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The world's first environmental refugees
Dan McDougall
30th January, 2009
The disappearance of Lohachara beneath the waters of the Bay of Bengal created the world’s first environmental refugees. Dan McDougall reports on other islanders in the Sundarbans delta who have no escape from the rising ocean. Photography by Robin Hammond more...
A meaty issue
Simon Fairlie
1st October, 2008
Our excessive appetite for meat is taking a heavy toll on the planet, but as Simon Fairlie explains, the arguments used to depict omnivores as environmental super-villains are far too simplistic. more...
Counquer ourselves first
Miguel Mendonça
1st October, 2008
During my global travels, spreading the word on the cheapest, most effective and equitable policy road for renewables, my observations and experiences have led me to several infuriating and distressing conclusions. more...
Concerns raised over Scottish hydropower
News
18th October, 2007
Public bodies in Scotland are agonising over the expansion of hydroelectric power schemes, weighing the benefits of clean power against the environmental damage caused by tapping water-courses. more...
Nearly 500 US cosmetics 'unsafe'
News
1st October, 2007
478 cosmetic products on sale in the US contain doses of toxic chemicals which are unsafe, even when used as directed on the bottle, the US NGO the Environmental Working Group has revealed. more...
Earth Day 2007
Maggie King
19th April, 2007
It's easy to forget, amidst endless negative news coverage, that the US has one of the biggest environmental movements in the world. Maggie King reports on the activities planned for Earth Day, Sunday 22nd April more...The changing face of the environment
Zac Goldsmith
27th May, 2006
An editorial by editor Zac Goldsmith. Published in the 28 page exclusive Ecologist supplement that appeared in the Independent Information magazine on 27 May, 2006 more...
Steffi the Vampire Slayer
PAUL KINGSNORTH
1st June, 2005
Paul Kingsnorth talks to Stephanie Roth, the former Ecologist campaigns editor who hasjust been awarded the 'environmental movement's Nobel prize' for risking life and limb
to prevent the exploitation of the largest gold reserves in Europe more...
Give place a chance
Malcolm Tait
1st June, 2005
Can changing the words we use to talk about the environment affect the way we behave? more...
Lyme disease - what is the real cause?
Mark Walters
1st February, 2004
According to the World Health Organisation, more than 30 serious new diseases have emerged in the last three decades. Mark Walters describes one of them, Lyme disease, and shows how our destruction of the environment is inextricably linked to its proliferation more...
Appetite for Destruction
Dr Mike Shanahan
20th March, 2001
Shrimp has always been associated with the small and the puny. Why then is this seemingly harmless crustacean inspiring angry protests throughout the developing world, and why have so many people died as a result? Dr Mike Shanahan investigatesmore...
Can we trust the media on the environment?
David Edwards and Caspar Henderson
9th June, 2000
Are we getting the facts about the world from a free press, or being led astray by a corporate media uninterested in the real issues? Writer and thinker David Edwards argues it out with environmental journalist Caspar Henderson more...
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Stand up and be counted
Tom Erik Økland
8th June, 2000
A Norwegian research scientist can trace PCB pollution on the seabed along the Norwegian coast directly back to the manufacturer. Norwegian authorities are considering suing chemical giants such as Monsanto and Bayer for millions of pounds. They may now pay for their misdemeanours, says Tom Erik Økland more...
ECAs Exposed
Simon Retallack
7th June, 2000
By using taxpayers' money to back environmentally-destructive projects around the world, ECAs are lining the pockets of multinational companies at the expense of the planet. Export credit agencies, explains Simon Retallack, are the worlds largest public financiers of environmental destruction. more...
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