This May the Greens are hoping to win their first seats in the Welsh Assembly, and become a strong force for social and ecological progress, writes Alice Hooker-Stroud, newly elected leader of the Wales Green Party. At the heart of the vision: sustainable, prosperous, empowered communities.
… Communities at the heart of a Green Wales Alice Hooker-Stroud | 21st January 2016 Comment Politics Wales UK Climate Change Energy Renewables … Hooker-Stroud, newly elected leader of the Wales Green Party. At the heart of the vision: …
Wales has an enviable record of declining BTB in cattle - without having to kill a single badger. Jan Bayley explains how Wales's combination of frequent testing and exacting biosecurity has succeeded - and how England can learn from Wales's experience.
… How Wales is defeating bovine TB without killing … News Badgers Natural World Farming Health Wales UK welsh-cow.jpg It's about the cattle, … Cliffs Bay, Penmaen (near Swansea), South Wales. Photo: Mélanie via Flickr.com. Wales …
New figures just released by Defra show that bovine TB was declining in UK herds - just as Paterson claimed the disease was 'spreading' - and that Wales's no-cull, biosecurity and vaccination policy led to a 24% drop in herd infections.
… the disease was 'spreading' - and that Wales's no-cull, biosecurity and vaccination … are a little confused: they cover England, Wales and Scotland separately, but also … infected had actually dropped. And what about Wales? But it's in Wales that things get …
Wales should lead the UK in bringing an end to the entire coal industry from opencast mining to highly polluting power stations, writes Gareth Clubb. A new report by Friends of the Earth Cymru shows the Aberthaw plant alone imposes social and environmental costs of nearly £1 billion per year on the country and global climate.
… From pit mines to power plants, Wales must lead the UK out of coal Gareth … Comment Fossil Fuels Coal Mining Pollution Wales UK Climate Change Politics Law aberthaw-cut.jpg Wales should lead the UK in bringing an end to …
With the 6th International Conference on Bovine TB under way today in Cardiff, Lesley Docksey reports on Defra's latest statistics. BTB in England is falling - and it's falling fastest where the strongest biosecurity measures are in place, confirming the experience of Wales and Scotland.
… Natural World Badgers UK Health Farming cows-wales-cut.jpg With the 6th International … are in place, confirming the experience of Wales and Scotland. On 12 June Defra released … their valuable herds being slaughtered. Wales - annual BTB testing is key In vain have …
A tangle of undercapitalised companies are coming forward to cash in on old deep coal mines in Wales, writes Guy Shrubsole - by digging them all out from above from huge open cast pits. But local communities, alarmed at the noise, pollution and destruction of landscape, increasingly see coal as an industry that's best consigned to the scrapheap.
… trying to revive 'zombie' open cast mines in Wales Guy Shrubsole Greenpeace Energydesk | … Coal Fossil Fuels Mining Corporations UK Wales Politics Climate Change … forward to cash in on old deep coal mines in Wales, writes Guy Shrubsole - by digging them …
Community fears for the restoration of the UK’s largest open pit coal mine.
… 2023 | News Coal Climate Change Mining South Wales ffos-y-fran-cut.jpg Community fears for … largest open pit coal mine. Campaigners in Wales are celebrating the refusal of a coal … However, last year operator Merthyr South Wales applied to extend coaling to March 2024, …
Welsh Climate Camp gets underway as protesters set up camp near coal mine
… Protesters start Climate Camp Wales The Ecologist | 12th August 2009 News … Protesters have started Wales's first Climate Camp next to an opencast … coal mine, on the edge of Merthyr Tydfil. Wales's first Climate Camp follows the …
Wales’ last coal-fired power station will close next year, its owner RWE has announced.
… Coal consigned to history in Wales Catherine Early | 6th August 2019 News … Transition Friends Of The Earth Greenpeace Wales aberthaw_coal.jpg Wales’ last coal-fired power station will …
Caerphilly councillors yesterday refused permission for a huge open cast coal mine in South Wales that's fiercely opposed by local people furious at its impacts on air, landscape, tranquillity and climate, writes Guy Shrubsole. Coming so soon after the rejection of fracking in Lancashire, the message is clear: fossil fuels are best left safely underground.
… News Energy Fossil Fuels Coal Fracking UK Wales Climate Change … for a huge open cast coal mine in South Wales that's fiercely opposed by local people … extraordinary happened: a council in South Wales, the birthplace of the fossil fuel age, …
Momentum is gathering behind the UK's transition to a fossil free society, writes Guy Shrubsole. We know we need to leave at least 80% of proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground to avert catastrophic climate change. Here's a quick run-down of progress to date - and the key upcoming fights, including an invasion of the UK's biggest coal mine this weekend.
… Climate Change Fossil Fuels Coal Protest UK Wales Scotland Norther Ireland England … people are gathering near Merthyr Tydfil in Wales to shut down the UK's largest coal mine … Scotland, Longannet, closed 24th March 2016 . Wales De facto fracking moratorium since …
A Friends of the Earth Cymru legal challenge to the Welsh Government's 'irrational' plan to drive a new branch of the M4 motorway across the highly protected Gwent Levels wetlands begins in the High Court today.
… The Ecologist | 10th March 2015 News UK Wales Law Transport Natural World … Gwent Levels, just south of Newport in South Wales. The new six-lane road, costed at £1 … its 14-mile path, ripping through one of Wales's most precious wildlife habitats. "This …
The new head of the Prince's green living charity speaks to the Ecologist about ways of engaging individuals and the benefits of corporate partnerships
… Joey Tabone, Chief Executive of the Prince of Wales's charity Start Matilda Lee | 12th … Culture Change Climate Change Prince Of Wales Behaviour Change Green Consumerism How … initiative inspired by The Prince of Wales, has by far been the most successful …
Talis Kalnars was a pioneer of 'continuous cover' forestry in Britain, writes Phil Morgan. His woodlands were not only beautiful but profitable, as he nurtured the 'natural capital' of the forest ecosystem, and only harvested the dividend of high value timber.
… Natural World Economics Green Economy UK Wales talis-kalnars.jpg Talis Kalnars was a … a career as an independent forester in mid-Wales that started in 1959 with a close-knit … I would lose my job." The Dinam estate in mid-Wales To demonstrate his methods, Talis took …
You would think vets would take animal welfare seriously, writes Lesley Docksey. So why does the British Veterinary Association (BVA) support England's badger cull - when all the science is telling them it's both cruel, and ineffective against Bovine TB?
… How can it justify its awkward position? BVA: Wales's cull-free success 'a backward step' In March 2012 Wales took the decision not to cull badgers. … were also free of the disease. And what about Wales's no-killing success? What is the BVA's …
The government makes bold claims about tackling climate change and phasing out coal power stations, writes Guy Shrubsole. Yet it's 'relaxed' about two huge new coal mines that would produce ten million tonnes of coal, blighting landscapes and afflicting the health of vulnerable communities. It's time to say no to all onshore fossil fuel production.
… Fuels UK Health Climate Change The Land Wales druridge-bay-cut.jpg The government … and another that will blight one of Wales most impoverished communities. A … now proposed. Showering coal dust over one of Wales most disadvantaged communities The …
England is about to extend its badger cull policy to five new areas of the country, proving that only that science is a dead letter to May's conservative government as it was to Cameron's. While bovine TB infections in cattle rise in the existing cull areas, Wales has just achieved a cull-free 14% reduction.
… Science Politics Health Food Farming England Wales UK badger-cut.jpg England is about to … in cattle rise in the existing cull areas, Wales has just achieved a cull-free 14% … being successfully controlled in Scotland and Wales without culling, relying instead on …
'Ocean giants' in our coastal waters are increasingly rare, writes Dr Lissa Batey, thanks to a host of threats from pollution to entrapment in fishing gear. Marine Protected Areas in England and Wales could help restore our cetaceans to their former abundance - but so far, only one has been designated for these species in Wales, and none in England.
… gear. Marine Protected Areas in England and Wales could help restore our cetaceans to … one has been designated for these species in Wales, and none in England. They may be the … MCZs in the waters around England and Wales, nor any of the 23 currently under …
The fox-hunting season is now well under way, writes Toni Shephard. But with Cameron still pressing for a Commons vote on wrecking amendments to the Hunting Act, political controversy shows no sign of subsiding. Take, for example, the proposed lifting of the limit on number of dogs that can be used for the 'observation or study' of a wild mammal.
… weaken the Hunting Act in England and Wales under the guise of bringing parity with … gun in sight. With 300 hunts in England and Wales enforcement would be nearly impossible. … attempt to weaken the Act. The England and Wales legislation already contains one …
Next month thousands will gather in Wales to shut down the UK's open cast coal mine at Ffosyfran, whose 3,500 acres abut both Merthyr Tydfil, one of Britain's most deprived communities, and the glorious Brecon Beacons national park. It will be one of dozens of coordinated actions across the UK, and around the world, to bring the age of coal to the rapid end it so richly deserves.
… Change Fossil Fuels Energy Coal Protest UK Wales … Next month thousands will gather in Wales to shut down the UK's open cast coal … for fossil fuels. In Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, local campaigners will set up camp with …
In the second of our 'wildlife at risk' series, Sam Campbell reports how habitat loss, disease and funding cuts leave the iconic red squirrel facing a bleak future
… England with only a few thousand remaining in Wales. Prince Charles succinctly expressed the … approximately 30,000 in England, 10,000 in Wales (although recent estimates are … 60 per cent of grey squirrels in England and Wales carry the squirrel parapoxvirus, …
Eifion Rees reports on the video journalists producing environmental and social justice films that influence public opinion - and consistently get closer to the issues than the mainstream media
… Make A Difference Culture Change Helen Iles Wales Sustainable Film Undercurrents … she says. Helen won last year’s Digital Hero Wales award for work educating children about … from the Neath-Port Talbot area of South Wales about wood and green woodworking, and …
The Court of Appeal last month ruled that England's Badger cull is lawful despite the lack of independent supervision. But on the eve of a fresh Parliamentary debate, and with public opinion backing the badgers all the way, the Badger Trust is the clear winner where it really matters - in public hearts and minds.
… Cattle-based measures have halved bTB in Wales - so why not here? The poll also showed strong public support for Wales's strategy of TB reduction, based on … And all this is backed up by the situation in Wales, where they are beating the disease by …
The lives of all the thousands of badgers slaughtered in the name of TB eradication have been lost in vain, writes Martin Hancox. The cryptic reservoir of bovine TB is the cattle themselves, and no amount of badger killing will make the slightest difference to the problem. Once we have grasped this reality the solution is astonishingly simple: improved TB testing that picks up all infected cattle.
… of culls are balanced out. For example, Wales (2016), and TVR, Test, Vaccinate, Remove … 30,000 reactors in 2005, then 40,000 in 2008 (Wales 2015). The ISG in fact recorded this … badger effect. Since 2008 TB has halved in Wales, from 12,000 to 6,000 reactors, with a …