In her new weekly column, the Ecologist's Lorna Howarth reports on the stories that show standing up for what we believe in can and does make a real difference.
… of fast-growing willow, poplar and eucalyptus all of which have now been found to … to cause 1,400 premature deaths a year in Europe by 2020 and will also inhibit crop …
Last night Edd Colbert hosted a massive knees-up in Trafalgar Square, to ceremonially devour eight pigs raised entirely on edible food waste - a delicious launch to a very original campaign. He spoke to The Ecologist about his ideas ...
… and in 2002 the ban was extended across the European Union. Before the ban, catering … to happen? The single biggest block is the EU ban on feeding catering waste to pigs. The … taken into account. What we need is for the EU to allow - and more than that to encourage …
Under the 'Incredible India' brand lurk millions of fast-growing piles of decomposing waste, reports Almudena Serpis. As they await removal, polluting waters and stinking under the tropical sun, India is rapidy becoming the world's biggest rubbish dump.
… or with a fine of up to 100,000 rupees (1,200 Euros). Despite this, plastic bags are seen … models of waste management, like we have in Europe, seems to be ending up in disaster. …
The US's 'dash to frack' for oil or gas, which has transformed the country's energy market, is seriously depleting and contaminating aquifers and surface water supplies, writes Valerie Brown. The choice facing America is plain - energy, or water?
… for gas shipment from the US east coast to Europe. At some point, campaigners warn, all …
The 'environmentalist' peer Baroness Worthington argued last week in the House of Lords for local authorities to be stripped of their powers to refuse the dumping of radioactive waste in their areas. Geneticist Becky Martin takes her to task in this Open Letter.
Dear Bryony - don't dump your nuclear waste on us! Dr Becky Martin | 12th March 2013 Comment Nuclear Waste Politics radwaste-cut.jpg The 'environmentalist' peer Baroness Worthington argued last week …