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Greenwash taints most 'eco-friendly' claims
Ecologist
23rd June, 2009
Ninety-eight per cent of the products in our stores claiming to be environmentally friendly are guilty of greenwash, a US committee hears more...
Toronto introduces green roof by-law
Ecologist
19th June, 2009
City legislators in Toronto, Canada, have stipulated that half the surface area of roofs on new large buildings are to be seeded as green roofs. more...
EU Parliament and the European Food Safety Agency to tighten up regulations on nanotechnology
News
15th April, 2009
Green campaigners have welcomed moves by the European Parliament to introduce new rules on nanomaterials in cosmetics. more...
Carbon Offsetting: forgive my carbon sin?
Jules Peck
3rd June, 2008
We all want our green wings, and the notion of purchasing them via carbon offsetting is powerfully seductive. as Jules Peck reveals, however, buying your way into eco heaven can be fraught with problems more...
Behind the label: Recycled Toilet Tissue
Pat Thomas
22nd May, 2008
Your recycled loo paper may be soft, strong and very, very long, but is it really all that green? Pat Thomas gets to the bottom of an issue of convenience more...
The rainforests on our doorstep
Trevor Critchley
15th May, 2008
Prince Charles has called UK peatlands ‘Britain’s tropical rainforests’ – and like rainforests worldwide, ours are in decline. Trevor Critchley reports on the devastating consequences for global warming more...
EU claim cloned food is safe
News
14th January, 2008
European food safety officials have given their public backing to cloned food, claiming it is safe to eat. more...
Trees shouldn’t be sold as carbon offsets, says study
News
14th August, 2007
Trees planted in drought-prone or nutrient poor areas don’t store enough carbon dioxide to offset emissions, a new study by Duke University in North Carolina has found. more...
Plastics chemical found in human tissue at high levels
News
10th August, 2007
A key chemical used in modern plastics has been found in human tissues at 10 times the concentration considered safe, new research has found. more...
Government committee critical of airline's carbon offsets
Ecologist
23rd July, 2007
The Environmental Audit Committee has slammed the aviation industry for a ‘diverse and generally unsatisfactory attitude’ towards their misuse of carbon offsets. more...
WARNING: Flying kills
News
5th April, 2007
Adverts for flights should carry cigarette-style warnings, centre-left think-tank the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has advised. more...
Behind the eco labels: Forestry Stewardship Council
Pat Thomas
1st April, 2007
One of the major causes of rainforest destruction and biodiversity loss in tropical zones is the illegal logging of hardwoods. The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) label, broadly speaking, exists to address this by promoting environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial and economically viable management of the world’s forests. more...
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Behind the Eco Labels
Pat Thomas
1st April, 2007
Ethical consumerism in the UK is currently worth £29.3 billion, yet 60 per cent of us feel we don't have enough information to make an ethical decision. There is an ever-growing array of eco labels, but what do they tell us? Or fail to tell us? Pat Thomas explains more...
Are you ready for cloned meat?
news
9th March, 2007
Cloned meat moved a step closer to being a supermarket shelf reality yesterday when the European Union's food safety authority was asked to rule on the matter.more...
HSBC: 'Green Bank' Aids Logging Giant
news
6th March, 2007
HSBC, the UK's largest bank, is helping the Malaysian logging giant Samling list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, despite HSBC's claim to be the "first green bank". more...
Direct action group 'London Rising Tide' on carbon off-setting
Mark Anslow
22nd February, 2007
On Wednesday 22nd February, activists from the group London Rising Tide occupied the offices of the Carbon Neutral Company. Below are their grievances... more...
Special Report Supermarkets: Chicken
Felicity Lawrence
1st September, 2004
Wander down the meat aisle of any supermarket and you will find mountains of chicken being sold at unbelievably cheap prices. The real reasons for this cannot be found on the label. more...Members
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