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: …
Forget what you’ve heard about sheep and male voice choirs, says Hannah Corr. There’s a whole lot more to Wales than that
… The eco travel guide to Wales Hannah Corr | 13th October 2011 Ethical Living Wales Travel National Parks UK Britain Food … says Hannah Corr. There’s a whole lot more to Wales than that From gentle rolling hills to …
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 …
Despite Cameron's promise to lead the 'greenest Government ever', the environment has taken a heavy bashing since the 2015 election, writes David Clubb - whether on oil, fracking, renewable energy or planning policy. But Wales is doing its best to follow a sustainable path, and demonstrating badly needed environmental leadership that the whole UK would do well to follow.
… A green Wales is taking off - in spite of UK … February 2016 News Energy UK Sustainability Wales Renewables Politics Finance Pollution … renewable energy or planning policy. But Wales is doing its best to follow a …
Al available science indicates that badgers have little if anything to do with bovine TB in cattle, writes Lesley Docksey. This is reflected in Wales's consultation on its 'refreshed TB Eradication Programme'. We must hope that Northern Ireland's bTB Eradication Strategy will be equally science based - and ready to campaign hard if it relies on cruel, ineffective and expensive badger culls.
… Badger cull free TB eradication in Wales and Northern Ireland? The science … Badgers Science Health UK Northern Ireland Wales farmyard-cut.jpg Al available science … writes Lesley Docksey. This is reflected in Wales's consultation on its 'refreshed TB …
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 …
Developers are determined to build a massive motor sports complex on common land above the South Wales valleys, on the edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park, writes Kate Ashbrook. But although they have planning permission, they can still be defeated. Image: Ross Merritt, via Flickr.
… The upland commons of South Wales are no place for a motor sports complex … | 14th June 2014 Comment Transport Commons UK Wales Land Grabs Development … sports complex on common land above the South Wales valleys, on the edge of the Brecon …
This week the Welsh Assembly voted for a moratorium on fracking. But IGas company bosses insist that the Welsh Government is powerless to stop them pushing ahead with test drilling plans - as all the key decisions are made in Whitehall.
… Fracking company defies Wales's shale gas moratorium The Ecologist | … Planning Inspectorate for England and Wales. And as IGas helpfully points out, these … fracking." As Sion Chavez, editor of Daily Wales , points out, "It's a situation which …
Wales has achieved enviable success in reducing bovine TB in its cattle herds without killing badgers, writes Lesley Docksey. The farming lobby is still demanding an England-style cull, but the Welsh government's 'refreshed' policy on bTB remains firmly science-based and no badgers will be killed without 'objective evidence' of infection.
… Wales demands 'objective evidence' before … | 21st October 2016 Comment Badgers Health Wales UK Farming Science welsh-badgers-cut.jpg Wales has achieved enviable success in …
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 consultation by the Welsh Assembly Government proposes more stringent measures to protect Wales's farmers from the threat of cross-contamination by GM crops
… Wales consults on tighter GM contamination … Investigations Food And Farming Green Living Wales Welsh Assembly Gm Crops Contamination … proposes more stringent measures to protect Wales's farmers from the threat of …
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 …
A new study on the spread of bovine TB shows that only with more frequent testing of cattle will the disease be defeated in England, writes Oliver Tickell. It has already worked in Scotland, and is on the way to doing in Wales - where some herds are tested every six months.
… in Scotland, and is on the way to doing in Wales - where some herds are tested every six … secondary importance. Success in Scotland and Wales, failure in England In the study, the … the success at tackling TB of England, Wales and Scotland, since "regional …
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, …
England has just experienced the wettest winter on record leading to widespread flooding - and a shambolic response from Government. Professional bodies have come together to offer this valuable advice ...
… Open letter: water management in England and Wales Sue Illman | 21st February 2014 Comment … Open letter: Water Management in England and Wales I am co-ordinating this letter on behalf … of difficult situations across England and Wales but it is clear that in Somerset, for …
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 study of cancer incidence downwind of the Trawsfynydd nuclear plant in Wales shows a doubling of risk, writes Chris Busby, mainly from breast cancer. People eating fish caught in Trawsfynydd Lake are also at elevated risk. It's yet more proof that the nuclear industry's favourite risk model is wrong, understating the actual dangers of internal radiation - ingested or inhaled - by a factor of 1,000 to 10,000.
… | 9th June 2015 News Health Nuclear Radiation Wales UK WMD transfynydd-nuke-cut.jpg Figure … downwind of the Trawsfynydd nuclear plant in Wales shows a doubling of risk, writes Chris … near the Trawsfynydd nuclear power station in Wales in 2006. Trawsfynydd is perhaps an ideal …
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 …
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 …
A study by the British Geological Survey and the Environment Agency reveals that almost all the the oil and gas bearing shales in England and Wales underlie drinking water aquifers, raising fears that widespread water contamination could occur.
… the oil and gas bearing shales in England and Wales underlie drinking water aquifers, … principal groundwater aquifers in England and Wales. Along with the maps, the BGS/EA draws … potentially frackable rocks in England and Wales lie under aquifers - and that their …
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 …