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How your fuel bills are subsidising deforestation
March 6th, 2013
by Helen Buckland
One government department raises awareness about endangered species whilst another uses our fuel bills to contribute to their demise. Helen Buckland, Director of the Sumatran Orangutan Society, explains... more...
UK fights EU attempts to bring in stricter rules on pesticide and crop spraying
Alistair Driver
28th March, 2012
UK opposition to restricting the use of pesticides in the 1990s and 00s has at times even seen the intervention of former Prime Minister Gordon Brown to lobby the case for the farming industry more...
TAKE ACTION: Don't let the government back-track on UK marine protected areas
Ben Hudson
16th November, 2011
Show the government you support the creation of a marine conservation network to protect the UK's threatened sea life more...
The Ecologist guide to Estethica
Ruth Styles
15th September, 2011
London’s environmental fashion initiative celebrates its fifth birthday this year and this season looks set to be the best yet. Ruth Styles takes a closer lookmore...
Sustainable food production and healthy eating strategies under threat
Nick Hughes
10th June, 2011
The Sustainable Development Commission has been axed, the Food Standards Agency has had its powers stripped and DEFRA appears to be stalling. Where then does this leave planning for a national sustainable food strategy - and healthy eating plan - asks Nick Hughes? more...
'Britain's rainforests' in danger as gardeners love affair with peat continues
Sam Campbell
3rd June, 2011
While the proposed sell off of UK forests attracted a chorus of criticism, the destruction of peat bogs continues almost unnoticed. Sam Campbell reports from current flashpoint Chat Moss, near Manchestermore...
DEFRA's forest sell off plans met with caution and hostility
The Ecologist
28th January,2011
Environmental groups react to controversial Government consultation on the future of England's forests as £250 million sale proposed more...
UK says it will ignore medical advice on pesticide-spraying
Tom Levitt
15th December, 2010
Public will not have to be notified when crops, fields or parks are being sprayed with pesticides potentially harmful to their health, despite warnings from the British Medical Association more...
Written charter for land use vital for 'Big Society' management of natural resources
Kara Moses
23rd November,2010
A written charter for land use must be adopted to best manage England’s land resources as part of the 'Big Society', according to academics from the Rural Economy and Land Use Programme 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...
Spending review: 'Greenest government ever' reserves worst cuts for Defra
Juliette Jowit, Observer environment editor
21st October, 2010
Environment department has budget cut by 30 per cent compared to government average of 19 per cent more...
Independent testing of pesticides in food in doubt after quango cull
Tom Levitt
14th October, 2010
Campaigners fear 'backward' step in pesticide regulation in UK after testing body scrapped as Government also confirms major budget cuts to Natural England and the Environment Agency more...
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'Futurescapes': how a Shropshire land manager rewrote the conservation rulebook
Dan Box
14th September 2010
With a new coalition government the opportunities for fresh thinking about managing the UK countryside are vast, reports Dan Box. And the Stiperstones nature reserve is providing plenty of inspiration... more...
UK Government 'misleading' public on air pollution
Ecologist
2nd September, 2009
UK ranked amongst the worst polluters in Europe for airborne particles and nitrogen dioxide more...
Can Defra deliver its 2030 food vision?
Ecologist
11th August, 2009
Pressure groups question whether Defra has the power to drive reforms in the food sector more...
'Whitewash' at court of appeal for pesticides campaigner
Ecologist
9th July, 2009
Pesticides campaigner Georgina Downs has seen her high court victory against the Government overturned by a court of appeal, but vows to take her campaign to the House of Lords more...
Change farming to cut CO2 emissions by 25 per cent
Eifion Rees
3rd July, 2009
A new report has revealed that a change in the way we manage agricultural land could help sequester a quarter of the world's carbon dioxide emissions every year more...
Saving our seas
Dr Haris Livas-Dawes
7th August, 2008
The Government says it realises our oceans are at risk from pollution and overfishing, says Dr Haris Livas-Dawes, so why won't it produce a marine bill with more teeth? more...
I love incinerators
Mark Anslow
15th May, 2008
When it comes to selling incinerators, only the best PR will do. Mark Anslow reports more...
Amalgam fillings classified as 'hazardous waste'
Nick Kettles
1st May, 2008
Mercury is the second most toxic metal in the world, and yet it's still being used to make fillings. Nick Kettles wonders if the dental establishment is away with the tooth fairies. more...Government cuts DEFRA funding - climate change departments at risk
News
6th February, 2008
Environment department ministers will meet today to discuss funding cuts of almost £1bn over three years. more...
Carbon emissions continue to soar
News
30th March, 2007
Britain’s carbon dioxide emissions are soaring - contrary to government rhetoric - and coal is to blame, new figures have revealed. more...
Carbon off-setting feels the rod
News
18th January, 2007
The government will announce voluntary standards today to regulate carbon off-setting programmes - the schemes by which environmentally friendly projects such as planting trees are undertaken to 'off-set' the effects of carbon dioxide emissions.more...
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