Who said these words: ‘The environmental movement is a growing force in civil society, searching for a home in mainstream politics. The party that succeeds will be the natural party of government’? It wasn’t George Monbiot, Tony Juniper or Jonathon Porritt. It was David Miliband, in December 2006.
… the Conservatives, it means accepting that Europe must be strong and powerful if it is … his predecessor. While Blair helped to secure European agreement to ambitious emissions …
Ever since the 1970s we have lived with the growing awareness that our ecosystem is fragile and the perpetual exploitation of our natural resources impossible. By the late 1980s, even The Sun newspaper had its own green correspondent. Everything we buy, use and throw away has an impact somewhere on the ecological continuum, and nowadays the most bullish Western consumers’ consciences are regularly punctured by shards of eco-worry. We also increasingly realise that working ever harder for more possessions, more options, more stuff, doesn’t tend to make us more content.
… machines. A study in the Journal of Neuroscience in 2007 revealed our minds seem … in Atlanta, Georgia, show how the neurotransmitter dopamine, one of our brain’s … is a relatively recent fad. In 18th-century Europe, frugal-cool was a lifestyle choice. …
Public money to the tune of £131,000 has been spent on a report that claims to have found farmers ‘upbeat’ about genetic modification – despite its authors having interviewed only 30 farmers, half of whom had already grown GM crops.
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Grandmother Earth - Thirteen matriarchs from indigenous cultures are currently touring the world, promoting peace, unity and a respect for nature. nicola Graydon meets one of them, Mona Polacca
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This month a construction consortium will start pouring millions of tons of rock and cement into the Venice Lagoon – one of the Mediterranean’s most important wetlands. The consortium claims the dam project will ‘save’ the city from flooding. But the project failed its environmental impact assessment, threatens the ecology of the lagoon and – with global warming and rising sea-levels –may not even protect Venice anyway. Tony Zamparutti reports from Italy.
… are protected (at least on paper) by the European Union’s Habitats Directive. 6 The … much attention – and potentially billions of euros – in what Pirazzoli describes as ‘an … despite official decisions to do so. Even European law has been interpreted in …
Shrimp has always been associated with the small and the puny. Why then is this seemingly harmless crustacean inspiring angry protests throughout the developing world, and why have so many people died as a result? Dr Mike Shanahan investigates
… year diners in the industrialised nations of Europe, North America and Japan peeled, chewed … banned for use in food production by the EU and US. Many of these chemicals are … importers, distributors and retailers in Europe and North America …
‘Immortal’ and created solely to amass ever larger amounts of wealth, limited-liability corporations institutionalise dissatisfaction. They are, Derrick Jensen writes, the economic manifestation of the Buddhist notion of ‘hungry ghosts’ – spirits that roam the earth, always eating, never sated.
… But I now understand that these men are amateurs. If they really want to succeed at their … mandate, and that timber company Weyerhaeuser can deforest the planet because God Says … might receive a brief reprieve were Weyerhaeuser’s corporate charter revoked, we must …
Today, while hunger stunts the lives of hundreds of millions of people, grassroots movements in Kenya and Brazil are winning the war on want. Frances Moore Lappé investigates
… Walter Rodney explained in his 1974 book How Europe Underdeveloped Africa . Fast forward to …
Opinionated and outspoken, often wildly at odds with the government’s line, the UK’s environment minister Michael Meacher is, by his own reckoning, a lone voice in the wilderness.
… he adds, ‘is that every government in the EU – the UK included – says, “Of course we …
Positive tipping points must be triggered if we are to avoid the severe consequences of damaging Earth system tipping points, researchers say.
Positive tipping points Ruby Harbour | 8th January 2024 | News Tipping Points Decarbonisation Climate Breakdown A day at the beach - tipping point Positive tipping points must be triggered if we are …
Reducing inequality is essential in tackling the climate crisis, researchers argue.
Reducing inequality could help the climate crisis Ruby Harbour | 8th January 2024 | News Inequality Vegan Insulation Editor’s Picks Climate Breakdown If you think vegans are loud Reducing inequality …
Call for lobbying ban following revelation that fossil fuel industry met MSPs 790 times in five years
Call for lobbying ban in Scotland Lucinda Cameron | 8th January 2024 | News Lobbying Climate Breakdown Fossil Fuels Hywind Scotland opening Call for lobbying ban following revelation that fossil fuel …
Ministers have launched plans for the biggest expansion of nuclear power in 70 years, including a new power station as big as Hinkley C and Sizewell C.
… high-tech new nuclear reactors, known as HALEU. This form of uranium fuel is currently …
The final outcome text of the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) - dubbed the ‘UAE Consensus’ - has garnered mixed reactions from around the world.
Where next for fossil fuel fight? Freddie Daley Peter Newell | 16th January 2024 | Comment COP28 Fossil Fuel Policy Economics PM press conference at COP28 The final outcome text of the 28th …
French president Emmanuel Macron’s One Planet – Polar summit and the story of the Himalayan people experiencing the extremes.
… of states outside the Natural History Museum. They were here to discuss the cryosphere … to be seen how many of those €1 billion euros ends up in the Himalayas. This Author …
Public ownership of energy generation presents a vast, untapped potential for funding frontline services, empowering councils and tackling the climate crisis.
… played in rolling out renewable energy across Europe and within the UK. It is the first in a … have some of the worst housing stock in Europe, despite being Scotland’s oil capital. … the governments and local authorities of our European neighbours. "Instead of watching on …
Progress on around half the UK Government’s environmental goals is either static or moving in the wrong direction, its watchdog said in its second annual report.
… and it set up the OEP after the UK left the European Union as a body to oversee its …
The latest State of Nature report warns that nearly one in six of Britain's 10,000 species under review could be lost.
'The clock is ticking' for UK nature Catherine Early | 22nd January 2024 | News Biodiversity National Parks Nature UK Editor’s Picks wetland_nature_reserve_cardiff_bay_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_853512.jpg …
WWF sets out new roadmap to support a regenerative agricultural transition in England.
Farming for the future Ruby Harbour | 24th January 2024 | News Agriculture Nat West Farming Food And Farming WWF Devon cows WWF sets out new roadmap to support a regenerative agricultural transition …
Switch to EVs will reduce UK’s import dependence for petrol, as UK renewable electricity powers more cars.
… delayed second reading of the Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill. Just a small proportion of … has the least efficient homes in western Europe. Since 2013, when government support …