2011» Apple: the hidden costs of your iPad and iPhone
31/03/2011» Barclays 'making up to £340 million' on food price speculation
29/03/2011» Europe moves to ban imports of tar sands oil from Canada
29/03/2011» Revealed: how your country compares on renewable investment
25/03/2011» Reclaim the fields: a fight for the landless generation
24/03/2011» Palm oil giants target Africa in 'land grab' following Indonesia deforestation ban
21/03/2011» France pushes its faith in nuclear around the world
18/03/2011» Medical profession 'oblivious' to role of chemicals in diabetes and obesity
17/03/2011» The sleepy Irish village that challenged Shell over controversial pipeline
16/03/2011» Lessons for Japan from the Chernobyl catastrophe
16/03/2011» EU 'ignoring safety risks' in financing of nuclear expansion in Ukraine
11/03/2011» How secretive government agency funded BP pipeline blighted by human rights allegations
11/03/2011» The film that stood up to banana giant Dole over pesticide poisoning (and won)
10/03/2011» Radiation: are we putting our health at risk with increased CT scans?
10/03/2011» Study of spiders shows species may be able to adapt to global warming
10/03/2011» Agroecological farming 'can double food production in Africa over next 10 years'
07/03/2011» Climate adaptation is bringing sceptics in the US and UK onboard - but is it fast enough?
28/02/2011» US battle over climate regulation engulfs vital environmental budget
24/02/2011» The great farm sell-off: Spelman gives green light to agricultural land sale
15/02/2011» Underwater nuclear power stations destined for the English Channel?
09/02/2011» Do aggressive and subversive police tactics put-off environmental protesters?
01/02/2011» UK's greenhouse gas emissions reductions an 'illusion'
21/01/2011» City Airport expansion highlights scale of aviation dilemma
12/01/2011» Contaminated eggs: industrial farming leading to dioxin-type food scares
28/12/2010» Tesco and B&Q join interest in 'Green Deal' to insulate homes
28/12/2010» Species vs ecosystems: save the tiger or focus on the bigger issues?
20/12/2010» Making waves: how the UK is showing the way on low-impact wave technology
13/12/2010» Indian activists risk death to expose illegal logging, pollution and mining
07/12/2010» England’s controversial forest sale could attract biofuel energy companies
01/12/2010» Criminal gangs cash in on thriving illegal e-waste trade
24/11/2010» Cancun: your five-minute guide to the COP16 climate change conference
11/11/2010» What is the environmental footprint of mega-dairy farming?
09/11/2010» How France eclipsed the UK with Brittany tidal success story
26/10/2010» How deep-sea mining could destroy the 'cradle of life on earth'
20/10/2010» Lack of forest definition ‘major obstacle’ in fight to protect rainforests
11/10/2010» Fears of corruption as REDD forest-protection schemes begin
21/09/2010» News special: Vedanta victory masks threats to indigenous people
21/09/2010» Offshore wind: can we afford it?
20/09/2010» UK farmers face dilemma over 'super-dairy' plans
03/09/2010» Toxic dispersants in Gulf oil spill creating hidden marine crisis
23/08/2010» Climate activism: is the trial more important than the protest?
13/08/2010» 'Fat tax' solutions ignore wider social factors driving junk food habits
22/07/2010» Foreign land grabbing leaves Filipino farmers with nothing
06/07/2010» Biomass Britain: do fields of energy crops spell an end to grazing livestock?
28/06/2010» Severn barrage faces economic rather than environmental hurdles
17/06/2010» Zero carbon Britain: how to get there in 10 steps
04/06/2010» What is biodiversity offsetting and how would it work?
25/05/2010» Mangroves vs airport: Mumbai's development battle
02/08/2010» Do environmentalists and governments hold back sustainable lifestyles?
20/05/2010» BP oil spill: can environmental crime ever be made to pay?
12/05/2010» Police raid on illegal shellfish gang reveals 'national problem'
10/05/2010» The damage caused by Singapore's insatiable thirst for land
23/04/2010» Seeking status: embracing our selfish motives for buying green
23/04/2010» Dead Sea pipeline plan an ‘ecological disaster’
14/04/2010» Election 2010: a manifesto checklist for the environment
07/04/2010» Have we got it right on meat and greenhouse gas emissions?
29/03/2010» UK conservation 'pointless' without tackling African climate change
25/03/2010» Budget 2010: good news for wind; bad news for green transport
22/03/2010» AUDIO: What does the new Feed-in Tariff mean for households?
12/03/2010» Bluefin tuna: can trade bans protect our fisheries?
10/03/2010» How a 22-year-old student uncovered peak oil fraud
01/03/2010» Shipbreaking: clampdown in Asia will send it to Africa
25/02/2010» UK wildlife becoming the ‘living dead’
12/02/2010» Methane: the quick fix for global warming?
10/02/2010» What's stopping us getting solar power from deserts?
02/02/2010» How the legal system is preventing environmental justice
28/01/2010» Is aid without climate adaptation a waste of time?
19/01/2010» The open-source hydrogen car set to change the industry
12/01/2010» When will we see green jobs in the UK?
18/12/2009» Blackwashing: do NGO tactics risk long term public trust?
18/12/2009» Carbon emissions: the world in 2010
16/12/2009» Carbon: from pollutant to potential resource
15/12/2009» Copenhagen: peasant farmers can save the planet
14/12/2009» Copenhagen could lead to increase in intensive farming
11/12/2009» Audio: how much meat and dairy is sustainable?
02/12/2009» Climate justice: should the unborn have legal rights?
02/12/2009» Coca-Cola just part of India’s water ‘free-for-all’
19/11/2009» Sticking with GDP could be the best safeguard for nature
10/11/2009» Nuclear gets fast-track, but renewables left with little
04/11/2009» Political 'buck-passing' on air pollution risks lives
22/10/2009» 'Do you want to die?': environmental activists at risk
24/03/2011» Copenhagen and population growth: the topic politicians won’t discuss
19/10/2009» GM-free Europe: how we could still ban GMOs
19/10/2009» Can salmon farming be sustainable?
13/10/2009» Agri-chemical companies are both breeding and killing bees
07/10/2009» Peak oil before 2020 a 'significant risk', say experts
30/09/2009» What went wrong with Freecycle in the UK?
18/09/2009» Good Natured Fruit 'pesticide-free' claims in doubt
01/09/2009» Personal carbon trading: the next step in tackling carbon emissions?
26/08/2009» Teddy Goldsmith: godfather of green
17/08/2009» Will Day: new watchdog chief on GM, nuclear and political jargon
11/08/2009» The psychology of climate change: why we do nothing
03/08/2009» Climate Camp: saviour of the environmental movement?
31/07/2009» Organic food: FSA study leaves bad taste in the mouth
28/07/2009» Local electricity: Africa goes off-grid
22/07/2009» Nanotechnology: are we risking too much?
21/07/2009» Boscastle - after the flood, a green future
16/07/2009» Welsh construction centre leads field in sustainability
10/07/2009» Three positive reports hammer home wind message
07/07/2009» Low-tech retrofit experiment could transform social housing
03/07/2009» Change farming to cut CO2 emissions by 25 per cent
29/06/2009» Reusable packaging in the UK: cost the major factor
25/06/2009» 'Natural' and 'organic' beauty to be standardised
25/06/2009» New offshore wind farms could power every UK home
22/06/2009» Extent of agricultural land-grab revealed on new website
18/06/2009» WWF and Monsanto - is GM soy now okay?
17/06/2009» Aquatic invaders threat to biodiversity
17/06/2009» Pollution may affect pollination, study suggests
16/06/2009» Database aims to stop biopiracy of traditional Indian remedies
16/06/2009» Land in Latin America exploited by West's demand for meat
07/05/2009» The Prince's Rainforest Project says Yes We Can
09/04/2009» Titnore vs. Tesco
28/03/2009» Saving the world with the flick of a switch
17/06/2009» Barack Obama's Energy and Environment Strategy
01/03/2009» Somalia used as toxic dumping ground
26/02/2009» Capital Growth: London’s floating gardens
02/02/2009» Aral Sea - a cause for hope?
27/01/2009» Severn barrage - is there an alternative?
01/11/2008» A bridge too far
02/08/2008» BAA seek injunction against… almost everyone
22/07/2008» Grassroots Protect Rainforest Shoots
09/07/2008» A load of hot air?
09/07/2008» Trump's Aberdeen Golf Course Proposal Awaits Acceptance
12/06/2008» TV chef raises £87,000 to pay Tesco for shareholders resolution
06/06/2008» Hedge funds for forests?
01/06/2008» Desalination - pros and cons of a typically thorny issue.
15/05/2008» I love incinerators
01/05/2008» Hydroponics in the city
01/04/2008» Slippery territory
09/08/2007» BAA on the run
06/08/2007» BAA win limited injunction
19/04/2007» Earth Day 2007
02/04/2007» nPower faces prosecution over tree felling
29/03/2007» The Sustainable Communities Bill: is this the most significant piece of legislation this decade?
23/03/2007» The Ecologist's 'Real Green Budget'
23/03/2007» Radley Lakes
22/03/2007» Water, water, nowhere...
01/03/2007» Green groups set tests for environmental leadership
22/02/2007» Direct action group 'London Rising Tide' on carbon off-setting
14/02/2007» Britain's Children: Unhealthy and Unloved
16/01/2007» On the EDGE
16/11/2006» Downing Street Demonstration: Leo Hickman, Plane Stupid
01/07/2003» Some GM questions answered
01/06/2003» Corporate muscle


