Our Focus on Food, plus why we need to defend the rights of Nature
… from Satish Satish Kumar | 7th September 2012 News Nature Activism Environment Campaigning … that is the third runway at Heathrow… /News/news_analysis/1574388/left_in_the_dark.html …
Established in 1994 in response to Michael Howards' draconian Criminal Justice Act targeting activists, the Brighton-based SchNEWS has become integral to the UK - and global - protest movement, say Richard Purssell & Jan Goodey
… SchNEWS: how road protesters, ravers and GM … July 2011 Activism Campaigning: The Basics SchNEWS Alternative Media Activism Environmental … targeting activists, the Brighton-based SchNEWS has become integral to the UK - and …
Sarah Bentley reports on the UK radical media conference asking what's next for the non-corporate press
… Media Activism Noam Chomsky John Pilger SchNEWS Campaigning: The Basics … leading alternative press collectives Peace News, Ceasefire, Red Pepper, Undercurrents TV … spoken word. Milan Rai, co-editor of Peace News noted, 'For a lot of attendees it was …
Drug companies and the construction sector, both heavily reliant on natural resources, among the worst when it comes to acting to reduce their negative impact on biodiversity, says report
… biodiversity Tom Levitt | 20th December 2010 News Biodiversity Business Shareholders … loss and the risk to investor READ MORE... NEWS UN biodiversity panel 'a dream of many … scientific warnings about biodiversity loss NEWS Biodiversity 'invisible' in current …
Chemical giant dismisses allegations that it inflitrated Greenpeace in an effort to undermine its direct action campaigns
… spies Tom Levitt | 25th February 2011 News Greenpeace Activists Activism Protest … Chemical case No Police Spies READ MORE... NEWS ANALYSIS Do aggressive and subversive … second release documents how espionage, news manipulation, legal threats and even …
Crippling costs of legal action prevents people mounting challenges over environmental damage, finds UN Committee
… environment' Tom Levitt | 26th August 2010 News Legal Activism Justice Law Society … links The Aarhus Convention READ MORE... NEWS ANALYSIS How the legal system is … potentially crippling cost of legal action NEWS Legal costs review may not help …
At a time when it’s all too easy to find yourself sucked into doomscrolling the latest global news, an injection of humour is very welcome.
… sucked into doomscrolling the latest global news, an injection of humour is very welcome. … it was cutting ties with its oil sponsor. The news came on the same day that the National … also ending its partnership with BP. The news was hailed as a “major win” for the …
A day of action is planned this Saturday to highlight the destructive impact of Canada's tar sands industry. In London, this includes a demo-fest at the Canadian High Commission
… campaign against tar sands. READ MORE... NEWS VIDEO: why tar sands activists took on BP … be a small group of First Nations people... NEWS ANALYSIS Madagascar fears repeat of … adequate environmental controls or regulation NEWS ANALYSIS Barclays, HSBC and RBS linked to …
Following in the wake of shale gas and coal-bed methane (CBM) extraction is the spectre of underground coal gasification (UCG). But if we adopt these wholesale we could close off any hope of stepping back from the climate change brink, says campaign group Frack Off
… extreme energy Frack Off | 28th February 2013 News Energy Fracking Activism Comment Politics … Off: www.frack-off.org.uk READ MORE... NEWS ANALYSIS Middle England and eco-activists … and the UK's much-talked about shale gas boom NEWS UK urged to ban controversial 'fracking' …
Their parodies of Dow Chemicals, Halliburton and the US Chamber of Commerce have propelled activist duo Andy Michlbaum and Mike Bonanno into the spotlight. They've gotten under the skin of corporate America - but what's next, asks Sarah Bentley?
… of their actions provide the press with a news hook to cover important issues. After the … invited to explain his motives on Channel 4 news and the action was covered in over 600 US … number that were actually those of TV news desks and the story was quickly seized by …
Basically nobody in Britain believes world leaders will act on promises made at the most important conference in human history.
… Rebecca Speare-Cole | 10th November 2023 | News COP26 COP27 COP28 Climate Activism … of respondents said they will follow the news around Cop28 closely (32 per cent) this … of the British public are likely to follow news about the event. “This lack of interest …
A decade of recording intimidation, violence and murder against environmental defenders reveals war on nature.
… Catherine Early | 29th September 2022 | News Activists Defenders Murder Berta Caceres … face in the Philippines,” he said. Good news In Colombia, activist Oscar Sampayo spoke … in Honduras and Uganda. There was some good news in the report. In July 2021, five years …
The documentary Bananas! highlighted plight of Nicaraguan banana plantation workers who brought a legal case in the US against the use of a banned pesticide DBCP by the Dole Food Company. Tom Levitt reports
… (and won) Tom Levitt | 14th March 2011 News Bananas Activism Pesticides Chemicals … buying into a modern agricultural scandal NEWS Pesticide residue exposure linked to ADHD … pesticides may contribute to ADHD in children NEWS The End of the Line: how a film changed …
As nine climate change activists are fined by a Scottish judge for breaking into Aberdeen airport, we look at how courtroom manoeuvres form a crucial part of the package
… protest? Andrew Hickman | 25th August 2010 News Activism Climate Change Protests … is a freelance journalist READ MORE... NEWS Scottish climate activists in the dock … larger crime of runaway climate change NEWS ANALYSIS Climate Camp: saviour of the …
Instead of making exaggerated claims about species becoming extinct, NGOs could make progress on issues like deforestation by collaborating more closely with companies, reports Tom Levitt
… public trust? Tom Levitt | 1st January 2010 News Wildlife NGO Environmentalists Protest … Swink said it had been taken from a Guardian news report that in turn got it from a British … it could be even uglier than we feared... NEWS ANALYSIS Carbon: from pollutant to …
Oil company BP disappears from Channel 4 coverage despite being originally announced as Paralympic Games sponsor.
… Jess Worth Andrew Simms | 24th August 2021 | News Activism Climate Breakdown Bp Paralympic … issued a statement in response to the news, saying: "We welcome this sign that sport … campaigners 350.org . Exploration The news had come as opposition to BP’s …
'The water is bad, the air is bad, and the ground is bad. The soil is just sitting on top of … an excess of 50 million tons of toxic waste.'
… Kimberly M. S. Cartier | 13th November 2020 | News Editor’s Picks Activism Prisons … Lake Worth, Fla., and editor of Prison Legal News . So far, he added, they’ve been … But nowadays, when you can turn on the news and see how people are being treated …
Images of burning cars and narratives about Canadian natives breaking the law obscure the real story about the Mi'kmaq people's opposition to shale gas exploration writes Martin Lukacs....
… Lukacs The Guardian | 23rd October 2013 News Energy Fracking Activism police cars.jpg … police cars played endlessly on the evening news. Television and talk radio blared out …
Illegal logging accounts for between 30 and 50 percent of wood harvested in Romania. Horatio Morpurgo reports on the destruction of Romanian forests, post communism, and looks at what we can learn.
… Romania has, for 25 years now, been great news for any European who wants to see bears … never just for eco-tourism: they were good news for Romanian cabinet-makers, too, until …
Boris Johnson should take heed as UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons comes into force on Friday, 22 January 2021.
… ban Brendan Montague | 19th January 2021 | News Nuclear Weapons Activism Trident Trident … UK while ICAN campaigners announce the good news across the globe. In Edinburgh, messages …
The British Museum has just opened its latest BP-sponsored exhibition - The World of Stonehenge - despite widespread anger that oil is still polluting culture.
… BP Brendan Montague | 21st February 2022 | News Culture Unstained Bp British Museum … behind closed doors, as reported by Channel 4 News last w eek. Partnership The British …
Jan Goodey, the Just Stop Oil activist, will spend Christmas behind bars following his arrest for stopping traffic on the M25.
… Brendan Montague | 16th December 2022 | News Just Stop Oil Activism Climate Breakdown … Goodey, 57, from Brighton, has written news and analysis for The Ecologist and the …
Concerned citizens and future leaders, or an excuse to skip school? Katie Hodgetts spoke to young people at Friday's School Strike 4 Climate to find out.
… strikes Katie Hodgetts | 19th February 2019 News Youth Strikes School Strikes Youth … over the climate breakdown. The national news coverage was impressive and important, …
Backlash against veganism serves only to demonstrate the progress that has been made.
… Andrew Taylor-Dawson | 1st April 2019 News Veganism Activism Climate Change … about vegan sausage rolls to almost constant news about restaurants and cafes expanding …