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Co-operative, M&S and Waitrose accused of greenwash over close links to 'unethical' companies
Ben Miller
7th February, 2012
Seemingly ethical companies like The Co-operative, M&S and Waitroise have been accused of double-standards over their partnerships with oil giants like BP, Shell and Chevron more...
David v Goliath: Chevron plots to avoid cleaning up oil pollution in Amazon rainforest
Tom Levitt
9th January, 2011
Ecuador government urged not to give in to pressure from the US oil giant Chevron to drop record $18 billion fine for its part in the 'Chernobyl of the Amazon' more...
North Sea oil spill: polluters should pay but can we make them?
Susie Wilks
17th August, 2011
Shell’s oil spill in the North Sea this week is the worst in a decade, but compensation for any environmental damage could be in short supply says Susie Wilks from ClientEarth more...
Beauty supplements: are they worth it?
Robert Phillips
26th July, 2011
Supplement is the latest beauty industry buzzword but just how effective are beauty power pills? And just how green? Robert Phillips takes a closer look more...
US plans to sue BP will 'not prevent future ecocide'
Tom Levitt
16th December, 2010
US officials say they are determined to 'prevent future devastation' but campaigners say fines alone will not make oil and energy companies change risky behaviour more...
Arctic oil spill could take 'year or more' to clean up
Ecologist
24th September, 2010
Russia and the US are leading the scramble for oil and gas in the Arctic, but Gulf of Mexico pollution highlights danger of oil spills say campaigners more...
Gulf oil disaster not unique to BP and will 'happen again'
Ecologist
9th September, 2010
UK government needs to 'wake up' to the dangers of offshore drilling and outlaw the practice, demand activists more...
Toxic dispersants in Gulf oil spill creating hidden marine crisis
Tom Levitt and Nicole Edmison
6th September, 2010
More than 200 million tons of crude oil have gushed into the Gulf of Mexico since the rupture of Deepwater Horizon. The chemicals used to clean up the spill have received less attention but could have devastating long-term effects on the marine ecosystem more...
The link between BP, geoengineering and GM
Jim Thomas
28th June, 2010
BP won't stop at dangerous deep water drilling: the company is bent on still more dangerous projects, including genetic modification and hacking the planet's atmosphere... more...
BP criminal action will not safeguard against oil spills, say campaigners
Ecologist
3rd June, 2010
Sanctions and legal action against BP unlikely to prevent further oil spill, say environmental groups that argue the US needs to cut its ties with oil industry more...
Scientists use shellfish to assess toxic impact of BP gulf oil spill
Ecologist
26th May, 2010
Concerns rise that smaller animals will absorb toxic compounds and pass them along the marine food chain causing lasting damage to fisheries and marine ecosystems more...
What is the Pill doing to our bodies and planet?
Yanar Alkayat
2nd February, 2010
It was the drug that fuelled the sexual liberation of the 1960s, but what price are we paying for our love of the contraceptive Pill? more...
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Behind the Label: Alli (Orlistat)
Pat Thomas
26th August, 2009
It's the popular, over-the-counter diet drug that's now been linked to liver damage. But popping a 'weight loss' pill is not going to solve the obesity crisis - especially with health concerns like these - says Pat Thomasmore...
Drugs on tap
John Naish
1st May 2009
Taking a pill for a headache may seem like the most natural thing in the world, but prescription drugs are forcing their way into every corner of our lives and environment, says John Naish more...
Drugs on tap
John Naish
30th April, 2009
Britain has a serious and unnecessary drug habit, but the implications of our pill-forevery-ill culture go far beyond the adverse effects on human health. The complex chemicals in modern pharmaceuticals, as well as the manufacturing processes involved, leave a massive industrial footprint on the natural world that is largely ignored by both science and government. more...
Black Sea
News
13th November, 2007
Russia was facing up to a ten-year clean-up operation after a major oil spill in the Black Sea region. more...
Medication nation
Mark White
16th December, 2005
Too fat, too thin, too sad, too happy... Whatever the problem Biotech is developing a vaccine or a pill to cure us. Mark White examines the consequences of a world where all our worries can be medicated away. more...Members
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