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The Clothing Industry: Modern day attitudes akin to those of historical slavery
By Sarah Compson
In the wake of the Bangladesh factory collapse Sarah Compson implores us all as consumers to take responsibility for what we wear and not to turn a blind eye. 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...
UK government failing to protect population from potentially radioactive food
by Tim Deere-Jones
Tim Deere-Jones dissects the UK Government's system for monitoring doses of marine derived radioactivity in food and concludes that the current programme is deeply flawed. more...
UK Government fails to take wildlife crime seriously
April 24th, 2013
by Simon Pope
Simon Pope, Director of Campaigns and Communications for the World Society for the Protection of Animals, questions why the UK government is so far behind other global powers when it comes to tackling the illegal wildlife trade. more...
Inuit, the Polar Bear and Climate Change
March 22nd, 2013
by Luke Dale-Harris
What's really behind the sudden global concern over the Inuit’s right to hunt - a concern that swung the polar bear vote at CITES? Luke Dale-Harris reports more...
Frontline Online: Conservation’s New Winners & Losers
March 19th, 2013
by Lorna Howarth
The CITES COP16 (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna) has just ended in Bangkok, to very mixed reviews. Lorna Howarth reports on the good news, and the bad. 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...
Fracking Hell? How Poland's dash for gas turned sour
28th February, 2013
Andrew Wasley
Poland is about to open its doors to an unprecedented dash for gas. But with multinational energy companies circling and widespread fracking about to begin, people and the environment are in the firing line. Andrew Wasley reports from Gdansk 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...
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...
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Fracking hell? Britain's gas rush
28th February, 2013
Ecologist
Much of the UK is being carved up for exploitation by 'extreme energy' companies wanting to undertake shale gas, coal bed methane and underground coal gasification extractions. But, as a new film shows, affected communities are putting up a fight 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...
Dairy farms suffer in US shale gas fracking boom
28th January, 2013
Dimiter Kenarov
The dash for unconventional gas may have brought financial benefits to some, but for struggling dairy farmers in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, the arrival of drilling wells could be the final nail in the coffin. Dimiter Kenarov reports more...
Frontline Online: Sign the petition and help stop Ecocide?
January 2013
by Lorna Howarth
The Ecologist's Lorna Howarth reports on news and action from the environmental frontline more...
Frontline Online: We all like Spring - but not in the depths of Winter
January 22st, 2013
Lorna Howarth
The Ecologist's Lorna Howarth reports on news and action from the environmental frontline more...
Breaking Congressional Gridlock - 113th Congress
Ben Whitford
10th January, 2013
What do cockroaches, used-car salesmen and root canals have in common? They’re all more popular than the 112th U.S. Congress, which ended its two-year term last week with its reputation at an all-time low. more...
Migrant workers face 'severe exploitation' in Italy's farm sector
Andrew Wasley, investigations editor
4th January, 2013
Amnesty International report calls for urgent action to tackle 'widespread' abuse of migrants in the food sector. This follows two Ecologist investigations into 'slave labour' connected to the Italian tomato and orange harvests. Andrew Wasley reportsmore...
Conservative MP 'promoted cotton trade linked to child labour'
Lucy Dunne
2nd January, 2013
A Tory MP has been accused of drumming up support for the controversial Uzbekistan cotton trade campaigners claim is linked to child labour. Lucy Dunne reports more...
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...
Is it possible to make EU budgets a force for good?
The Ecologist
31st October, 2012
With better planning, EU spending can finance projects which bring environmental, social and economic benefits to all, says a new coalition of campaign groupsmore...
Road building programme gets green light by stealth
Jan Goodey
5th October, 2012
With a government seemingly intent on pushing through the latest road-building programme via its localism agenda campaigners are readying themselves for combined resistance using legal experts, alliance groupings and direct actionmore...
Can the Kathmandu Valley be Saved?
by Joseph Mayton
September 26th, 2012
The once bustling Bagmati river has become the focal point of Nepal’s struggle to bring modernity to this once isolated region. And the environment is struggling to survive, writes Joseph Mayton. more... How the smartphone boom could damage your health and the environment
Ecologist
3rd December, 2012
Behind the rise of smartphones and tablets, microwave pollution is a serious assault on our health reports Lynne Wycherley, whilst a new Ecologist Film Unit investigation uncovers the hidden cost of tin used in many phones more...Members
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