The surprise removal of tax benefits for investors in community renewable energy schemes - effective from Monday - is unlawful and must be reversed, states a legal letter to the Treasury. But meanwhile, investments in the sector have hit record levels, with two days still to go.
… Osborne's community renewables tax 'unlawful' The … Energy Finance Renewables Law Politics UK Community westmill-cut.jpg The surprise … removal of tax benefits for investors in community renewable energy schemes - effective …
Peruvian law requires the government to recognise indigenous peoples's ownership of their lands. Yet 594 communities with claims to 20 million hectares of land remain with no secure title - leaving their forests open to illegal logging, plantations and settlement. Now one village is taking its demands to the courts.
… demands to the courts. The Shipibo indigenous community of Korin Bari has filed a law suit … The result has been the repeated invasion of community lands by illegal loggers and coca growers threatening the lives of community members who protest. The community …
On international women's day, a remarkable lady fighting to maintain the ancient traditions, local knowledge and sacred sites of one of South Africa's last indigenous clans talks to the Ecologist
… and modernisation have engulfed her community. The corresponding erosion of the … local youth believe that the elders of the community are 'uneducated' in the western … 'Luvhola Cultural Village' with the help of community members. Then, in 2006, Mpathe met …
NESTA's Big Green Challenge inspired community groups to come up with innovative ways to reduce carbon emissions. Along the way, it has proved that change really can come from a grassroots level
… NESTA's Big Green Challenge inspired community groups to come up with innovative … could be practically adopted by other community groups across the country. The … October 2009 to reduce CO2 emissions in their community. Between them, they proved the …
The sale process of the UK's Co-op Group of its entire 70,000 acre farm estate systematically blocked community and cooperative bidders. Not a single such bid was received by the deadline.
… Community bids excluded from Coop farm sale … acre farm estate systematically blocked community and cooperative bidders. Not a … Group's 14 farms has now passed - with no community or cooperative bids made, thanks to …
After a five year battle against fracking companies, the New York Court of Appeals has ruled that towns and cities can pass zoning laws that forbid fracking and other industrial land uses. The verdict will inspire other communities across the USA to enact similar measures.
… state's highest court. In a test case pitting community rights against the oil and gas … have the right to decide how their community develops" , said Dryden Deputy … all in the name of profit." Five years of community campaigning Dryden's story began in …
Illinois is one of six US states that allows communities to aggregate and specify their energy purchases. Now 91 - comprising 1.7 million people - have used that power to buy 100% renewable electricity.
… | 9th March 2014 News USA Energy Renewables Community wind-farm-illinois.png Illinois is … to a more sustainable future from the community level" , said Sen. Dick Durbin. … and I hope other states take notice." Each community in Illinois independently voted to …
Israeli military forces have resumed their harassment of Palestinian pastoralists in the occupied Jordan Valley, part of the West Bank, holding live-fire tank and infantry maneuvers on pastures and cropland close to local communities, accompanied by the forced expulsion of both people and livestock.
… several times a year on this pretext. In the community of Khirbet Khumsah four families, … at 10:00 p.m. In May, 19 families from this community were displaced for many hours over a … do so at midnight. In 2015, families from the community were displaced on 19 separate …
The Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust is the 2010 UK Gold Winner of the Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy. Watch and read about how they and five other finalists have made significant cuts to energy use on a community level...
… have made significant cuts to energy use on a community level... UK Gold Award winner The … Heritage Trust, Scotland This is an island community that has embraced self sufficiency … consumption. This remote Scottish Island community is leading the way for streets, …
After eleven years of campaigning by local people suffering from water shortages, state authorities have closed Coca-Cola's bottling plant at Mehdiganj, Uttar Pradesh - inspiring campaigners at another three Coca Cola sites in India.
… government acknowledged the demands of the community." Success after a decade of protest The local community has been protesting at Coca-Cola's … environment and this is not acceptable as the community of Mehdiganj has shown", said Amit …
Onshore wind sites being ignored because of threat of local resistance as analysis points to unfulfilled potential of community-driven projects
… analysis points to unfulfilled potential of community-driven projects Prime locations for … as a missed opportunity. They point out that community-driven projects such as on the Isle … to more onshore wind projects being built. Community wind As well as being the cheapest …
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… This government’s rhetoric about supporting community owned renewable energy has not yet … government will introduce the planned premium community tariff that encourages communities … are also a major problem for small community renewable schemes. With complex …
Last month Palestinians of the Jordan Valley suffered a punitive regime of military exercises that displaced hundreds of people, set fire to farmland and holed water tanks - all part of Israel's plans to annex the region for Jewish settlements.
… On 10th and 16th June, ten families from the community of Khirbet Humsah were made to leave … together with five othes from the same community, a total of 91 peoples including 51 … Abu Kabash, 42, a resident of the neighboring community of Khirbet Basaliyeh to the …
A unique community purchase of Forestry Commission land in the Highlands will see native Caledonian pinewoods re-established over 1086 hectares of commercial conifer woods planted in the 1970s, complete with relict ancient pines.
… UK Society cal-pine-1-cut.jpg A unique community purchase of Forestry Commission land … South Loch Arkaig in Lochaber to a Highland community group in partnership with … benefits to the remote rural Lochaber community. Our challenge now is to raise the …
Less than two weeks after the murder of Honduran eco defender Berta Caceres, another indigenous leader has been shot dead during the violent police and military eviction of 150 families from the settled community of Rio Chiquito. International funders of the controversial Agua Zarca hydro project are now backing out..
… eviction of 150 families from the settled community of Rio Chiquito. International … a violent eviction of 150 families from community-occupied land at Rio Chiquito in the … the belongings of families evicted from the community of Rio Chiquito" , reports COPINH , …
Study predicts the yields of jatropha will fall in the next decade and that it is better suited to community-level, rather than industrial-scale, production for the biofuel market
… next decade and that it is better suited to community-level, rather than industrial-scale, … rural development by considering small-scale, community-based jatropha initiatives for local …
An indigenous leader in Colombia's 'gold belt' has been killed by unknown gunmen as tensions grow between indigenous communities and outside gold mining interests, many of them linked to illegal armed groups and the drug trade.
… was gunned down brutally outside his home. A community member of the Resguardo Indígena … taking place within the Resguardo Territory. Community leaders believe that the murder was … of illegal armed groups. The Cabildo (Community Council) is calling urgently for a …
Guarani man Semião Vilhalva was murdered by ranchers' gunmen last weekend after his community reoccupied parts of their ancestral land from ranchers. Thousands of Guarani Indians holding on to tiny patches of their ancestral land are living in constant fear of forcible eviction.
… by ranchers' gunmen last weekend after his community reoccupied parts of their ancestral … in west-central Brazil, one week after his community reoccupied part of their ancestral … during an attack on Nanderu Marangatu community, by gunmen hired by ranchers - and …
Inspiration for change comes in many guises – from downshifting your personal life to celebrating a community Apple Day to joining a movement for social justice.
… your personal life to celebrating a community Apple Day to joining a movement for … Foundation has turned today into a spiritual community, ecovillage and an international … group behind Flora Britannica, Apple Day and Community Orchards and Confluence, Common …
Oil giant should stop gas flaring, provide clean drinking water and clean up the legacy of oil spills, polluted land and waterways in Niger Delta
… Development Company (SPDC), could reduce community opposition by taking immediate … gas industries would help safeguard the local community and ecosystem as well as reduce …
Death threats to an indigenous forest defender in Peru have followed his success in closing down an illegal palm oil operation on his tribe's lands carried out by a member company of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, now meeting in Kuala Lumpur.
… unknown at this time, but local activists and community leaders suspect that it refers to Mr … support of the struggle of the Shipibo community of Santa Clara de Uchunya in the … region of Peru. Over the last year the community has been actively opposing the …
Immediate moratorium on all activity by oil and gas industries would help safeguard the local community and ecosystem as well as reduce potential carbon emissions
… gas industries would help safeguard the local community and ecosystem as well as reduce … too soon, too fast, especially in light of community concerns and the effects of climate … prize HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE Tuktoyaktuk: a community on the frontline of climate change …
Campaigners against the third Heathrow runway and residents of the local villages Sipson, Harmondsworth and Harlington this week celebrated the anniversary of the market garden project in Sipson, 'Grow Heathrow'
… activists celebrate one year stay at community garden The Ecologist | 3rd March … practice, how one man in Totnes is helping a community respond to the threat of peak oil – …
A massive oil spill in the oil-rich Niger Delta in 2008 has caused years of environmental and economic devastation. But only after legal action in London has Shell been forced to reveal the truth, admit liability, pay compensation, and begin the clean-up.
… settlement of £55m to compensate the affected community. The £55m will be split between £35m for 15,600 individuals and £20m for the community. The compensation is an important … Bodo. We've always wanted to compensate the community fairly and we are pleased to have …