The drums of war are beating on the BBC and other mass media, writes Oliver Tickell - naked propaganda about fictitious 'Russian aggression' intended to soften us up for a war that could wipe out life on Earth. We must refuse to fall for the endlessly repeated lies, and tell our politicians that our highest priority of all is peace.
Russian aggression and the BBC's drums of nuclear war Oliver Tickell | 30th January 2015 Comment War Nuclear WMD Politics NATO Russia shell-children.jpg The drums of war are beating on the BBC and …
While mainstream media promulgate a fictitious message of Russian threats in the Baltic, Vladimir Putin's next big play lies far to the south, writes Oliver Tickell. The gross intransigence of the EU, the IMF, the European Central Bank and Germany are forcing Greece into a powerful new economic and energy alliance with Russia that will reshape Europe - and for the better.
NATO invents Russian threats in the Baltic - but Putin's next big play is Greece Oliver Tickell | 19th February 2015 Comment Politics Energy Finance EU Greece tsipras-cut.jpg While mainstream media …
Turkey's shooting down of a Russian jet near its border with Syria has just revealed the real nature of the war, writes Oliver Tickell, and sharply illustrates the dangers of getting involved in a conflict that is driven more by a battle of two gas pipelines than a clash of ideologies. The message for the UK - keep well out! Or if we are serious about crushing IS, best join in with Assad and Putin.
… down of a Russian SU24 that was, so the Russians insist, a full kilometre inside …
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'.
Russia aims 'foreign agent' law at green NGO Oliver Tickell | 15th September 2015 News Law Russia Conservation Finance dmitry-cut.jpg The respected Russian campaign group Sakhalin Environment Watch …
The EU, nervous about disruption to gas supplies across an increasingly unstable Ukraine, is planning a European 'supergrid' linking all 28 member states to increase resilience, writes Paul Brown. The development will be a boon to renewable energy generation, and cut emissions from fossil fuels.
Supergrid will build EU resilience and boost renewables Paul Brown | 9th September 2014 News Energy EU Renewables power-lines-cut.jpg The EU, nervous about disruption to gas supplies across an …
The eruption of nuclear weapons into today's election campaign should ignite a real debate over the UK's Trident missile system, writes Oliver Tickell. The notion that the UK is more secure with nuclear weapons than without is a dangerous illusion. The truth is the reverse - they are far more likely to make the UK a nuclear target, than to protect it.
Nuclear weapons are more likely to annihilate the UK, than to save it Oliver Tickell | 9th April 2015 Comment War Nuclear Politics super-etendard-cut.jpg A Dassault Super-Etendard aircraft of the …
The nuclear industry faces an uncertain future as the reactor building boom is struck by unexpected costs, serious technical problems, and long, expensive delays, writes Paul Brown. Meanwhile renewables like wind and solar are offering investors an enviable combination of falling cost, low risk, fast build times, predictable returns and minimal long term liabilities.
Time and money run out for nuclear revival Paul Brown | 17th January 2017 News Nuclear Energy Renewables Finance olkiluoto-cut.jpg The nuclear industry faces an uncertain future as the reactor …
Innovative research is uncovering previously unknown species in deep seas vulnerable to over-fishing, pollution and habitat destruction.
Novel ecosystems in the deep sea Oliver Tickell | 24th October 2018 News Resurgence & Ecologist Marine Conservation Marine Biology Pollution Fishing screen_shot_2018-10-23_at_11.12.56.png Innovative …
As worldwide stocks of plutonium increase, lightly-armed British ships are about to carry an initial 330kg of the nuclear bomb metal for 'safekeeping' in the US, writes Paul Brown. But it's only the tip of a global 'plutonium mountain' of hundreds of tonnes nuclear power's most hazardous waste product.
Too much of a bad thing? World awash with waste plutonium Paul Brown | 24th January 2016 News Nuclear WMD US UK Japan Korea Transport Oceans pacific-egret-cut.jpg As worldwide stocks of plutonium …