Corporations in India can explore shale gas reserves without obtaining environmental clearances.
Fracking in India Shashikant Yadav | 14th August 2020 | News India Fracking Natural Resources Water Water Depletion Editor’s Picks Network of fracking sites in America Corporations in India can …
After rabbits, foxes, brambles and the cane toad, you would have thought Australia would have had enough of invasive exotic species, writes Jane Wright. Wrong! CSIRO scientists are introducing a French dung beetle, in the hope it will lead to fewer flies, improved soil fertility and structure, and greater carbon sequestration.
Australia - exotic beetles fly in to clean up the cattle dung Jane Wright | 5th October 2014 Comment Australia Farming Carbon Ecology dung-beetle-onthophagus-vacca-cut.jpg After rabbits, foxes, …
Less than two weeks after the murder of Honduran eco defender Berta Caceres, another indigenous leader has been shot dead during the violent police and military eviction of 150 families from the settled community of Rio Chiquito. International funders of the controversial Agua Zarca hydro project are now backing out..
Berta Caceres colleague murdered in Honduras The Ecologist | 16th March 2016 News Honduras Finance Human Rights Indigenous Peoples Water zarca-cut.jpg Less than two weeks after the murder of Honduran …
Although flowing water is fundamental to river ecosystems, temporary streams are distinctive landscape features that support surprisingly diverse communities, writes Rachel Stubbington. However, the biodiversity of these dynamic ecosystems needs greater recognition and protection.
Dry rivers are living rivers - with our care and protection Rachel Stubbington | 25th July 2016 Comment Water Natural World Ecology Conservation Rivers UK Science temporary streams are set-cut.jpg …
As if melting ice in Polar bears' Arctic habitat was not enough, Norwegian scientists have found that organic pollutants such as pesticide residues are disrupting their thyroid and endocrine systems, adding a further threat to the species' survival.
Polar bears at risk from pollution as well as warmth Tim Radford | 24th April 2015 News Toxics Pollution Ecology Oceans Waste Arctic Mammals polar-bears-cut.jpg As if melting ice in Polar bears' …
Fed up with being gouged by profit-driven corporations, let down by state neglect and under-investment, urban communities across the US are taking control of local services like public transport, energy, water, internet and telecoms, writes Max Holleran - bringing better service, lower prices and clean energy.
… to embrace policy experiments. Grassroots activism is driving local revolutions However, … and city councils, spurred by grassroots activism, are experimenting with green public …
Intensive grouse shooting on England's uplands is doing huge damage to fragile ecosystems, writes Martin Harper - and to the 'protected' hen harrier. It's high time to bring this industry under control with a new licencing system.
… regulated Martin Harper RSPB | 27th June 2014 Activism Hunting Birds Ecology UK Regulation …
London-listed copper giant Antofagasta has been entangled in scandals in Chile involving water depletion, dangers to local communities, corruption of national politics and environmental contamination, write Ali Maeve & Liam Barrington-Bush. Yet the London Stock Exchange remains silent. Following the company's AGM last week, a new London Mining Network report puts their actions and operations into the spotlight.
For how long will the London Stock Exchange give Antofagasta mine a free pass? Ali Maeve Liam Barrington-Bush | 1st June 2017 Ethical Living Chile Mining Finance Water Pollution UK Corporations …
The psychosomatic effects of this pandemic will be carried in our bodies and will redefine our relationships with ourselves, others and the Earth.
Towards a shift in interdependent life Dr. Sanja Dejanovic | 1st May 2020 Comment Covid-19 Coronavirus Thought Leaders Embodiment Ecology Capitalism screenshot_2020-05-01_at_15.58.54.png The …
Last month’s downpours might have put you off water for life but that doesn’t mean a watery getaway isn’t worth a look. Ruth Styles rounds up 10 of the best
Top 10… water inspired breaks Ruth Styles | 4th May 2012 Ethical Living Travel Explore Lucerne Water Surfing Mar Menor Skagen Fjord Nature Outdoors Kayaking Scotland Wales Narrow Boat England …
Those opposed to the mass release of GM crops and foods inadequately tested for health and ecological safety are routinely accused of being anti-science, writes Elizabeth Henderson. But it's the GM corporations and their academic allies that are suppressing scientific research, and organic farmers that are building alliances with independent scientists for a future of safe, healthy food.
Organic farmers are not anti-science - we leave that to the genetic engineers Elizabeth Henderson | 24th May 2016 News GMOs Science Technology Farming USA Ecology clover-cut.jpg Those opposed to the …
A vital nature preserve in western Siberia, and the indigenous peoples that inhabit it, are at risk from oil development, write Elena Sakirko & Konstantin Fomin. Oil giant Surgutneftegas is already active in the Numto Park, but now they want to extend operations into its fragile wetlands, putting at risk snow cranes, the Heavenly Lake, and the survival of the Nenet and Khanty peoples.
… Sakirko Konstantin Fomin | 28th February 2016 Activism Russia Oil Indigenous Peoples Water …
Forest fires are invariably portrayed as fiercely destructive environmental calamities. But for the native forests of the American West, large fires are essential to ecological renewal. Contrary to the mantras of logging companies and forest service officials, we suppress them at our peril.
… Hansen Dominick A. Dellasala | 12th May 2014 Activism Forests USA Ecology …
A 62-year old pipeline across New England could be used to carry hazardous tar sand crude oil from Canada to the Atlantic, writes Meg Berlin. But communities across Vermont are campaigning to block the project that imperils waters, people and wildlife ...
… sands pipeline Meg Berlin | 31st March 2014 Activism Fossil Fuels Canada USA Water … small New England state of Vermont political activism runs deep. Each year at the town …
The state of the world’s nature shows human-driven sixth mass extinction is ongoing.
A million species threatened Arthur Wyns | 6th May 2019 News Biodiversity United Nations Ecology Extinction Science & Systems bdday_870.jpg The state of the world’s nature shows human-driven sixth …
Farming should not only sustain people with healthy food, writes Jigmi Y. Thinley. If humans are to survive on Earth, it must also revitalise nature and sustain vital planetary systems, instead of poisoning and over-exploiting them. And to do that farming must be organic.
… happiness Jigmi Y. Thinley | 19th June 2014 Activism Food Farming Oceans Climate Change …
Six environment heroes, one from each continent, are honoured for their work today - fighting threats from giant coal mines to forest destruction, fracking, high dams, illegal development and toxic waste dumps. Sophie Morlin-Yron reports.
… The world's biggest prize for environmental activism Currently celebrating its 25th … largest award for grassroots environmental activism. "For the past 25 years, the Goldman …
Poland's environment ministry has a plan for a huge increase in logging in Europe's last great primeval forest, writes Zachary Davies Boren. Officials claim it's to control bark beetles. But ecologists say the insects are regulated naturally within the forest ecosystem, while logging threatens huge damage to irreplaceable biodiversity.
Timber! Poland's bid to increase logging 8-fold in primeval Bialowieza Forest Zachary Boren Greenpeace Energydesk | 18th February 2016 News Forests Biodoversity Ecology UNESCO Poland Belarus EU Law …
Yellowstone Park is home to America's last pure-bred wild bison, writes George Wuerthner. Yet the Park's management is planning to kill around a thousand of these precious animals this winter. Ostensibly it's to protect cattle on public lands near the park from brucellosis. But bison have never been known to transmit the disease to them. The real reason is to keep all the pasture for livestock.
… bison George Wuerthner | 14th December 2015 Activism USA Natural World Mammals Farming …
In the battle to save America's real wild west of unlogged forests, grizzly bears, mountain goats, Bull trout, free flowing streams and roadless wilderness, a single person stands out, writes Jeffrey St Clair, for her dedication, courage and remarkable success: Arlene Montgomery of Friends of the Wild Swan, Montana.
… Rockies Jeffrey St. Clair | 26th July 2015 Activism Natural World Forests Water … Most weren't too pleased by her environmental activism and the more lawsuits she won, the … the Year Award as another way to promote bold activism. The Fund is honored to offer the …
The image of the rancher in the rugged West is one of self-sufficiency and a tough defiance of government, writes George Wuerthner. But the truth is that ranchers, especially those using federal land, depend on a host of generous subsidies, both economic and ecological.
… ranching' George Wuerthner | 22nd June 2014 Activism USA Farming Commons Natural World …
The Scottish government has announced that its wild beaver populations will be given the full protection of both UK and EU law. The decision has been welcomed by campaigners who point out all the benefits of beavers to biodiversity, water management and flood control. Now, they say, England and Wales should follow suit.
Scotland's wild beavers win legal protection Oliver Tickell | 24th November 2016 News Beavers Scotland UK EU Mammals Biodiversity Water Farming Law Conservation Rewilding beaver-cut.jpg The Scottish …
Peter Kropotkin died 100 years ago. But his ecological and social innovations and teachings still resonate today.
Kropotkin's ecology Brian Morris | 24th December 2021 | Comment Kropotkin Anarchism Karl Marx Ecology Mutual Aid Ecologist Recycled Systems maxresdefault.jpg Peter Kropotkin died 100 years ago. But …