In the second part of our adaptation of Fatal Harvest’s iconoclastic analysis of agribusiness propaganda, The Ecologist reveals the real cost of industrial food.
… | 1st November 2002 News Supermarket Health Industrial Food Chemicals F Processed Foods … The Ecologist reveals the real cost of industrial food. --Myth number 2: Industrial food is cheap-- Politicians, …
Accelerated industrial growth in a neoliberal economy has had a profound impact on the people of Gladstone, Australia. Professor THOMAS HYLLAND ERIKSEN, an anthropologist, investigates. Read part two tomorrow.
… Industrialism and ambivalence on the … Hylland Eriksen | 9th August 2018 Comment Industrial Queensland picture1.png Accelerated industrial growth in a neoliberal economy has …
If you want a vision of our green future, imagine a Millennial working a zero-hour contract in a care home, looking after a lonely bed-ridden Boomer – forever.
… of green jobs by the Tories to Labour’s Green Industrial Revolution; the talk of thousands … Tory Mayor Ben Houchen talked up the ‘green industrial revolution’, saying it would mean … in the doldrums. Beleaguered by persistent industrial over-capacity, lack of consumer …
The oil and gas industry has admitted that its canals and drilling rigs have destroyed 1,900 square miles of coastal wetlands on the US Gulf Coast, but a Federal Judge with deep industry ties has ruled that 97 companies off have no liability for the $50 billion damage.
Oil lawyer turned judge rules: industry not liable for $50bn Gulf Coast damage Farron Cousins DeSmogBlog | 19th February 2015 News Oil Oceans Fossil Fuels Law gulf-oil-depot-cut.jpg The oil and …
Insurers need to properly assess climate risks and divest from fossil fuels.
Insurance and climate change Nick Oldridge | 11th January 2019 News Insurance Climate Change Risk Management Finance istock_climate_flood.jpg Insurers need to properly assess climate risks and divest …
Cornell, one of the world's leading academic institutions, has abandoned scientific objectivity, writes Stacy Malkan - and instead made itself a global hub for the promotion of GM crops and food. Working with selected journalists and industry-supported academics, Cornell's so-called 'Alliance for Science' is an aggressive propaganda tool for corporate biotech and agribusiness.
… messages about the safety and necessity of industrial-scale, chemical-intensive, …
As deadly H5Nx bird flu strains diversify in giant, fast-rotation flocks and and adapt to poultry that tens of thousands of human handlers care for and process every day, the emergence of a deadly human-specific flu becomes ever more likely, writes Robert G. Wallace. The industry can no longer blame wild birds for the problems it is creating - and must urgently reform its own practices.
… Deadly bird flu strains created by industrial poultry farms Robert G. Wallace | … and therefore in the influenza to which industrial poultry here in Minnesota are now … explain the damage the outbreak has caused to industrial turkey and chicken egg layers here …
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
Dietary supplement and functional food industry is ‘placebo-driven’ warns expert Bethany Hubbard | 23rd March 2012 News Nutraceutical Functional Food Dietary Supplement Monsanto Society Food And …
With oil prices remaining low, the world's oil industry is facing bleak years ahead, writes Paul Brown. The global push to decarbonise the economy, combined with surging renewable energy and the trend to more efficient and electric vehicles, is denting investor confidence and pointing to the shrinking away of a once mighty and profitable industry.
Oil industry's sunset years: low prices, weak demand, poor outlook Paul Brown | 15th May 2017 News Oil Economics Transport Fossil Fuels Climate Change oil-refinery-sunset-cut.jpg With oil prices …
The UK government is punishing renewable energy for its success in generating 25% of the country's electricity, writes Stuart Parkinson. But there's no austerity when it comes to the bloated military-nuclear industrial sector, no matter how egregious its failures or extreme its cost overruns. Our future prosperity is being sacrificed - and its costing taxpayers billions.
… panels into nuclear weapons: the UK's new industrial strategy? Dr Stuart Parkinson | … when it comes to the bloated military-nuclear industrial sector, no matter how egregious its … same time pledging new funding for military industrial programmes, especially those for …
The Reuters news organisation has just sullied its reputation with a disgraceful attack on the WHO's specialist body on cancer, the IARC, writes Claire Robinson. Resorting to smear, innuendo and anonymous critics, it relies heavily on discredited industry sources including tobacco defenders in its attempt to undermine IARC's view that glyphosate probably causes cancer.
… commentator who loses no opportunity to hype industrialized agriculture and attack …
The shipping industry supports our economies - and our daily lives. However, to preserve our planet, it must adopt new technologies to reduce emissions.
The shipping industry's emissions contributions Emily Folk | 23rd August 2019 News Shipping Emissions Emissions Thought Leaders shipping_trade.jpg The shipping industry supports our economies - and …
Big companies, from PepsiCo to Kellogg’s, are cashing in on our interest in health food ‘quick fixes’ while continuing to sell us high fat, sugary foods
The rise of nutraceuticals: how the ‘placebo-driven’ industry has got us hooked Bethany Hubbard | 23rd March 2012 News Nutraceuticals Functional Food Dietary Supplement Monsanto Science And …
Emmanuelle Schick Garcia is the director of 'The Idiot Cycle', a new film exposing the chemical industry and how it benefits from the contamination it is causing
Emmanuelle Garcia : Chemical companies want the public to feel helpless and not protest Tom Levitt | 6th September 2010 Comment Toxins Health Checmicals Cancer Gm idiotcycle.jpg The Idiot Cycle …
Myth number 7: Industrial agriculture benefits the environment and wildlife
… Earth Andrew Kimbell | 1st June 2003 News Industrial Agriculture Natural World Diversity … Technology investigates.jpg Myth number 7: Industrial agriculture benefits the environment and wildlife The truth: Industrial agriculture is the largest single …
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism report published today reveals industrial scale beef farming is now a 'fact on the ground' across the UK. The new farms raise concerns about animal welfare and health. ANDREW WASLEY and HEATHER KROEKER from the Bureau report
… Revealed: industrial-scale beef farming comes to the UK … Journalism report published today reveals industrial scale beef farming is now a 'fact … for supermarket beef are being fattened in industrial scale beef farms - many of them …
The pesticide industry and regulators have repeatedly misled the public with claims that glyphosate is safe, says Claire Robinson. As a result, Monsanto's Roundup is used by gardeners and local authorities, in school grounds, and in farmers’ fields
The inside story on Monsanto and the glyphosate birth defect data Claire Robinson | 13th June 2011 Comment Monsanto Glyphosate Pesticides Herbicides Health Comment malformaciones1.jpg The pesticide …
Aviation emissions are a major clause of climate change, writes Valerie Brown - yet they remain unregulated. The gap between the best and worst performing airlines demonstrates ample opportunities for improvement - but is the political will there to impose effective regulation?
How much longer can the aviation industry fight off emissions controls? Valerie Brown | 3rd January 2014 News Transport Aviation Climate Change Regulation ba-747-contrail-cut.jpg Aviation emissions …
Despite the endless rhetoric about a 'nuclear renaissance', there are fewer power reactors today than there were a decade ago, writes Jim Green. The one country with a really big nuclear build program is China, but no one expects it to meet its targets. And with over 200 reactor shut-downs due by 2040, the industry will have to run very hard indeed just to stay put.
Nuclear renaissance? Failing industry is running flat out to stand still Dr Jim Green | 30th January 2016 News Nuclear Technology Energy China UK France USA tihange-cut.jpg Despite the endless …
Labour and the Tories aren't prepared for a real green industrial revolution. Here's what it should include.
… We need a real Green Industrial Revolution Chris Saltmarsh | 20th November 2020 | News Green Industrial Revolution Green New Deal Labour … the Tories aren't prepared for a real green industrial revolution. Here's what it should …
With the sixth anniversary of the Fukushima disaster falling tomorrow, nuclear lobbyists are arguing over solutions to the existential crisis facing nuclear power, writes Jim Green. Some favour a multinational consolidation of large conventional reactor designs, while others back technological innovation and 'small modular reactors'. But in truth, both approaches are doomed to failure.
Terminal decline? Fukushima anniversary marks nuclear industry's deepening crisis Jim Green Nuclear Monitor | 10th March 2017 News Nuclear Energy Technology Finance Health fuk-mission-cut.jpg With …
Under my leadership Britain will act to protect the future of our planet, with social justice at the heart of our environment policies, writes Jeremy Corbyn. Meeting our Paris climate targets will be the starting point for a green industrial revolution that will deliver clean, affordable energy to all, create millions of new jobs, and establish the export industries of the future.
… Jeremy Corbyn: my plan for Britain's green industrial revolution Jeremy Corbyn | 8th … will be the starting point for a green industrial revolution that will deliver clean, … temperature rises to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels. And just in time: we are …
Fishing industry carping about Seapiracy drowns out the real scandal of biodiversity collapse in our oceans.
Big Fish tries to sink Seaspiracy Brendan Montague | 9th April 2021 | Comment Food And Farming Vegan Seaspiracy Fishing industry carping about Seapiracy drowns out the real scandal of biodiversity …
Is Aberdeen preparing for the low carbon future the UK and the world is promising, or is it still investing in a future where oil and gas remain the spine of its economy.
… projects and innovation funding for other industrial sectors, including the life …