
Archive: Other Comments
16/05/2012» Curbing supermarkets' power: will the Groceries Code Adjudicator have the teeth to bite?
09/05/2012» Should Coca Cola be allowed to sponsor the London Olympics?
24/04/2012» ‘We are ready to die for our land’, say pastoralists in Ethiopia’s Lower Omo Valley
11/04/2012» Grave threat of pesticides to bees' billion-pound bonanza is now clear
06/03/2012» Midwifery on screen: how 'One Born Every Minute' gets it wrong
06/03/2012» Anatomy of a C-section: they save lives, but would you choose one?
06/03/2012» How birth was hijacked
02/03/2012» Response: biomass 'needs to be part of our low-carbon future'
10/02/2012» Fukushima: the social impact of a nuclear disaster
10/02/2012» Campaigners say no to nuclear new build at Hinkley Point
08/02/2012» HS2: Why low speed rail - or closure - is vastly preferable to high speed
25/01/2012» The great badger and bovine TB cover-up: is it really a health risk?
25/01/2012» UK needs scientific research into agroecology not GM
25/01/2012» Getting a good deal from the Green Deal
20/01/2012» Risks and uncertainities accompany efforts to reduce Britain's carbon
11/01/2012» Beyond HS2: invest in existing rail and reduce rail fares to make travel greener
10/01/2012» Can biodiversity be accommodated in today's urban environment?
05/01/2012» The communities taking renewable energy into their own hands
21/12/2011» Seal pups 'sliced open alive': horror of Canadian hunt prompts Russian skins ban
19/12/2011» The National Trust awards recognising pioneering eco-campaigner Octavia Hill
07/12/2011» Talk of a ‘new climate deal' at COP17 is a distraction from inaction
07/12/2011» Food security has jumped up the agenda at Durban climate conference
29/11/2011» Obituary: Ecologist cartoonist Richard Willson
25/11/2011» Conservation can only work by putting a value on forests
25/11/2011» Is Chris Huhne's 'Green Deal' just a marketing strategy?
17/11/2011» Tsunami stalls Japan's Dall’s porpoise slaughter, but for how long?
14/11/2011» Risks of mobile phones to children are being 'downplayed'
10/11/2011» Durban climate change conference: why we should stick with the UN talks
28/10/2011» Can Asia’s large mammals be saved from extinction?
28/10/2011» How phosphorus shortages could increase global food prices
19/10/2011» Ignore the sceptics, the 'peak oil brigade' is right
18/10/2011» Why Arctic Ocean oil drilling is a risky choice
07/10/2011» Tainted tomatoes: who's to blame for the 'slavery' blighting our food?
07/10/2011» Who is picking our food?
07/10/2011» With the death of Wangari Maathai, the green movement has lost one of its greatest proponents
26/09/2011» Shot, face hacked off, tusks stolen... horror of the elephants butchered for their ivory
13/09/2011» Stop making China suffer toxic pollution for Western fashion
13/09/2011» The fashion industry has the potential to be a real force for good
12/09/2011» Time to ignore bankers and start fixing our broken markets
09/09/2011» Food speculation 'boom' linked to volatile food prices
08/09/2011» Battery egg hens still face hell as 'enriched' cages phased in
30/08/2011» Why ethical food trade is only possible with supermarket action
30/08/2011» Consumers and farm workers at risk from toxic pesticides sprayed on salad
30/08/2011» Where do your tomatoes come from?
23/08/2011» RESPONSE: Why a deregulated approach to GM crops is 'deeply flawed'
17/08/2011» North Sea oil spill: polluters should pay but can we make them?
15/08/2011» What looting has to do with trashing the planet
03/08/2011» Why the BBC is wrong to scrap its Wildlife Fund
28/07/2011» Revealed: how the Vietnamese military fuels destruction of Laos' forests
21/07/2011» Time for gardeners to stop living the ‘Good Lie’
13/07/2011» Return to the killing fields: the unspoken cost of Europe's cheap meat
01/07/2011» Joss Garman: coal and runways looked unstoppable until we stopped them
01/07/2011» How to inspire the next generation of eco-activists
01/07/2011» Where next for eco-activism?
01/07/2011» Response: don't dismiss the potential of thorium nuclear power
29/06/2011» Aren't floods, cancer and infant mortality enough to stop Hinkley nuclear proposal?
28/06/2011» Why Glasgow's M74 road extension will increase air pollution
16/06/2011» UK agriculture 'could wither up and die' if water mismanagement continues
13/06/2011» The inside story on Monsanto and the glyphosate birth defect data
13/06/2011» Antibiotics under the spotlight
10/06/2011» Alarm as controversial EBRD eyes up Middle Eastern investment opportunities
06/06/2011» The reason why this deadly E coli makes doctors shudder
03/06/2011» What really caused the deadly E. coli outbreak?
01/06/2011» Nature isn't a commodity that should be bought, sold and traded
31/05/2011» How to combat the growing menace of e-waste
23/05/2011» Why our testing of antibiotics and other drugs may not be safe
20/05/2011» RESPONSE: Why it's wrong to use Garra rufa fish in pedicures
16/05/2011» Why UK nuclear power plants may cause childhood cancer and leukaemia
12/05/2011» Organic farming – India's future perfect?
27/04/2011» What role does nutrition really play in tackling cancer?
20/04/2011» Climate activists need to protect their right to protest
20/04/2011» Campaigners should support aviation industry biofuel trials
18/04/2011» Bangladesh’s climate displacement nightmare
12/04/2011» Why supply chains for commodities like tea need urgent regulation
12/04/2011» Why the victory over the Nocton super-dairy is only the beginning
12/04/2011» What's really in your cuppa?
07/04/2011» Pesticide lobby resists moves to sanction 'deadly' paraquat substance
01/04/2011» Hundreds of whales face slaughter as Norway's killing season resumes
22/03/2011» Is the UK's fishery quota system a violation of human rights law?
21/03/2011» Fukushima fall-out: why the nuclear industry's liability for an accident is too low
17/03/2011» Climate Week is too cosy with EDF, RBS and Tesco - join an activist group instead
14/03/2011» Fukushima crisis raises fresh concerns over UK nuclear energy expansion
07/03/2011» Start lobbying your MEP to vote against new GM food rule changes
28/02/2011» Lord Teverson: Why UK businesses need to get smart on energy usage
22/02/2011» Greenpeace: Asia Pulp and Paper's PR is greenwash, their sustainability claims a joke
21/02/2011» Forest sell-off: the questions we still need answering
11/02/2011» You don't have to be vegetarian to save the planet
09/02/2011» The truth behind India's nuclear renaissance
04/02/2011» Susanne Charlesworth: we must use sustainable drainage systems to green our cities
02/02/2011» Matthew Hancock MP: slash costs and carbon with better property management
31/01/2011» Asia Pulp and Paper: why activists are wrong over destructive logging allegations
21/01/2011» Undercover police scandal: why we urgently need a judge-led inquiry
18/01/2011» Laura Sandys MP: why food security must be viewed as a strategic threat
12/01/2011» Emily Apple: 'I can't forgive Mark Kennedy's betrayal of activists'
05/01/2011» Financial problems could wipe out commercial whaling
21/12/2010» Climate change: we are like slave-owners
21/12/2010» How we can make local food work for all
21/12/2010» Dr. David Fleming: a tribute
16/12/2010» COP16: Cancun - Colonialism by the sea
09/12/2010» The government isn’t telling us the true cost of nuclear waste disposal
07/12/2010» Cotton is a cash crop, but buy organic and help farmers escape poverty
30/11/2010» Why the failure of the bluefin tuna summit is bad for people and the environment
24/11/2010» Revealed: the glyphosate research the GM soy lobby doesn't want you to read
19/11/2010» Tony Hawkhead: why it's vital to put green jobs at the centre of Britain's economy
11/11/2010» Kiribati and Tuvalu will drown without global climate action
09/11/2010» RESPONSE: Why Nocton 'super-dairy' offers a sustainable model for food production
22/10/2010» The pesticides scandal: Government inaction is destroying lives
19/10/2010» Do the environmental benefits of gardens outweigh the need for affordable houses?
13/10/2010» It's time we copied the Malaysians and ate less meat and dairy
08/10/2010» Why 'eco-friendly' heat pumps increase, not reduce, your carbon footprint
04/10/2010» Seagrass may be 'uncharismatic' but it still needs protecting
24/09/2010» Forget palm oil and soya, microalgae is the next big biofuel source
20/09/2010» Will 21st century capitalism go green?
16/09/2010» How to make money from fighting climate change
07/09/2010» Landfill could be greener than recycling when it comes to plastic bottles
02/09/2010» The water footprint: the hidden cost of our meat consumption
13/08/2010» Europe shows how local communities can make money from renewables
09/08/2010» The Government has seriously miscalculated the cost of green homes
02/08/2010» Policymakers recognise peak oil threat, now they need to deal with it
26/07/2010» Starting out: how Teddy Goldsmith launched the Ecologist 40 years ago
21/07/2010» Greenpeace's ceasefire with the logging companies was not a deal with the devil
01/07/2010» I applaud Norway's $1bn funding offer to Indonesia. But where will that money go?
28/06/2010» The link between BP, geoengineering and GM
22/06/2010» Wildlife corridors are the Asian elephant's last chance for survival
14/06/2010» Why botanic gardens are key to our future
09/06/2010» Let's use the Gulf Stream to increase UK food production
03/06/2010» Get down off your Dark Mountain: you're making matters worse
19/05/2010» Wildlife conservation repeatedly ignores the needs of the poor
17/05/2010» MMS - the three initials behind the BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster
12/05/2010» How should environmentalists deal with an onslaught of bad news?
05/05/2010» Microsoft's 'new busy' campaign leads only to antidepressants
04/05/2010» Join our campaign to halt geoengineering
28/04/2010» I stopped believing in environmentalism. And did this instead...
21/04/2010» None of the main parties seem to have a clue about food
19/04/2010» Can the green, 'hairy' city work with our existing, 'mineral' cities?
16/04/2010» An 'all or nothing' approach to organics won't get us anywhere
08/04/2010» Let's stop people scamming billions from the carbon market
06/04/2010» Why only hedgehogs can make us love nature
24/03/2010» Are people fundamentally selfish and self-motivated?
17/03/2010» Organic farming has sold out and lost its way
15/03/2010» Landmark court ruling sees off Redcar property developers
09/03/2010» EU carbon trading scheme has been 'an enormous success'
11/02/2010» Jatropha is no miracle plant for hungry farmers
11/02/2010» 'Old environmentalists' are challenging an obsession with land productivity
08/02/2010» Solar lighting spells the end of kerosene in Africa
04/02/2010» Cancer and pesticides: victims fight for justice
26/01/2010» Label EU pork: 'offspring of a sow in a crate'
25/01/2010» Biochar could work, but not if linked to the market
19/01/2010» Face up to natural limits, or face a 1970s-style energy crisis
13/01/2010» We need a citizens' housing revolution
11/01/2010» Was 2009 the year the world turned against GM?
08/01/2010» Toothless Tory 'ombudsman' won't solve supermarket problem
08/01/2010» Great victory against cyanide for gold mining
18/12/2009» True sustainability needs an ethical revolution
18/12/2009» The West helped create the Somali pirate situation
16/12/2009» The most democratic part of Copenhagen: the queue
15/12/2009» 'Climategate' is the first in a new wave of attacks
14/12/2009» Solar India: why climate finance is so important
10/12/2009» A toothless cap-and-trade scheme is a planetary wrecking ball
07/12/2009» Agriculture: Copenhagen's blind spot
02/12/2009» Where did all the green funding go?
25/11/2009» Will the US get 'squatters' rights' to the atmosphere?
20/11/2009» Carbon pricing is planetary Russian Roulette
16/11/2009» We shouldn't expect a single Copenhagen treaty to solve things
11/11/2009» Are your emissions 'survival' or 'luxury'?
05/11/2009» The next Industrial Revolution will be people-powered
04/11/2009» Pricing the tonne of carbon that tips us into climate catastrophe
02/11/2009» Economic growth has let us down. What's the alternative?
27/10/2009» Nothing will happen at Copenhagen until the 11½ hour
22/10/2009» The more we recycle, the more waste firms profit
13/10/2009» How the Government could easily fix our food chain
09/10/2009» Progress is slow, but Zambia might yet see fair copper mining
08/10/2009» Should the US scrap the Waxman-Markey climate bill?
30/09/2009» Green jobs are welcome. But will they be good jobs?
23/09/2009» Africa doesn't need a green revolution. It needs agroecology
21/09/2009» India could halve emissions growth...but at a price
17/09/2009» We need land to grow food. We need a Community Land Bank
03/09/2009» Designing out waste means rethinking the system
01/09/2009» Teddy Goldsmith: a tribute
24/08/2009» Forget trees and carbon: trees and rain is the real problem
18/08/2009» Cleaner Planet plan: a green wash or greenwash?
11/08/2009» The fight to make our train fares fair
10/08/2009» Copenhagen and the carbon conundrum
04/08/2009» How fair is our food?
04/08/2009» Climate Camp Scotland: why we are protesting
30/07/2009» Tiger farms undermining conservation efforts
28/07/2009» The New Renaissance
21/07/2009» Have academics forgotten how to talk to each other?
20/07/2009» Pig Business: behind the film they tried to ban
17/07/2009» Eco-Towns: without local involvement, forget it
15/07/2009» Invasive species - are they always bad news?
13/07/2009» Can communities save the post office?
08/07/2009» Taxing aviation to pay for adaptation to climate change
30/06/2009» Halfway to Copenhagen
26/06/2009» Monsanto's philanthropy
23/06/2009» Shell pays up in New York, but continues to flare gas
18/06/2009» Why The Ecologist has gone on-line
17/06/2009» It's all in the mind
17/06/2009» Retro Perspective - why the Ecologist is so important
09/04/2009» Climate Camp
17/06/2009» Fanatical about food
17/06/2009» Restoring New York's natural springs
16/06/2009» Environmentalists support nuclear?
13/05/2009» Direct action - the winning argument?
22/04/2009» Back to basics
16/04/2009» The end of consumerism
09/04/2009» The case for harnessing renewable energy
08/04/2009» Ecologist magazine to relaunch as online brand
19/03/2009» Outfitting Africa
16/03/2009» Climate Camp comes to The City
16/03/2009» A global land-grab
26/02/2009» Bill McKibben: why I'm planning to get arrested on Monday (and you should, too)
20/02/2009» The power of sustainable thinking
19/02/2009» Grass-Roots Democracy
18/02/2009» UK Met Office's forecast on human induced climate change - a mixed message?
17/02/2009» Cause For Concern
13/02/2009» Grey Area
13/02/2009» Market Famines
10/02/2009» Forest carbon finance fails root and branch
10/02/2009» Is a reef better than a barrage for the Severn?
29/01/2009» High Court action against UK Government over toxic crop pesticides
28/01/2009» Economy distorted by multimillion pound bonuses
20/01/2009» The UK Government paper, A Vision for Science and Society, is no clear picture
19/01/2009» Efficiency be Damned
10/01/2009» The European Constitution
07/01/2009» Let's call a truce on billboards
05/01/2009» The Gift and the Word
03/01/2009» I'm the Reverend Billy
04/12/2008» What does it take?
01/12/2008» Kyoto2: how to manage the global greenhouse
01/12/2008» Lost in translation
27/11/2008» Jimmy's GM Food Fix
25/11/2008» Who Was Killed By Cock Robin?
21/11/2008» Cassandra: education
07/11/2008» The Desire and the Doom
01/11/2008» Global village idiots
01/11/2008» A tropical storm
30/10/2008» Nature? Do The Maths
16/10/2008» Determination in the face of destruction
01/10/2008» Control cash not people: a voice against birth control
01/10/2008» Counquer ourselves first
14/08/2008» Climate camp visions
14/08/2008» Carry On Climate Camp
07/08/2008» The money pit
07/08/2008» Saving our seas
02/08/2008» A radical carbon tax reform
24/07/2008» By the way Prime Minister, I've just super-glued myself to your arm...
22/06/2008» A systems view of corporate culture change
20/06/2008» The danger of fetishising zero carbon new-build
20/06/2008» Fallow and fertile
20/06/2008» Foresight without vision
20/06/2008» Watering down guidelines
20/06/2008» Personal Carbon Allowance: emission impossible?
19/06/2008» Size really does matter
19/06/2008» A bad appraisal
19/06/2008» The myth of apathy
18/06/2008» Riding the fluoride tiger
09/06/2008» Cancer-supporting nitrites - an all-too-familiar story
01/06/2008» The problem of greenwash - green-fiddling while Rome burns…
22/05/2008» Weather warfare
01/04/2008» Less is more - the move to a saner happier economy
15/02/2008» When bad news is good news
14/02/2008» The end of an affair
04/12/2007» US climate change policy
18/10/2007» Food and energy: a clash of giants
03/10/2007» Alzheimer’s – the case for prevention
06/09/2007» Community Wedge
16/08/2007» Open letter from Douglas Gowan
01/08/2007» Football’s cold war
05/07/2007» Cooler Earth?
22/03/2007» How 'green' was Gordon?
16/03/2007» CND "No Trident Replacement" Rally, March 14th 2007
08/02/2007» The IPCC report: the science is there, but are we willing to change?
01/02/2007» Cassandra
01/02/2007» Depleted uranium - an untold story
18/01/2007» Sense about Science?
07/12/2006» Growing pains
05/12/2006» David Cameron speaks at the Green Alliance Annual Debate, 5th December 2006
16/11/2006» Fantasy Queen’s Speech 2006
01/11/2006» Love: batteries not included
01/11/2006» What a load of rubbish
17/10/2006» Pat Thomas' letter to the Guardian, 17th October 2006
01/10/2006» Cassandra: Youth
22/09/2006» Why don't we discuss human population control?
01/09/2006» We Are All Addicts
01/07/2006» The Sanctity Of Life
27/05/2006» The changing face of the environment
01/05/2006» Bush didn't bungle Iraq you fools
01/02/2006» Apocalypse Now
21/11/2005» Many Happy Returns
11/11/2005» Duck Pond Turns Newsworthy
02/11/2005» Kept in the Dark
10/10/2005» How Loud Does The Earth Have To Cry?
24/09/2005» The Superdome: monument to a rotten system
01/09/2005» On a wing and a prayer
01/09/2005» FARMING MATTERS
19/08/2005» With No One on Their Side
01/07/2005» New Emperors, Old Clothes
01/07/2005» New ecology party? That's the last thing we need
01/07/2005» BACK FROM THE DEAD
17/06/2005» The trouble with organics
01/06/2005» Give place a chance
21/05/2005» Debate: Sports Utility Vehicles (4x4s)
01/05/2005» With God on their side
01/03/2005» I’m the Reverend Billy
01/12/2004» I’m the Reverend Billy
01/12/2004» Should our drinking water be fluoridated?
01/10/2004» I’m the Reverend Billy
01/09/2004» Imagine…food without pesticides …seeds without patents …a future without Monsanto
01/09/2004» Muck and magic
01/09/2004» I’m the Reverend Billy
01/09/2004» Globalisation use it or lose it?
01/09/2004» Enron bought Bush the White House
08/07/2004» Dam Busters?
01/06/2004» Another Ayatollah
01/04/2004» Advertising to children
01/02/2004» I’m the Reverend Billy
01/11/2003» I'm the Reverend Billy.
01/06/2003» World (fair) Trade Organisation
01/06/2003» Economies of scale - self-sufficiency through localising business
01/05/2003» More Than Enough
22/12/2000» Genetics and conservation
09/06/2000» Can we trust the media on the environment?


