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Could we be entering the era of greener air travel?
Henry Gass
12th July, 2011
Last week Thomson announced the launch of a weekly flight to Palma, fuelled by old cooking oil. Henry Gass asks whether more sustainable air travel could finally be in sight more...
Greenwash and spin: palm oil lobby targets its critics
Alex Helan
8th July, 2011
The spread of oil palm plantations has come at the expense of vast swathes of tropical rainforest. But the billion-dollar palm oil industry is now mounting a major PR offensive. Alex Helan reports more...
Five of the best…British wildflowers
Jeff Holman
1st July, 2011
From Viper’s Bugloss to Field Scabious, a scattering of wildflowers can help turn your garden into a haven for wildlife, says Jeff Holman more...
Contaminated Bayer site houses get green light despite 'health risks'
Tom Antebi
29th June, 2011
The clean-up of contaminated land earmarked for 380 homes in Cambridgeshire has been 'watered down', according to campaigners, fuelling fears over the potential health impacts of toxic chemicals underground. Tom Antebi reports more...
Peak oil is 'getting closer' but the world is not ready
Tom Levitt
28th June, 2011
The end of cheap oil has got governments panicking to control prices rather than planning for a post-oil era. Tom Levitt reports more...
European airlines to start controversial biofuel-powered flights
William McLennan
24th June, 2011
The use of plant-based fuels for flights, backed by the EU, could contribute to higher food prices and increased greenhouse gas emissions more...
UK ministers ignored 'peak oil' warnings, report shows
Terry Macalister, guardian energy editor
15th June, 2011
Report reveals threat of civil unrest from energy shortages, which has been played down as 'alarmist' by ministers more...
Scramble for Arctic oil and gas puts pristine ecosystem at risk
Mark Jansen
6th June, 2011
The Arctic is becoming a battleground as Russia, Norway, Canada and the US vie for access to oil, gas and minerals – campaigners fear safety and the environment will be the losers more...
Alan Schofield: 'You don't have be certified to be organic'
Jemima Roberts
7th June, 2011
Alan Schofield has run a vegetable box scheme for almost 30 years and is a veteran of the Soil Association. He talks to the Ecologist about why he set up the Organic Growers Alliance - and how it now complements the work of the larger certification body more...
Madagascar fears repeat of Canada's tar sands devastation
Tom Levitt
1st June, 2011
UK banks helping to finance oil giant Total's exploitation of tar sands on the world's fourth largest island despite lack of adequate environmental controls or regulation more...
The Ecologist June 1971: No oil at Amlwch
The Ecologist
9th, June 2011
Forty years ago this month, Richard Thompson Coon reported on a proposed oil pipeline that would run through a picturesque Welsh island. But have we learned our lesson and stopped destroying natural habitat for the sake of oil? more...
Conservation International 'agreed to greenwash arms company'
Tom Levitt
11th May, 2011
US environmental charity under fire for close links with controversial companies, including Cargill, Chevron, Monsanto and Shell more...
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The BP Deepwater Horizon disaster: one year on
The Ecologist
21st April, 2011
Greenpeace video released on the anniversary of the 'worst environmental disaster in the history of the US' more...
Europe moves to ban imports of tar sands oil from Canada
William McLennan
29th March, 2011
An attempt to classify tar sands oil as more environmentally-damaging than conventional oil would effectively ban its sale within European Member States more...
Palm oil giants target Africa in 'land grab' following Indonesia deforestation ban
Tom Levitt
25th March, 2011
Indonesia's move to bring in a two-year moratorium on new palm oil plantations to protect its remaining rainforests has seen agribusiness giants like Sime Darby switch expansion plans to Cameroon, Ghana and Liberia more...
TAKE ACTION: Not in my banger!
Matilda Lee
23rd March, 2011
The battle against the Nocton super-dairy may have been won, but with plans for giant pig factories currently being considered, the Soil Association has launched a major new campaign to combat the latest blight of industrial farming more...
The sleepy Irish village that challenged Shell over controversial pipeline
Mark Jansen
21st March, 2011
A ten-year campaign opposing a Shell gas pipeline in a remote cornor of Ireland is documented in a major new film - The Pipe - and has become a focal point for a community's right to oppose corporations and central government more...
Review: Skin Nectar 'The Balancer' Radiance Oil
Ruth Styles
9th March, 2011
It smells gorgeous and is 100 percent organic but does Skin Nectar’s Radiance Oil live up to its billing? Green Living editor, Ruth Styles, tried it out more...
How one young activist is challenging the oil industry over Great Bear Rainforest pipeline
Eric Keen
9th March, 2011
A remarkable young environmentalist is standing in the way of a controversial Canadian oil pipeline which campaigners fear could become the next Exxon-Valdez or Deepwater Horizon disaster. Eric Keen reports more...
Huhne accused of 'hypocrisy' for promoting offshore oil in Scotland and Arctic
Ecologist
4th March, 2011
Climate change minister urges more urgent cuts to greenhouse gas emissions while allowing renewed push for oil in remote regions 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...
Top 10…essential oils
Venita Machnicki
25th February, 2011
Essential oils have long been a medicine cabinet mainstay. Venita Machnicki, aromatherapist and founder of organic beauty company, Skin Nectar, rounds up the most usefulmore...
Green gold: organic olive oil
The Ecologist
21st February, 2011
Organic olive oil is the eco-friendly alternative to butter and rapeseed oils more...
Platform: attempting to drive a wedge between the Tate Modern and BP
Matilda Lee
18th February, 2011
Should oil and gas companies be sponsoring the arts? No, says the man behind the unconventional pressure group that's tackling the 'carbon web of institutions' more...
Scents and sustainability: the Green Grocery's organic scent
The Ecologist
16th February, 2011
Combining rose, sandalwood and jasmine essential oils, the Green Grocery’s Love Letter perfume is organic, eco-friendly and utterly gorgeousmore...
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