Trophy hunting is a multi-million dollar global industry. There needs to be concerted international action to ban with this archaic and cruel bloodsport.
… on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), states that trade in Appendix I … shooting leopards and cheetahs. Both are CITES Appendix I species. Thanks to CITES, trophy hunters are getting away with …
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 …
Can the cut-throat, speculative world of the stock market be used to hold businesses to account for environmental damage and human rights abuses? Chris Milton investigates for the Ecologist
Sustainable stock exchanges: a new choice for investors Chris Milton | 28th December 2010 News Stock Market Politics And Economics Finance Investors marketplace.jpg A Social Stock Exchange could …
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 …
A new report by accountancy giant EY says the UK's Conservative government has sentenced renewable energy sector to 'death by a thousand cuts', writes Emma Howard, and left investors puzzled at inexplicable policy changes.
… are entering a really weird phase' The report cites the early end of subsidies for onshore … for the first time in a year. The report cites the launch of Barack Obama's Clean Power …
Ecuador's protected forests to define Rights of Nature and test jurisprudence in country’s Constitutional Court.
Defending Ecuador’s Los Cedros forest Marianne Brooker | 14th July 2020 News Ecuador Mining Conservation Thought Leaders Los Cedros Ecuador's protected forests to define Rights of Nature and test …
World Bank projects have left a worldwide trail of evictions, displacements, rapes, murders, forest destruction, greenhouse-gas-belching fossil fuel projects, and destruction of farmland and water sources, writes Pete Dolack. But even as internal reports admit the Bank's wrongdoing, it is asserting its immunity from legal action as terrorised communities seek redress in the courts.
… human rights abuses." The lawsuit filing cites "U.S. government sources" to allege that …
A second legal challenge to the UK's proposed Hinkley C nuclear power plant in Somerset was launched this morning by ten renewable and municipal power suppliers in Germany and Austria, citing grave distortions to European energy markets.
Green energy suppliers launch Hinkley C nuclear challenge The Ecologist | 15th July 2015 News Nuclear Energy Renewables Law Finance UK EU cameron-hinkley-cut.jpg A second legal challenge to the UK's …
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 …
A poll for the new Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST) found people increasingly concerned about carbon from flights.
Frequent flyers must curb emissions, say public Emily Beament | 18th September 2019 News Climate Breakdown Carbon Emissions Airplanes Thought Leaders airplane-roofs.png A poll for the new Centre for …
The Ecologist and the Vegan Society launch an extensive report into attitudes about veganism among our regular readers.
Perceptions about veganism Brendan Montague | 10th January 2020 | News Thought Leaders Vegetarianism And Veganism Food And Farming Diet Vegan Veganuary vegan.png The Ecologist and the Vegan Society …
Bees are in danger, but contrary to the buzz around National Honey Bee Day, supporting the honey industry isn’t the best way to protect these incredibly important insects
Eating honey is bad for bees Elena Orde | 21st August 2019 Comment Thought Leaders Bee-keeping Environment Pollination Vegan Honey Honeybee Honeybee Decline bee.jpg Bees are in danger, but contrary …
Hinkley C's subsidy package may have won European Commission approval - but now it faces a National Audit Office 'value for money' investigation, following a demand from a powerful Parliamentary committee.
NAO investigates Hinkley C nuclear subsidies Terry Macalister The Guardian | 17th October 2014 News Nuclear Energy UK Politics Economics Finance hinkley-c-edf-cut.jpg Hinkley C's subsidy package may …
Insects are now sold as food in the UK - but there are looming moral risks with farming them.
Eating insects mite not be the future William Gildea | 24th June 2019 News Thought Leaders Food Farming Climate Emergency Edible Insects Pulses Reforestation insect_pic_green.jpg Insects are now sold …
There are two rules about the end costs of nuclear power, writes Ian Fairlie. It's far more than you ever knew. And whatever sum of money was ever set aside, it's nowhere near enough. Germany understands this. That's why it refused to let E.ON spin off its nuclear liabilities into a hands-off company. But the UK, it seems, has lost the ability to learn from its nuclear mistakes.
When the party's over ... the financial spectre at the end of nuclear power Dr Ian Fairlie | 1st October 2015 News Energy Nuclear Waste Radiation Finance sellafield-cut.jpg There are two rules about …
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 …
Just as EDF was due to make its 'final investment decision' on Hinkley C, writes Oliver Tickell, another delay. In spite of incredibly generous subsidies, the company is unable to finance it. Its last hope is to persuade the French state to take a 10% stake in the doomed project.
Unable to raise Hinkley C nuclear cash, EDF turns to French government Oliver Tickell | 26th January 2016 News Nuclear Energy Finance Corporations UK France China hinkley-point-nuclear-pow-cut.jpg …
Brendan Montague of the Ecologist interviews environment lawyer and founder of ClientEarth, James Thornton.
… evidence of how this will play out. He cites the work around forcing the government … the development of this global power. He cites for example the fact that only China …
The respected Russian campaign group Sakhalin Environment Watch is being forced to choose between registering as a 'foreign agent' label and closing down, writes Oliver Tickell. Environmental campaigning, it seems, is now a 'political activity'.
… Sakhalin Province." As evidence the report cites: a link to a WWF Russia statement on the …