In the second part of our adaptation of Fatal Harvest’s iconoclastic analysis of agribusiness propaganda, The Ecologist reveals the real cost of industrial food.
… | 1st November 2002 News Supermarket Health Industrial Food Chemicals F Processed Foods … The Ecologist reveals the real cost of industrial food. --Myth number 2: Industrial food is cheap-- Politicians, …
In the four years since the Deepwater Horizon blowout there's been a lot of regulatory activity, writes Jacqueline Lang Weaver. Yet the regulatory framework today is weak, complex, under-funded, industry dominated - and it's uncertain that the Gulf of Mexico is really any safer than in 2010.
Four years after Deepwater Horizon: has offshore safety improved? Jacqueline Lang Weaver | 23rd April 2014 News Oil Oceans Pollution Regulation USA Fossil Fuels deepwater-horizon.jpg In the four …
The world is in the grip of a 'fracking frenzy that threatens us for centuries to come with polluted aquifers, runaway climate change, destruction of biodiversity and worthless 'sub-prime' investments. Just as the world must make the transition to a sustainable future, our 'leaders' are determined to make this last losing throw of the fossil fuel dice.
… North America's experience After a decade of industrial-scale expansion in North America, … of the Earth Europe. After a decade of industrial-scale expansion in North America, …
There's a quick climate win for COP21 negotiators to ponder, writes Wilf Lytton - one that could convert a billion tonnes a year of CO2 into mineral form while neutralising caustic wastes like coal ash and slag. But first, industries and regulators must adopt a 'recycling' mentality to these hazardous materials, rather than the 'dump and forget' model that prevails today.
… Recycle industrial wastes to cut 1Gt from world's … per year of CO 2 , or 3% of the world's industrial emissions from fossil fuels and … and chemicals industries. Combining harmful industrial wastes with CO 2 from flue gas …
ClientEarth has launched both English and Polish-language versions of a new campaign website. The law firm wants collect evidence from residents who believe their health is being affected by next-door industrial plants. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports
… evidence from residents affected by hazardous industrial pollution Brendan Montague | 5th … their health is being affected by next-door industrial plants. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports … their health is being affected by next-door industrial plants and their hazardous …
Coal is Europe's biggest source of mercury and sulphur pollution, writes Kyla Mandel, killing tens of thousands of people a year. So how come more than half the members appointed by EU governments to set air pollution standards for coal plants are industry representatives?
… regulation The draft proposal shows that EU industrial air pollution limits currently … emissions in Europe and one of the largest industrial sources of emissions of nitrogen …
The US fracking industry has a dirty secret. It has secured a total of seven loopholes and exemptions that give it the power to pollute at will - and citizens have no comeback. Now it's time to fight back!
Time to end the Cheney / Halliburton loophole The Daily Take the Thom Hartmann Program | 15th February 2014 Comment Fossil Fuels Fracking USA fracking-rig.png The US fracking industry has a dirty …
The European Union's carbon market, the EU ETS, is meant to cut pollution in a cost effective way. But a new report shows that it handed the EU's biggest emitters a €24bn bumper payout over six years. Not so much the 'polluter pays' principle but the precise opposite: people pay, and polluters profit.
… to justify special treatment for various industrial sectors - and allocation of the … The report moreover shows that most of the industrial sectors pass on at least part of … issues. "The EU must adopt a real low-carbon industrial policy and take appropriate …
The US's drive to become a top global oil and gas exporter by fracking has been blown wide open by a 96% write-down of California's Monterey Shale - meant to hold two thirds of the US's shale oil. How long before the whole enterprise is exposed as a monstrous Ponzi scheme?
Fracking the US - Monterey Shale's 96% downgrade blows the scam Dylan Murphy Jo Muphy | 19th June 2014 News Oil USA Fracking Politics shale-oil-cut.jpg The US's drive to become a top global oil and …
Over a year after violent conflict began in East Ukraine, indications are emerging of its severe environmental impacts in the highly industrialised Donbas region, and the grave health risks to civilians that will endure long into the future. The area will need international assistance both to reduce the hazards, and to 'green' the region's often polluting industries.
… severe environmental impacts in the highly industrialised Donbas region, and the grave … and lengthy analysis. Warfare in highly industrialised areas has the potential to … to the outbreak of the war, more than 5,300 industrial enterprises were operating in the …
The UK Government and industry players are looking to revitalise domestic mining, placing communities and ecosystems under threat.
… rapidly changing as the country shifts its industrial strategy, in part to focus on the … and metals used in renewables, electronics, industrial automation and military technology … in the UK reflects the Government’s new industrial strategy , which aims make Britain …
The jailing of anti-fracking protestors demonstrates a deep alliance between the state, finance and capital
… to the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy alone does little to … backlash against British capital through industrial and direct action. For this to be …
Modern industrial capitalism is based on a simple premise, writes Derrick Jensen: our mother Earth is a great store of raw materials for us to pillage, and a vast trashcan for our endless volumes of waste, no matter how long-lived and deadly. How can this be changed? First we must regain our own sanity.
… Confronting industrialism: if you can't clean it up, don't … Corporations Society anguskirk-cut.jpg Modern industrial capitalism is based on a simple … are: what should we do about this culture's industrial wastes, from greenhouse gases to …
No one believed Big Tobacco could ever be snuffed out - until health warning stickers were made law. If the same principle of science, information and activism were applied to the aviation industry, argues Mark Anslow, the air we breathe could get cleaner yet
Think before you fly Mark Anslow | 11th April 2008 News Aviation Industry Advertising Flying Aviation Marketing Consumerism Aviation Green Living Climate Change Politics And Economics Pollution …
The US fossil fuel industry has been caught red-handed spying on green activists. But Adam Federman finds it has received poor value for money - and is no closer to tackling the 'existential crisis' it faces.
Spying on environmentalists - the American Petroleum Institute Adam Federman | 15th February 2014 News Fossil Fuels Fracking Politics Corporations dont-frack-ny-2.png The US fossil fuel industry has …
The US authorities have allowed Formosa Plastics and other chemicals corporations to poison the waterways of the Texas Gulf Coast for decades. When local shrimp-boat operator Diane Wilson found out what was going on she single-handedly set about forcing Formosa to clean up its act.
… October 2004 News EPA Shrimp Boats Fisherman Industrial Pollution Plastic Formosa Texas Industrial Pollution Companies Fishing Crisis Industrial Plastics Community Fresh Water …
Natural gas could be a game changer for one impoverished Ohio city. But there are serious environmental and social risks associated with extracting it, reports Dimiter Kenarov
… hopes in the city– while raising fears of new industrial-scale pollution. A slick … “It’s almost like a steroid for the economy.” Industrial revival Drilling for shale gas, … down, the boreholes seem to promise a new industrial revival for Youngstown. In truth, …
Mayor of Malton Paul Andrews has started private legal proceedings against the government by applying for a Judicial Review to challenge a recent Written Ministerial Statement on fracking. MARIANNE BROOKER reports
… the communities I represent. "Fracking will industrialise our beautiful countryside and … democratic rights. Would you want full scale industrial fracking only 300m of your home?” … Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, sets out changes in …
The UK government's insistence of pursuing fracking is based on a flawed and utterly misinformed vision of our future, write Alex Russell and Peter Strachan. Rather than delivering the prosperity they promise, large scale fracking would cause massive pollution of air and water, undermine vital export industries, and leave us with an irretrievably damaged economy and natural environment.
Challenging the delusion of cheap, safe shale gas extraction Alex Russell Peter Strachan | 20th October 2016 News Fracking Fossil Fuels Pollution UK England Wales Scotland Water Health Food …
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.
… zoning laws that forbid fracking and other industrial land uses. The verdict will inspire …
A leaked government document has confirmed many of the claims of anti-fracking protesters. The government's expectations are shown to have been lower than industry forecasts. Questions are now being asked about how realistic the initial forecasts were. JOSEPH DUTTON investigates.
… the UK’s department for business, energy and industrial strategy showed support for …
The UK's official agency for car pollution testing has taken £80 million from the auto industry in ten years, a Greenpeace investigation reveals, while its senior staff and engineers have a 'revolving door' relationship with car makers.
Car pollution regulator's auto industry millions Lawrence Carter Greenpeace Energydesk | 12th October 2015 News Pollution Health Corporations Regulation UK 1024px-vw_west-cut.jpg The UK's official …