The Reuters news organisation has just sullied its reputation with a disgraceful attack on the WHO's specialist body on cancer, the IARC, writes Claire Robinson. Resorting to smear, innuendo and anonymous critics, it relies heavily on discredited industry sources including tobacco defenders in its attempt to undermine IARC's view that glyphosate probably causes cancer.
… most of the criticisms of the IARC that she cites are from notorious pro-industry sources. … most of the criticisms of the IARC that she cites are from notorious pro-industry sources. …
When Shell decided to quit its Arctic oil exploration it cited 'insufficient quantities' of oil and gas, writes Louise Rouse. But that was not the whole story: what tipped the balance was a combination of investor discontent, reputational damage and public opposition on an unprecedented scale.
Shell's retreat from the Arctic - what tipped the scales? Louise Rouse Greenpeace Energydesk | 30th September 2014 Comment Energy Fossil Fuels Oil Corporations Finance Society USA Climate Change …
As renewables grow in scale, and fall in price, the threat to electric utilities becomes ever more clear, writes Tyler Hamilton. The last thing they needed was Barclays downgrading their corporate bonds ...
Barclays: solar power threatens US utilities Tyler Hamilton | 13th June 2014 News Energy Renewables Corporations solar-us-cut.jpg As renewables grow in scale, and fall in price, the threat to …
Oil giant BP is the UK's single biggest EU lobbyist, spending over £2 million reaching out to European policy makers in 2014, new figures show. But citing hard times, the company has dropped its controversial sponsorship of the London's Tate Galleries - and more such branding deals may bite the dust.
BP doubles EU lobby spend, drops Tate sponsorship Kyla Mandel The Ecologist | 14th March 2016 News Corporations Arts Finance Fossil Fuels Oil Pollution oil-coated dophin-cut.jpg Oil giant BP is …
Letters from an EPA toxicologist to the EPA official in charge of assessing whether glyphosate, the active ingredient of Monsanto's Roundup herbicide, causes cancer, reveal accusations of 'staff intimidation' and 'political conniving games with the science' to favour pesticide corporations, writes Carey Gillam. Could this be a game-changer for cancer-suffering plaintiffs?
… longtime EPA toxicologist Marion Copley cites evidence from animal studies and writes: …
The Paris Agreement is a severely inadequate response to the climate crisis the world now faces, writes Pete Dolack, full of vague aspirations and devoid of hard, enforceable commitments. But the impending US withdrawal is still bad news for us all - including the Trump-supporting Koch brothers, set to gain billions from their Alberta tarsands holdings. Short-term profits are a poor exchange for a less livable world, even for those making the money.
Wrong way! A climatic baby step forward beats a giant leap back Pete Dolack Systemic Disorder | 7th June 2017 News Climate Change USA Politics Corporations Paris Agreement wrong-way-tarsands-cut.jpg …
Three in one: EFSA set to re-licence glyphosate based on secret industry studies; Monsanto moves against IARC verdict that glyphosate is a 'probable carcinogen'; and new science shows that FDA principle of GMO 'substantial equivalence' is bunk.
GMO and glyphosate wars rage Oliver Tickell | 16th July 2015 News Corporations GMOs Health Toxics Regulation EU USA Science …
A Pennsylvania seed library stands accused of 'agri-terrorism' over alleged breaches of the Seed Act 2004, reports a bemused Kevin Carson. Have USDA and state agriculture departments become the enforcement branch of the agribusiness crime syndicate?
Agri-terrorists accuse seed bank of 'agri-terrorism' Kevin Carson | 13th August 2014 Comment Farming Biodiversity USA Law Regulation Corporations seedlibrary-cut.jpg A Pennsylvania seed library …
Local campaigners fearful of water shortages and industrial pollution have forced state authorities to cancel an unpopular plan to allocate land for a Coca-Cola bottling plant in Tamil Nadu, India.
Campaigners defeat Coca-Cola plant in South India The Ecologist | 21st April 2015 News India Water Pollution Corporations coca-cola-india-cut.jpg Local campaigners fearful of water shortages and …
Ecuador is the latest country to tear up 'free trade' agreements that have so far cost the country $21 billion in damages awarded to foreign companies by 'corporate courts', and yielded next to nothing in return, writes Nick Dearden. So the outgoing President Correa did the only sensible thing: in one of his final executive acts this month, he scrapped 16 toxic trade and investment treaties.
Ecuador rips up 16 toxic trade treaties Nick Dearden Global Justice Now | 31st May 2017 News Trade Corporations EU US UK Finance Pollution Oil Ecuador ecuador-oily-hand-cut.jpg Ecuador is the latest …
The chemical industry and the European Food Safety Authority are refusing to disclose key scientific evidence about glyphosate's risks, citing 'trade secrets' protection, writes Corporate Europe Observatory. They must be compelled to publish the 'mysterious three' scientific studies EFSA used to assess glyphosate as 'unlikely' to cause cancer to humans - contradicting the IARC's view.
Key evidence in EU's risk assessment of glyphosate must not remain 'trade secret' Corporate Europe Observatory | 22nd February 2016 News Health Law Regulation Corporations EU Science Toxics Farming …
Investment analysts say Oxitec's GM mosquito technology 'won't work, is way too expensive, and is many years from generating even minuscule revenue', writes Claire Robinson. As shares in its owner, Intrexon, slump, three law firms have announced they are investigating.
… violating US securities law. The law firm cites allegations in a new report on …
Groups representing over 5 million Nigerians are resisting Monsanto's attempt to introduce GM maize and cotton, writes Vanessa Amaral-Rogers. With growing evidence of harm to human health and environment, and failing GM crops in other countries, they say Monsanto's applications must be refused.
Nigerians say no to Monsanto's GM crops Vanessa Amaral-Rogers | 30th March 2016 News Nigeria Farming GMOs Corporations Africa Regulation 25017341159_6580237138_o.jpg Groups representing over 5 …
Biotech corporations have invested billions in a range of new 'GM 2.0' technologies designed to redesign the world's germplasm and create new generations of super-GMOs, writes Nina Holland. And powerful investors have no intention of letting tedious EU regulations get in the way of the profits they are now poised to reap - no matter what the laws actually say.
… the era of 'GM 2.0'. This pitch predictably cites key challenges we face today, notably …
Back in the 1990s Scotts Miracle-Gro worked out a cunning plan, writes Jeff Manning: to make a fortune from a GMO grass seed for golf courses that survived the Roundup herbicide. But after investing $100 million in the project, it has never sold a single seed. And now the GMO is spreading from test plantings in Idaho, and threatening Oregon's $1 billion hay and grass seed industry.
Escaped GMO 'Triffid grass' defies eradication Jeff Manning The Oregonian | 10th January 2017 News GMOs Seeds Corporations Regulation USA golf-cut.jpg Back in the 1990s Scotts Miracle-Gro worked out …
Small-scale fishing communities are key to any transition towards an ecologically and socially just food regime. But backed by the World Bank, powerful corporate interests are seizing their fish, seas and shores in the name of 'sustainability'. A revolution of the poor is needed to rebuild food sovereignty - and restore the oceans to the global commons.
… small scale fisherfolk excluded The report cites examples of luxury beach-resorts in Sri …
Since the Obama-Clinton coup in Honduras the murder of eco-defenders and other activists has become a routine instrument of government, writes Dan Beeton. We must demand an end to the killings, the restoration of political freedom, and a halt to the tide of corporate megaprojects - beginning with the Agua Zarca dam.
The unfinished work of Berta Cáceres: now it's up to us! Dan Beeton | 22nd March 2016 Comment Honduras Human Rights Corporations Politics USA berta-caceres-river.jpg Since the Obama-Clinton coup in …
Israel desperately covets Gaza's gas as a 'cheap stop-gap' yielding revenues of $6-7 billion a year, writes Nafeez Ahmed. The UK's BG and the US's Noble Energy are lined up to do the dirty work - but first Hamas must be 'uprooted' from Gaza, and Fatah bullied into cutting off its talks with Russia's Gazprom.
Armed robbery in Gaza - Israel, US, UK carve up the spoils of Palestine's stolen gas Nafeez Ahmed | 24th July 2014 News War Middle East Energy Fossil Fuels Economics UK US Corporations …
‘Climate Smart Agriculture' can be applied to anything from industrial monocultures to agroecology, writes Helena Paul - and fertiliser, biotech and agribusiness corporations are seizing the chance to cash in. Now COP21 host France is proposing to use soils as a giant carbon sink - a fine idea in itself, but not if it's used to 'offset' continued fossil fuel emissions, and to greenwash industrial agriculture.
‘Climate-Smart Agriculture' - preparing for a corporate soil and climate-grab in Paris? Helena Paul EcoNexus | 26th November 2015 Comment COP21 Farming The Land Climate Change Emissions France …
The NHS is buying drugs from pharmaceutical companies in India whose dirty production methods are fuelling the rise of superbugs, write Andrew Wasley & Madlen Davies. There are no checks or regulations in place to stop this happening - even though the rapid growth in antibiotic resistant bacteria in India is spreading across the world, including to the UK and NHS hospitals.
Dirty production of NHS antibiotics in India helping to create superbugs Andrew Wasley Madlen Davies | 26th October 2016 News Health Corporations UK India 3-cut.jpg The NHS is buying drugs from …
The US Environmental Protection Agency has just withdrawn its authorization for a toxic mix of two herbicides, glyphosate and 2,4-D, to be used on GM crops. The move came in response to a lawsuit claiming the initial registration was unlawful.
EPA bans toxic pesticide mix on GM crops The Ecologist | 26th November 2015 News Farming Toxics Regulation Corporations USA Law GMOs pesticide-spray-field-cut.jpg The US Environmental Protection …
What kind of companies is the European Central Bank supporting by buying €46 billion of their bonds under its QE programme? Research by Corporate Europe Observatory reveals a strong preference for oil, gas, tar sands, dirty power generation, armaments, aviation, airports, car makers, motorways, luxury goods and gambling. Our sustainable be future be damned!
ECB's 'quantitative easing' funds fossil fuels, arms, cars and climate change Corporate Europe Observatory | 14th December 2016 News Finance EU Corporations Fossil Fuels Energy Aviation Transport …
A Japanese court has found the government and Tepco culpable for the Fukushima nuclear disaster for failing to act on clear warnings of the dangers of seismic shocks, writes Shaun Burnie. The ruling is sending a shockwave through Japan's 'nuclear village' and may end all prospects of any mass restart of reactors.
Fukushima court ruling holds 'reckless' Tepco and government liable Shaun Burnie Asia Times | 20th March 2017 News Nuclear Japan Law Politics Finance Corporations Regulation Energy 2ist March 2017 …
Canada's 'Anti-Terrorism Bill' proposes a massive increase in the power of security services, writes Pete Dolack - and in the crosshairs are campaigners against a tar sands industry that's intent on releasing 240 billion tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere, and those fighting the pipelines needed to get the heavy crude to market. Who are the real 'extremists'?
… Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, cites a poll commissioned by a foundation …