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Pesticide lobby resists moves to sanction 'deadly' paraquat substance
Keith Tyrell
April 7th, 2011
Experts want the weedkiller paraquat - poison of choice in many suicide attempts - to be added to a 'watch list' of dangerous substances. Why then is Syngenta fighting the proposals asks Keith Tyrell? more...
Hundreds of whales face slaughter as Norway's killing season resumes
Joanna Toole
1st April, 2011
As the annual and highly controversial Norwegian whale hunt begins, Joanna Toole argues the evidence proving the practice is cruel, unnecessary and increasingly unpopular is now overwhelming more...
Fukushima fall-out: why the nuclear industry's liability for an accident is too low
Dr Paul Dorfman
21st March, 2011
With Japan's nuclear catastrophe still far from resolved, Dr Paul Dorfman argues why nuclear remains 'economically unreliable' and why it will be the taxpayer who ends up being liable as well as facing all the risks more...
Bibi van der Zee: Government 'no more in touch with the countryside than Labour'
Bibi van der Zee
10th March, 2011
Continuing her exclusive series - Coalition Green Watch - Bibi van der Zee further assesses David Cameron's pledge to head the 'greenest government in history' and, whilst the jury may still be out, finds alarming cause for concern... more...
Climate Week is trying to galvanise the green movement – but it is splitting it
Bibi van der Zee
3rd March, 2011
The backing of Cameron, Clegg and Kofi Annan isn't enough, say Climate Week's critics, it is blinkered – and RBS-sponsored. Bibi van der Zee reports more...
Lord Teverson: Why UK businesses need to get smart on energy usage
Lord Teverson
28th February,2011
A new Carbon Connect report argues that the private sector can save cash, carbon and safeguard the UK’s future fuel security by adopting energy efficiency measures to reduce UK energy demand more...
Greenpeace: Asia Pulp and Paper's PR is greenwash, their sustainability claims a joke
Ian Duff
23rd February, 2011
Tesco, Adidas and others have already cut ties with the controversial paper and packaging supplier. In a scathing response to recent APP claims that it is greening itself, Ian Duff urges others to follow suit - until APP adopts sustainable practices more...
Matthew Hancock MP: slash costs and carbon with better property management
Matthew Hancock MP
2nd February,2011
Launching a major new report, the chair of the Westminster Sustainable Business Forum argues that local government can save £7 billion a year in running costs, cut carbon and improve services by better managing its property assetsmore...
Asia Pulp and Paper: why activists are wrong over destructive logging allegations
Aida Greenbury
January 31st, 2011
The paper giant has been accused by Greenpeace of destructive logging and green-washing. But campaigners are mistaken, says APP boss Aida Greenbury - the company is supporting REDD projects and putting sustainability at the centre of operations more...
Undercover police scandal: why we urgently need a judge-led inquiry
Dan Glass
21st January, 2011
With daily revelations about police spying on activists, we need an independent judicial investigation into the scale and nature of infiltration and use of agents provocateurs, says Ratcliffe defendant Dan Glass more...
Laura Sandys MP: why food security must be viewed as a strategic threat
Laura Sandys
18th January, 2011
With cheap food pricing, over-reliance on imports, and the pressures of a growing population, the UK's food security is set to rise up the national agenda. The Coalition Government must be prepared for the challenges ahead more...
Emily Apple: 'I can't forgive Mark Kennedy's betrayal of activists'
Emily Apple
12th January,2011
The undercover policeman's apology does not repair the lives he has wrecked or help the people he has grassed up more...
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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...
Cotton is a cash crop, but buy organic and help farmers escape poverty
Eliza Anyangwe
7th December,2010
Buying organic cotton doesn't mean you are depriving a farmer in the developing world of food crops, says Eliza Anyangwe of Pesticide Action Network. Rather, it's one action every ethical consumer should take more...
Why the failure of the bluefin tuna summit is bad for people and the environment
James Thornton
30th November, 2010
The ICCAT summit on bluefin tuna was stained by a lack of transparency, allegations of illegality and disturbing examples of financial interests trampling over environmental concerns, says James Thorntonmore...
Revealed: the glyphosate research the GM soy lobby doesn't want you to read
Claire Robinson
24th November, 2010
Andres Carrasco's research linking a controversial herbicide with birth defects highlighted the potential health dangers posed by GM crop-spraying in Argentina – and led to violence and intimidation for those behind the study more...
Tony Hawkhead: why it's vital to put green jobs at the centre of Britain's economy
Tony Hawkhead
19th November, 2010
To make Chris Huhne's 'Green Deal' a success - and meet the UK's carbon reduction targets - we need to redefine the green jobs sector and build the connection between individuals and environment, says Groundwork's chief executive more...
Kiribati and Tuvalu will drown without global climate action
Scott Leckie and Dan Lewis
11th November, 2010
The causes of climate change are far from their shores, but these tiny Pacific nations face growing social strife and eventual annihilation unless western governments wake up and take responsibility, argue Scott Leckie and Dan Lewis more...
COALITION GREEN WATCH: Will the Tory Lib-Dem government deliver on its environmental promises?
Bibi van der Zee
4th November, 2010
In the first of an exclusive new series Bibi van der Zee sets out how we'll put to the test David Cameron's pledge to head the 'greenest government in history' - and why we need YOUR help 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 pesticides scandal: Government inaction is destroying lives
Georgina Downs
The new coalition Government must do what Labour failed to do in 13 years in power and finally introduce the necessary measures to protect people from pesticides, says Georgina Downs more...
Do the environmental benefits of gardens outweigh the need for affordable houses?
Simon Leadbeater
19th October,2010
The need for more affordable housing is often cited as a reason for building on often-environmentally important garden plots. But does such a policy result in more cheap homes? Apparently not, argues Simon Leadbeater more...
Why 'eco-friendly' heat pumps increase, not reduce, your carbon footprint
Eric Johnson
8th October, 2010
Switch to heat pumps to warm your home and you'll qualify for the Renewable Heat Incentive subsidy. But new research reveals the pumps release potent hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) gases, says Eric Johnson, significantly increasing the true carbon footprint of this supposedly green technologymore...
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