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UK fashion retailers struggle with 'bonded' girl labour in India
Rosie Spinks
15th September, 2011
As London fashion week kicks off, the problem of unfair labour practices tarnishing UK high street brands isn't going away. Rosie Spinks reports more...
Tesco and B&Q join interest in 'Green Deal' to insulate homes
Mark Jansen
10th January, 2011
The UK government plans to get companies to pay to insulate energy inefficient homes - recovering the money from savings on the householder's energy bill more...
Europe's scramble for gas sees controversial hydraulic fracturing cross the Atlantic
Luke Starr
30th November,2010
In the US, gas-extraction in the Marcellus Shale has been linked to pollution and social conflict. Now Halliburton, Chevron and Exxon, among others, want to bring the so-called 'fracking' process to Europe, reports Luke Starr more...
Brown proposes £60 billion climate fund for Copenhagen
Ecologist
26th June, 2009
Gordon Brown called for an annual fund of £60 billion to help less industrialised countries adapt to climate change as part of a range of Government proposals in the run-up to UN talks in Copenhagen later this year more...
'Natural' and 'organic' beauty to be standardised
Matilda Lee
26th June, 2009
The Soil Association hopes that Cosmos, the new natural cosmetics standard, will lead to cleaner, greener ingredients in mainstream beauty products more...
Database aims to stop biopiracy of traditional Indian remedies
Ecologist
1st March, 2009
A new database aims to prevent unscrupulous pharmaceutical and biotechnologycompanies patenting drugs based on traditional Indian medicines and practices.
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Land in Latin America exploited by West's demand for meat
Ecologist
1st February, 2009
Agricultural expansion on a massive scale in Latin America has directly paralelled the West’s greed for meat. A new report follows the food chain and assesses the damage.more...
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