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Denise Hamu: Brazil 'needs to increase' beef and soya productivity
Matilda Lee
22nd February, 2011
Matilda Lee talks exclusively to the head of WWF Brazil about controversial beef and soya production, the REDD mechanism and deforestation, as well as the wider environmental challenges facing the emerging economic powerhouse more...
Arcola theatre: on a mission to be the world's first carbon neutral theatre
Laura Laker
24th February, 2011
Arcola theatre has made its name with cutting-edge artistic productions while insisting its carbon footprint be as low as possible more...
CAMPAIGN HERO: Trewin Restorick, CEO of Global Action Plan
Matilda Lee
22nd February, 2011
The founder of the carbon reduction charity Global Action Plan on past failures, launching the UK's first on-line carbon calculator and why we must work with the corporate sector to create change 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...
Greenland, at the National Theatre
Matilda Lee
10th February, 2011
‘When you see smoke coming from under the door, but nobody does anything about it, you start to believe the majority. Even if the house is on fire, we do nothing.' more...
Bruce Parry: the Arctic's climate is 'changing faster than anywhere else'
Cheryl Morris
4th February, 2011
In his latest adventure the star of 'Tribe' and 'Amazon' journeyed to the Arctic to discover how climate change is affecting the native people there more...
Addicted to frack: the dirty gas drilling coming to a field near you
Ecologist
7th December, 2010
Exclusive film examining the bitter fall out from gas extraction in the US involving a process known as hydraulic fracturing - or fracking. And it's coming to Europe... more...
Industry and activists clash over environmental footprint of nanotechnology
Kara Moses
25th November, 2010
Conflict grows between green campaigners and the nanotechnology sector following publication of a critical Friends of the Earth report into the industry's environmental impacts more...
After the spending cuts: our step-by-step guide to greening your local council
Phil England
19th October, 2010
If you already have a low-impact lifestyle and want to step it up a level, turn your attention to your local council. Here's how to get the authorities in your area to act more...
London's Savoy hotel gets five stars for eco refit
Matilda Lee
8th October, 2010
One of London's most prestigious hotels has had a green makeover as part of a £220 million refit. Ahead of the official reopening, Matilda Lee gets an exclusive preview of the capital's most environmentally responsible luxury hotelmore...
Canada tar sands industry ignoring toxic river pollution
Ecologist
1st September, 2010
Study contradicts Alberta government and industry claims that pollutants are from natural sources and not from the expanding production of oil from tar sands more...
Tar sands campaign targets holidaymakers and pension funds
Ecologist
20th August, 2010
Climate activists stage mass protest outside headquarters of tar sands funder RBS as campaigners urge holidaymakers to boycott Canada more...
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Ashden Award Winners: building self-sufficient communities across the UK
Ecologist
13th July, 2010
The Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust is the 2010 UK Gold Winner of the Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy. Watch and read about how they and five other finalists have made significant cuts to energy use on a community level... more...
Government ignoring rail in favour of domestic flights
Ecologist
10th June, 2010
Majority of UK Government departments are choosing to fly staff to destinations easily accessible by train, such as London to Glasgow, Edinburgh and Manchester more...
Industry threats to relocate over carbon targets exposed as 'misleading'
Ecologist
22nd May, 2010
Heavy industry has pleaded for special treatment since the European Emissions Trading System was set up, but a new report suggests their complaints were exaggerated more...
Can our electricity grid cope with all the new wind power?
David Strahan
27th April, 2010
Wind energy finally seems to be moving somewhere in the UK, but without some new techniques, our grid is simply not going to cope with this flood of new green power more...
VIDEO: why tar sands activists took on BP
Felix Gonzales
19th April, 2010
A report from BP's recent AGM where activists fought to raise awareness of the oil giant's investment in tar sands - includes an interview with George Poitras, member of Mikisew Cree indigenous First Nationmore...
How deep sea aircon could cut the heat of climate change
Chris Pala
13th April, 2010
The deep ocean is cold; our cities are growing increasingly warm. What if we could tap those frigid depths to cool down energy-hungry metropolises? more...
RAN's greenwash of the week: Chevron's solar balls
Rainforest Action Network
12th March, 2010
Chevron has recently announced a mammoth solar energy project known as Project Brightfield. Good news, eh? But what if they want to use the green power to pump more oil... more...
Budget 2010: good news for wind; bad news for green transport
Mark Jansen
25th March, 2010
As the fiscal dust kicked up by Alistair Darling's 2010 budget begins to settle, experts say they are 'surprised' by how 'un-green' the budget turned out to be more...
What if we all traded energy between ourselves?
Mark Jansen
16th March, 2010
The time may soon be coming when every government will need to think about rationing fossil fuel usage. What's the quickest and most equitable way to do it? more...
Tar sands money could pay for desert solar or electric cars
Ecologist
16th March, 2010
Oil companies planning 'billion-pound blunder' into environmentally damaging tar sands production in Canada, says Co-op/WWF report more...
BP and Shell face new shareholder revolt over tar sands
Ecologist
26th February, 2010
Investors want oil giants to answer questions on their involvement in the environmentally damaging extraction of oil from tar sands more...
Will carbon capture and storage work?
Mark Jansen
15th December, 2009
Carbon capture sounds like a fantastical idea: dig up fossil fuels, burn them, then return the captured CO2 underground. But the hurdles that stand in its way are formidable more...
Fight climate change as a recruit in BTCV's Carbon Army
Emma Bocking
11th December, 2009
The British Trust for Conservation Volunteers has created a 'Carbon Army' with marching order for hands-on action during the Copenhagen summit more...Members
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