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Problems with renewables - land wars
Paul Kingsnorth
1st April, 2008
Renewables good, fossil fuels bad... unless, of course, renewables begin to take up more and more land in order to meet our energy needs. Paul Kingsnorth adds fuel to a tricky debate. 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...
With God on their side
Bill Moyers
1st May, 2005
Receiving the Global Environment Citizen Award in December, US television journalist Bill Moyers warned of the threat posed to the planet by America’s religious right. This is an abridged version of his speechmore...
Reverend Billy
Bill Talen
1st December, 2004
from the pulpitWe interrupt our regular programming for a moral advisory…
I'm the Reverend Billy.
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Punch & Judy politics
Aidan Rankin
1st October, 2004
‘He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.’ Friedrich Nietzsche more...
Dam Busters?
David L. Price, Mr DeVries
8th July, 2004
This is an actual letter sent to a man named Ryan DeVries by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, State of Michigan. more...
People Power
Jeremy Smith
1st June, 2004
The community of Machynlleth has gone beyond just investing in someone else’s wind turbine. They’ve clubbed together and planned, built and paid for one of their own. more...
A thirst for power: China in Tibet
Lynne O’Donnell
1st June, 2004
Since colonising Tibet in 1959, China has ripped out virgin forests, dug up minerals and metals, and dumped nuclear waste with little regard for the fragile ecology of the Tibetan plateau.more...
Another Ayatollah
Eric S Margolis
1st June, 2004
Once again a Shia Ayatolla is spoiling America’s plans more...
Submerging Freedom
Keith Hyams
1st March, 2004
Some 245 Indian villages are in the middle of being destroyed by a $7 billion dam project that will consume more energy than it provides and has even been condemned by its World Bank sponsors. more...
Damned Nation
Mark Lynas
1st December, 2003
Costing over $1 billion, the Karahnjukar hydroelectric dam in Iceland is a hugely controversial project. Mark Lynas journeyed to the blasting face, hoping to work out for himself whether this industrial elephant is green or brilliant-white. more...
The Water Hyacinth
Tom Hargreaves
1st October, 2003
This beautiful but deadly plant proliferates in lakes across Africa – choking everything in its path. Why, asks Tom Hargreaves, have all attempts to manage it failed? more...
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Death of Venice
Tony Zamparutti
20th March, 2001
This month a construction consortium will start pouring millions of tons of rock and cement into the Venice Lagoon – one of the Mediterranean’s most important wetlands. The consortium claims the dam project will ‘save’ the city from flooding. But the project failed its environmental impact assessment, threatens the ecology of the lagoon and – with global warming and rising sea-levels –may not even protect Venice anyway. Tony Zamparutti reports from Italy. 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...
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...Members
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