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Nuclear waste 'may be blighting 1,000 sites' in the UK
Rob Edwards, guardian
2nd May, 2012
MoD under fire after DECC report finds number of sites contaminated with radioactive waste is far higher than previously estimated more...
Review: Alde Garden
Rachael Stubbins
26th April, 2012
From the DIY ‘treebog’ to the solar powered fairy lights, bell tents and yurts, Suffolk’s Alde Garden is the perfect place for an eco-friendly weekend break. Rachael Stubbins paid a visit more...
The Killing Fields – human rights abuses and environmental devastation in Paraguay’s soya fields
Andrew Wasley
13th October, 2009
Cheap meat has become a way of life in much of Europe, but the full price is being paid across Latin America as vast soya plantations and their attendant chemicals lead to poisonings and violence. Andrew Wasley reports more...
When The Rivers Run Dry: What Happens When Our Water Runs Out?
Jeff Holman
16th June, 2011
From chronic mismanagement to increased demand, Fred Pearce’s analysis of the issues surrounding water supply is compelling and infuriating by turns, says Jeff Holman more...
Start lobbying your MEP to vote against new GM food rule changes
Jill Evans
7th March, 2011
Powermakers in the EU are getting frustrated with slow approval of genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) and are voting in April on measures to speed up the process, says MEP and Plaid Cymru president Jill Evans more...
Intense lobbying could enable unapproved GM crops to enter European food chain
Tom Levitt
15th February, 2011
Agribusiness accused of 'scaremongering' lobbying tactics as it pushes for the import of animal feed containing traces of unapproved genetically modified (GM) crops - using the guise of combating feed shortagesmore...
Germany and France likely to block plans to end GM crop delays
Tom Levitt
7th December, 2011
Renewed efforts to end the political deadlock over approving GM crops in Europe likely to fail as member states fear legal backlash and trade disputes more...
Ecomodo: the lending website that's sharing the wealth
Laura Laker
27th December, 2010
Why buy when you can borrow? From tools to skills, new social enterprise Ecomodo allows community members to borrow what they need from each other more...
US calls for an end to the EU block on GM and nanotechnology
Tom Levitt and Vi Nguyen
7th December, 2010
US officials say they remain ‘surprised and disappointed’ over Europe’s refusal to embrace technologies like genetic modification (GM) and nanotechnology in farming more...
'Street champions' inspire communities to adopt low-carbon lifestyles
Laura Laker
13th August, 2010
A pioneering social marketing project in Richmond and Ham is using neighbourhood networks to improve energy efficiency in the borough more...
Biotech industry plays down discovery of GM crops surviving in the wild
Ecologist
10th August, 2010
GM seed manufacturers claim that genetically-modified crops are not likely to survive in wild, but US researchers have found GM plants surviving for at least two generations more...
EU's 'dangerous' move to nationalise GM decision-making
Ecologist
14th July, 2010
Individual countries will be allowed to ban GM crops in a move the EU hopes will stop them blocking new crops being grown by farmers in other member states more...
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EU votes against compulsory GM food labelling
Ecologist
7th July, 2010
Campaigners angry at EU's decision to keep consumers 'in the dark' over food from animals given genetically modified (GM) feed more...
FSA accused of running PR exercise for GM industry
Ecologist
27th May, 2010
Member of steering group resigns claiming the Food Standard Agency's (FSA) £500,000 public dialogue on genetically modified (GM) food is ignoring key issues about GM feed and labelling more...
UEA's Andrew Watkinson: we need to be much more open about how science works
Matilda Lee
16th February, 2010
Former Director of the Tyndall Centre and a Professor at the University of East Anglia, Andrew Watkinson explains why 'a few loose sentences' in the IPCC report shouldn't change people's opinion of the science more...
Was 2009 the year the world turned against GM?
Claire Robinson and Jonathan Matthews
11th January, 2010
Despite promising the world in 2009, biotech corporations have increasingly raised the hackles of scientists and citizens worldwide more...
How to make your town plastic bag free
Sylvia Rowley
15th April, 2009
Sylvia Rowley examines Rebecca Hosking's tips to rid your town of plastic bags more...
Million Belay: Ethiopia doesn’t need or want Bill Gates
Tom Levitt
16th November, 2009
Ecological campaigner Million Belay talks about why protecting Ethiopia's biodiversity is so important and why he opposes the intervention of philanthropists like Bill Gates more...
Call for publicly funded research into GM crops
Ecologist
20th October, 2009
Technologies to increase agricultural productivity will allow the UK to help feed the world, says Royal Society report more...
GM-free Europe: how we could still ban GMOs
Tom Levitt
21st October, 2009
Re-nationalising decisions on growing GM crops would allow EU countries to declare themselves GM-free, but could bring new dangers more...
Killing fields: the true cost of Europe's cheap meat
Andrew Wasley
13th October, 2009
Cheap meat has become a way of life in much of Europe, but the full price is being paid across Latin America as vast soya plantations and their attendant chemicals lead to poisonings and violence. Andrew Wasley reports more... Killing fields: the true cost of Europe's cheap meat
Andrew Wasley
13th October, 2009
Cheap meat has become a way of life in much of Europe, but the full price is being paid across Latin America as vast soya plantations and their attendant chemicals lead to poisonings and violence more...
How to make your town plastic-free
Sylvia Rowley
15th April, 2009
Sylvia Rowley examines Rebecca Hosking's tips to rid your town of plastic bags more...
New Mexico's traditional chilies are threatened by GMO seeds
Ecologist
22nd January, 2009
New Mexico’s chilli farmers are under threat. The film 'Red, green of GE?' hears from those concerned about the potentially devastating effects GMO crops would have on the New Mexico chilli. more...
Growing concern
Pat Thomas
1st November, 2008
Genetically modified food. It’s a big issue. Increasingly, we are handed the notion that GM food is just like any other food, only better, because of its almost magical power to solve our most immediate crises of poverty, hunger, fossil-fuel depletion and climate change. more...Members
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