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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...
Roadkill: sickening or sustainable?
Ben Martin
20th February, 2012
The idea of eating meat sourced from the roadside - whether deer, pheasant, fox or even otter - might sound revolting to you but for some, it's a gastronomic opportunity and a way of avoiding factory farmed meat more...
The A to Z of foraging
Chloe Barrow
31st January, 2012
Fed up of paying a premium for supermarket berries and herbs? Take a walk on the wild side and pick your own more...
Why the BBC is wrong to scrap its Wildlife Fund
Rob St John
3rd August, 2011
The planned closure of the BBC Wildlife Fund represents the premature end of a model for how wildlife film-making can support conservation of the very environments it documents, says Rob St John more...
Why Glasgow's M74 road extension will increase air pollution
Stan Blackley
28th June, 2011
The decision to press ahead with the controversial construction was the worst environmental decision of devolution, says Stan Blackley of Friends of the Earth more...
In season now: what to eat during July
Henry Gass
27th June, 2011
Raspberries, mackerel and broad beans are all on the menu this month more...
Bexhill bypass puts road building back in the spotlight
Jan Goodey
18th January, 2011
Opponents say the controversial bypass will damage ancient woodlands, disturb wetland birds and impact on protected areas - and it's just one of 22 similar schemes currently awaiting approval. Jan Goodey investigatesmore...
Seoul: on course to be one of the world's greenest cities?
Anna Sheldrick
30th November, 2010
Seoul, host of this year's G20, is well on the way to achieving its goal of becoming one of the world's most eco-friendly cities. But, as Anna Sheldrick reports, there may be room for improvement elsewhere in South Korea more...
Undercurrents: the campaign film pioneers still setting the agenda
Eifion Rees
5th October, 2010
Eifion Rees reports on the video journalists producing environmental and social justice films that influence public opinion - and consistently get closer to the issues than the mainstream media more...
Road pricing is becoming inevitable, says RAC
Ecologist
5th July, 2010
Politicians are storing up problems for future generations by 'shying away' from making a decision on road charging, says road users group more...
Five wild (and cheap!) things to do this half term
the Wildlife Trusts
27th May, 2010
Stuck for ideas when you're stuck with the kids? Here are five outdoor activities from the Wildlife Trusts' new book '152 Wild Things to do' more...
Saving a pristine wilderness from an international motorway
Laura Sevier
20th April, 2010
How activist Malgorzata Górska helped protect a Polish forest valley, and changed her government's attitude to conservation in the process more...
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Beekeeping for ecology, economy and food security
Jamie Skey
1st September, 2009
Bees Abroad, a UK beekeeping charity, has initiated a project to train and support Malawian beekeepers. Find out how you can help... more...
Policy rethink required to avoid worsening congestion
Ecologist
8th July, 2009
Building more roads is not the answer to worsening motorway congestion, according to new research from the Campaign for Better Transport, which advocates more low-impact solutions more...
Solsbury Hill: Chronicle of a road protest
Laura Sevier
19th June, 2009
This book’s photographs by Adrian Arbib capture the spirit of a movement beginning to find its voice. more...
Campaigners outraged at escalating costs of road widening
News
31st July, 2007
Campaigners from Transport 2000, the sustainable transport group, have exposed the escalating costs of the M6 road-widening scheme. more...
New campaign highlights planning madness
News
10th July, 2007
When do Friends of the Earth and the Campaign to Protect Rural England want to build an incinerator? When they’re part of a new protest coalition called ‘Planning Disaster’ which yesterday filed a planning application to build an incinerator on the site of St Paul’s Cathedral in central London. more...
Road rage
Paul Kingsnorth
1st March, 2007
Unnoticed by most of the media, New Labour has embarked on a roadbuilding scheme just as large as the one the Tories bragged was ‘the biggest since the Romans’. All over the UK, however, ordinary people have noticed, and everyone – from doctors and teachers, to old-style road protestors – are once again saying: enough is enough. Paul Kingsnorth reports more...
Paying for Pollution: Road Subsidies Promote Global Warming
News
26th February, 2007
Road transport subsidies of up to €140bn ($184bn) a year are preventing attempts to reduce Europe's greenhouse gas emissions. more...
Tony Blair hits back at road pricing protesters
News
21st February, 2007
Tony Blair today insisted that congestion would increase by 40% in under 20 years unless car use is deterred. more...
Road pricing is 'part of the answer'
News
13th February, 2007
Environmentalists have urged the government to support road pricing plans against a rising tide of protest. more...
Roadkill Chef
Paul Kingsnorth
1st June, 2006
‘OK then,’ I say to Fergus, with a challenge in my voice, ‘what about badger?’ ‘Badger?’ says Fergus, his eyes on the road as he drives me into the Kent countryside. ‘Many times. There’s no rhyme or reason to badger. Sometimes it tastes really gamey and uriney, even if it’s fresh. It can be excellent though.’ I look at him as he drives. He’s definitely serious. more...
Debate: Sports Utility Vehicles (4x4s)
Michael Harvey and Paul Kingsnorth
21st May, 2005
Are SUVs a crime against civilisation, or paragons of efficiency? Are they ugly, arrogant and antisocial, or bright, beautiful and mobile? And do the polar passions they arouse pit the politics of envy against the Americanisation of British culture? Paul Kingsnorth and Michael Harvey discussmore...
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