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Great Barrier Reef on the brink as politicians bicker
by Oliver Milman
Environment minister Tony Burke says the government has done its best to stop downgrading of UN heritage status more...
Global Green Challenge; calling all entrepreneurs
by Lucy Nicolson
With new figures out this month (May 2013) revealing that carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have reached an all-time high at 400 parts per million (PPM), the timing for a global competition to find carbon cutting ideas is apt more...
How to make solar power the new Coke
by Mariana Mazon
Mariana Mazon explains how the challenges of distributing energy products out to remote rural areas can be overcome - to the benefit of both people and the environment..... more...
The secrets of green energy entrepreneurs
by Julia Hawkins
Julia Hawkins tells the Ecologist about the new generation of green energy champions in town..... more...
Sustainable energy a necessity for basic healthcare in the developing world
by Andrew Heath
One billion people in the developing world are deprived of access to effective healthcare due to a lack of access to energy, reports Andrew Heath of Practical Action.... more...
Leaked Papers Show UK Government Will Backtrack on Tar Sands Extraction Being Classified As Highly Polluting
May 17th, 2013
By Lorna Howarth
Allowing tar sands oil into Europe would be a victory for ‘profit-before-planet’ politics warns Lorna Howarth more...
Canadian oil company threatens the survival of Peru’s ‘Jaguar people’
by Sarah Gilbertz
The Peruvian Government is yet again failing to protect the rights of its Indigenous citizens, and if history is anything to go by it is no wonder that the Matses tribe fear for themselves and other nearby tribal peoples. Sarah Gilbertz reports. more...
The Eco Technology Show 2013
Green and Sustainable Technology Workshop with Satish Kumar at The Eco Technology Show UK 14th-15th June more...
Masdar City: A Rising Star
April 8th, 2013
By Peter Hume
Peter Hume examines plans for a zero-carbon, zero-waste, car free city in Abu Dhabi that will rely entirely on renewable energy sources, and asks whether the concept can become a sustainable reality...... more...
Anti-extraction movement in the US gains momentum
March 25th, 2013
by Eric Moll
Protests against fracked-gas pipelines in Pennsylvania and New Jersey are part of a growing movement of direct-action resistance to extraction. Insider Eric Moll reports from the Frontline of the resistance more...
Fracking hell: the big story
March 6th, 2013
A unique collaboration between The Ecologist and Link TV lifts the lid on fracking and the shale gas boom sweeping into Europe and beyond... more...
Youngstown: where the promise and curse of shale gas collide
28th February, 2013
Dimiter Kenarov
Natural gas could be a game changer for one impoverished Ohio city. But there are serious environmental and social risks associated with extracting it, reports Dimiter Kenarov more...
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Hunting for Pennsylvania’s abandoned gas wells
28th February, 2013
Dimiter Kenarov
Across the Marcellus Shale, most abandoned oil and gas wells are supposedly harmless. But some are leaking - polluting land, water and air - and now there are concerns about other risks, reports Dimiter Kenarov more...
Fracking our future: the corrosive influence of extreme energy
28th February, 2013
Frack Off
Following in the wake of shale gas and coal-bed methane (CBM) extraction is the spectre of underground coal gasification (UCG). But if we adopt these wholesale we could close off any hope of stepping back from the climate change brink, says campaign group Frack Offmore...
Shale gas: the facts beyond the myths
28th February, 2013
Mónica V. Cristina
Natural gas provides an ideal complement to renewable energy sources - not a replacement, argues Mónica V. Cristina of Shale Gas Europe more...
Livestock falling ill in fracking regions, raising concerns about food
28th January, 2013
Elizabeth Royte
In the midst of the US domestic energy boom, livestock on farms near oil-and-gas drilling operations nationwide have been quietly falling sick and dying. Elizabeth Royte reports more...
Frontline Online: Where should we be looking for waste we can turn to energy?
January 13th, 2013
by Lorna Howarth
In her new weekly column, the Ecologist's Lorna Howarth reports on the stories that show standing up for what we believe in can and does make a real difference. more...
Drumlin Wind Energy
Individuals, businesses and organisations are being given the chance to invest between £250 and £20,000 in Northern Ireland's first community-owned wind energy co-operative.Tel: 01229 821028
Web: www.drumlin.coop/
Email: info@drumlin.coop
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Behind The Headlines
by Bibi van der Zee
November 2nd, 2012
After yet another week in which our national politics bore rather more resemblance to a slow-motion car crash than one would really like, Bibi van der Zee decides to get to the bottom of things. more... Politics? Or naked mudwrestling?
by Bibi van der Zee
October 19th, 2012
That was the week - in politics - that was ...and you couldn't have made it up, says Bibi van der Zeemore...
Taking on the Tea Party Tories ...
by Bibi van der Zee
September 28th, 2012
The coalition government is lining up in two camps for a right royal battle over the environment, writes Ecologist political corresponder, Bibi van der Zeemore...
Left In The Dark
by Bibi van der Zee
The reshuffle has turned Heathrow into a messy political vortex...but it may also be beside the point, says Bibi van der Zee more...
Ecologist Partners: Triodos Bank
by Lisa Stanley
The UK is at a crossroads at which choices need to be made that will decide where our energy comes from in the future. Recent events are prompting an energy revolution, and many people are now more convinced than ever that a significant part of the UK’s future energy supply has to derive from our own renewable sources. more... Ecologist Partners: Triodos Bank
by Lisa Stanley
The UK is at a crossroads at which choices need to be made that will decide where our energy comes from in the future. Recent events are prompting an energy revolution, and many people are now more convinced than ever that a significant part of the UK’s future energy supply has to derive from our own renewable sources. more...
Coal and Corruption: The Battle for Gerze
Chris Walker and Morgan Hartley
17th August, 2012
After years of protest, plans by the Anadolu Group to build a coal power plant in the seaside town of Gerze are awaiting the go-ahead from the Turkish government. But protest group YEGEP are not giving up without a fight more...Members
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