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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...
Class, Poverty & Climate Change
by Susan Clark
It may be one of those New York Times best-sellers on sale at the airport but Susan Clark is not fooled; Barbara Kingsolver's Flight Behaviour is a novel that sets out to tackle the biggest single issue we are facingmore...
Connecting the Dots: the Big Permaculture Picture
April 24th, 2013
by Jeremy Wickremer
Jeremy Wickremer explains why he believes permaculture offers multiple answers to societal and environmental problems in a beautifully simple and effective way. 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...
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...
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...
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...
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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...
How social media is helping galvanise the Greens
January 24th, 2013
by Ben Whitford
Thanks to the Web and social media, environmentalism has become a worldwide movement. Ben Whitford reports on the need now to take bigger risks and have even bigger confrontations more...
Community and Conservation in Bolivia’s Yacuma Pampas
January 22nd, 2013
by David Shaw
Community-based land conservation is a valuable implement in the conservation tool-box, but not a magic bullet, says David Shaw more...
COMMENT: Using film to square up to the horrors of factory farming
Tracy Worcester
18th October, 2012
The campaigner behind the groundbreaking Pig Business documentary is now taking her message global, encouraging people to take action against industrial farming methods which degrade the environment and subject animals to a life of miserymore...
The Activist’s Handbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Participatory Democracy
Lorna Howarth
24 September 2012
The latest book by activist Aidan Ricketts presents a powerful guide to successful campaigning. more...
A third runway at Heathrow would be an off-the-scale betrayal
Zac Goldsmith
11th September, 2012
David Cameron will pay a high price if he opts for the unfair and unpopular non-solution that Heathrow expansion represents more...
Update from Satish
Satish Kumar
Our Focus on Food, plus why we need to defend the rights of Nature more...
Indonesia's Sumatran tiger threatened by development of last jungle strongholds
Dr. Julian Bloomer
4th September, 2012
As politicians encourage development around the Kerinci Seblat National Park, Dr. Julian Bloomer explores how the area's endangered species can be protected more...
Are captive tuna farms a viable alternative to overfishing?
Tom Edathikunnel
22nd August, 2012
The Kindai tuna, bred by scientists at Kinki University, may lead the way for future large-scale tuna farms. Tom Edathikunnel investigates whether the idea really is preferable to overfishing more...
Reclaiming the seed
Vandana Shiva
20th August, 2012
Vandana Shiva explains why Seed Satyagraha – a non-cooperation movement in the footsteps of Gandhi – will be crucial in blocking the introduction of the proposed Seed Law more...
Texaco's pollution of Ecuador's indigenous lands brought to light in new DVD
Nicola Peel
8th August, 2012
Nicola Peel talks about her new DVD, Blood of the Amazon, telling of her travels through the rainforest and her investigations on the effects of reckless oil drilling on indigenous communities more...
Blue Skies or Little White Lies?
Olivia Boyd
11th July 2012
Fed up with fudged statistics, Beijing’s increasingly environmentally-aware population has forced its Government to come clean about air pollution in the city. more...Members
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