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Response: biomass 'needs to be part of our low-carbon future'
Jess Lennard
2nd March, 2012
The biomass industry responds to an Ecologist article by Biofuelswatch to counter what it says are the 'myths' around biomass, arguing that it is sustainable, proven and low carbon 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...
Financial problems could wipe out commercial whaling
Peter Nolan-Smith
5th January, 2011
Commercial whaling by many nations continues despite an international ban and widescale condemnation. What may end the practice, argues Peter Nolan-Smith, is that the financial incentives are starting to dry up more...
Tom Hodgkinson on the marvels and pitfalls of the iPad
23rd December, 2010
Tom Hodgkinson admires the iPad but ultimately finds it to be a fickle mistress and no match for paper more...
COP16: Cancun - Colonialism by the sea
Polly Higgins
16th December, 2010
Corporate and complicit, says Polly Higgins as she surveys the luxury accommodation enjoyed by high-flyers at the latest climate conference more...
Tom Hodgkinson: spare a moment for the bang bang men of Chongquing...
29th October, 2010
Although the rise of mega-cities raises disturbing questions about living standards and livelihoods, the spread of city living is not all bad, says Tom Hodgkinson more...
The water footprint: the hidden cost of our meat consumption
Arjen Y. Hoekstra
2nd September, 2010
Watching our leaky taps is the least of our problems when it comes to water wastage - agricultural practices and animal products are by far the greater danger more...
Wildlife corridors are the Asian elephant's last chance for survival
Mark Shand
22nd June, 2010
Why wildlife corridors are the new reserves - and why colourful elephants are cropping up on London streets more...
Bring back real markets
Tom Hodgkinson
11th September, 2009
Tom Hodgkinson lays out the case for the return of street markets. Wouldn't we all be better off living outside the box? more...
The fight to make our train fares fair
Richard Hebditch
12th August, 2009
The Campaign for Better Transport is working hard to bring down train fares and is inviting you to join them in their fight more...
Face it: orthodox economics messed up
Molly Scott Cato
14th July, 2009
In drowning out the voices of those economists that don't adhere to neoclassical orthodoxy, the current global financial collapse was inevitable more...
Halfway to Copenhagen
Phil England
2nd July, 2009
Copenhagen is where the future of our planet will be decided. So why is there such little media interest in the run-up to the talks, asks Phil England. more...
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Shell pays up in New York, but continues to flare gas
Andy Rowell
23rd June, 2009
Shell's $15.5 million settlement provides hard cash to to the Ogoni region of the Niger Delta but while activists claim 'victory' they vow to fight on to end toxic gas flares more...
Commons cause
Tom Hodgkinson
1st June 2009
Henry VIII’s land-grab robbed ordinary people of their commons – now a new campaign offers us the chance to take back what we’re owed.more...
Restoring New York's natural springs
Reverend Billy
May 1st 2009
With the oil and gas industry spoiling groundwater in the US, New York’s once-prominent natural springs need to be restored.more...
High-altitude windpower: pie-in-the-sky or sound science?
Jim Thomas
1st May 2009
Since we don’t have enough land for the renewable technologies we need let’s go stratospheric instead, with a high-altitude solution… more...
We have to let you go
Tom Hodgkinson
1st May, 2009
Why are we clinging to the outmoded employment aspirations of an ailing system? You’re not redundant, you’re job-free, says Tom Hodgkinson more...
Reasserting our humanity
Tom Hodgkinson
1st April 2009
In writing Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes created a monster: us. By reasserting our humanity we can correct the mistakes of the social scientists, says Tom Hodgkinson more...Dan Box Blog: Keeping an eye out
Dan Box
19th March, 2009
Where the wild things are... Planning his trip to the Carterets Islands, Dan Box wonders what he'll encounter while in transit on Papua New Guinea more...Dan Box Blog - The Carteret Islanders
Dan Box
26th February, 2009
Something is starting to bother me about this trip. It’s not the travelling (though when I picked up my flight tickets yesterday, the travel agent warned me that people in Papua New Guinea still wear bones through their noses. I promised to keep an eye out). more...
Bill McKibben: why I'm planning to get arrested on Monday (and you should, too)
Bill McKibben
26th February, 2009
It may seem odd timing that many of us are heading to the nation's capital early next month for a major act of civil disobedience at a coal-fired power plant, the first big protest of its kind against global warming in America. more...
UK Met Office's forecast on human induced climate change - a mixed message?
Peter Bunyard
18th February, 2009
As US climatologists and scientists are urging the world that greenhouse gas emissions be curbed rapidly to prevent runaway global warming, the UK Met Office appears to be back pedalling on human induced climate change. Peter Bunyard reports on some mixed messages more...
Goodbye to growth
Richard Heinberg
7th January, 2009
The contraction of the global economic system bodes nothing but good for global ecosystems. Growth is dead – long live sustainability more...
The Stern Review: Mitigation
Nick Robbins
31st December, 2008
Carbon pricing could totally change the way companies operate. Nick Robbins ask if the city is ready to make the leap more...
Drought in the Australian interior
Dan Box
16th December, 2008
As the worst drought in 100 years makes its effects felt in the southern hemisphere, Dan Box asks whether the Australian interior is becoming a terra nullius – a genuine no-man’s-landmore...
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