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The water footprint: the hidden cost of our meat consumption
Arjen Y. Hoekstra
2nd September, 2010
Watching our leaky taps is the least of our problems when it comes to water wastage - agricultural practices and animal products are by far the greater danger more...
Canada tar sands industry ignoring toxic river pollution
Ecologist
1st September, 2010
Study contradicts Alberta government and industry claims that pollutants are from natural sources and not from the expanding production of oil from tar sands more...
The Ecologist September 1970: Air pollution panic
Eric S. Albone
September, 1970
Forty years ago this month, when Eric S. Albone’s wrote his ‘The Ailing Air’ article, the UK was suffering badly from air pollution and still today Londoners are breathing some of the worst air in Europe more...
Atlantic Rising: sea level rise threatens the Orinoco Delta in Venezuela
Will Lorimer
1st September, 2010
Rising sea levels are forcing the migration of indigenous peoples and threatening the freshwater ecosystem of catfish and piranha found in the Orinoco Delta near the coast of Venezuela more...
Geoengineering won't stop sea-level rises, study predicts
Ecologist
27th August, 2010
Only massive and regular sulphur injections into the atmosphere would prevent sea-level rises of 30-70cm on 2000 levels by the end of the century as a result of climate change more...
10:10:10 Global Day of Doing, 10 October, worldwide
Join thousands of people across the globe for a day of positive action on climate change more...
Otarian: the fast-food chain with the low-carbon menu
Matilda Lee
26th August, 2010
Otarian aims to show you how eating out can help you save the planet, one kilo of carbon at a time more...
Norway accused of 'hypocrisy' over ethical investment
Ecologist
24th August, 2010
The Norwegian government has sold its investment in one Malaysian logging and palm oil company but remains a big shareholder in another accused of destroying rainforest and orang-utan habitats more...
When will we see a green taxi industry?
Aimee Steen
23rd August, 2010
Buses don't go everywhere, and on some routes they might not even be an efficient option. But many taxis are heavy and polluting compared to ordinary cars - when will this change? more...
Climate activism: is the trial more important than the protest?
Andrew Hickman
25th August, 2010
As nine climate change activists are fined by a Scottish judge for breaking into Aberdeen airport, we look at how courtroom manoeuvres form a crucial part of the package more...
Tar sands campaign targets holidaymakers and pension funds
Ecologist
20th August, 2010
Climate activists stage mass protest outside headquarters of tar sands funder RBS as campaigners urge holidaymakers to boycott Canada more...
Human response to climate change is making matters worse
Ecologist
19th August, 2010
Our attempts to adapt to, and mitigate, the effects of climate change, such as using biofuels, could worsen the direct effects of climate change on our ecoystems more...
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Solar power – the hidden threat to water supplies
Andrew Williams
18th August, 2010
Concentrating solar power plants seem in many ways like a silver bullet for the world's energy problems - but have we looked closely enough at their environmental impacts? more...
Tanzania’s Serengeti Highway plan could destroy major carbon sink
Ecologist
13th August
Environmentalists are dismayed at plans by the Tanzanian government to build a major commercial highway through Serengeti National Park more...
Europe shows how local communities can make money from renewables
Kate Hathway
13th August, 2010
Kate Hathway from the local communities charity Urban Forum says we should look to Europe for tips on successful community renewable energy projects more...
Five steps to developing a community-based energy project
Mary Walsh
17th August, 2010
A practical guide to help would-be community developers turn renewable energy projects into climate change-busting reality more...
'Cheap' solar geoengineering plans may have unintended consequences
Ecologist
12th August, 2010
Researchers warn that individual countries looking to go it alone with 'cheap' solutions to regional climate change could inflict negative impacts on the rest of world more...
Palm oil giant Sinar Mas admits breaking law by clearing peatland
Ecologist
11th August, 2010
Indonesia's largest palm oil and pulp company started clearing land for palm oil plantations before it had received permits or made conservation assessments more...
US climate sceptics fail to stop carbon emissions being labelled danger to health
Ecologist
30th July, 2010
Campaigners say ruling 'opens the door' to the US to limit carbon emissions from industry under existing laws and removes the need to force through new bitterly opposed climate legislation more... Palm oil giant accused of rainforest destruction caught ‘red-handed’
Ecologist
29th July, 2010
Indonesia’s largest palm oil and pulp group, Sinar Mas, is continuing to destroy rainforests and peatland despite promises to end the practice more...
Marine food chain hit by ocean global warming
Ecologist
29th July, 2010
The entire marine food chain is in danger of collapse because of a decline in tiny phytoplankton, which scientists are linking to climate change and rising ocean surface temperatures. more...
The Ecologist's top ten eco summer reads
Claire Baylis
29th July, 2010
Seven top environmentalists recommend their reads for the summer, covering everything from psychological thrillers to steady state economics more...
UK businesses call for compulsory carbon reporting
Ecologist
28th July, 2010
BT, Aviva and Microsoft among host of big corporations urging the Government to make reporting on carbon emissions a legal requirement by the end of 2010 more...
Suffocating seas: how climate change is reducing ocean oxygen levels
Carrie Madren
26th July, 2010
The main impacts of climate change - changing weather patterns, melting glaciers, sea level rise - are well known. But its ability to reduce oxygen levels in the deep ocean is little reported... more...
US Senate drops bill to cap carbon emissions
Haroon Siddique
23rd July, 2010
Plan to charge large polluters abandoned in favour of narrower legislation focusing on increasing firms' liability for oil spills more...Members
