Natural gas provides an ideal complement to renewable energy sources - not a replacement, argues Mónica V. Cristina of Shale Gas Europe
… 588 meters. Second, the issue of chemical additives. In Europe, all the additives that will be used in fracturing … regulatory authorities of the chemical additives used in hydraulic fracturing. In …
Extensive, long running evidence for the cancer-causing effects of glyphosate, and other toxic impacts, have been ignored by regulators. Indeed as the evidence has built up, permitted levels in food have been hugely increased, writes Dr Mae Wan Ho.
Glyphosate is a disaster for human health Dr Mae Wan Ho | 30th April 2014 News Farming Toxics Regulation Health USA EU Science roundup-ultra-cut.jpg Extensive, long running evidence for the …
The European Parliament voted this week to regulate nano-materials in the pending EU law on novel foods, write Jaydee Hanson & Evan Bromfield. But no such moves are taking place in the US. Let's make this the last time our children are exposed to these hazardous substances in their Halloween candy!
… should not use GRAS to approve its nano additives, but did nothing to remove existing … products that contain unapproved nano additives from the market. More importantly, …
Fracking has no social licence in the UK, will contribute little to the economy, will have a huge adverse impact on other sectors, will be a disaster to climate and the environment, and won't even improve energy security, write Peter Strachan and Alex Russell. Do we really want to see 16,000 or more shale gas wells drilled in the British countryside? Let's FraXit now!
Time to give the chop to fracking: FraXit now! Professors Peter Strachan Alex Russell | 19th December 2016 Comment Fracking Energy Fossil Fuels Pollution Politics UK England Scotland …
A 2001 study that showed that glyphosate caused cancer in mice was ignored by the EFSA after the unsubstantiated allegation of a former US-EPA official that the mice used in the study were suffering from a viral infection that might have given them cancer, writes Claire Robinson. The EFSA failed to properly investigate the allegation, which appears to originate in a document linked to Monsanto, maker of the world's top-selling herbicide, glyphosate-based Roundup.
EFSA dismissed glyphosate cancer study after unsupported 'viral infection' slur of ex-EPA official Claire Robinson GMWatch | 25th May 2017 News Science Pesticides Regulation Corporations Food Health …
A new wave of ‘next generation' GM crops resistant to multiple herbicides, may be approved for import into the European Union, writes Helen Wallace, even though the health impact of the herbicide combinations is unknown. Regulators and retailers must refuse to authorise these GMOs or allow their use in any part of the food chain.
… to be washed off by rain. Some of these additives have repeatedly been shown to … these formulations, such as POE-tallow amine additives, can significantly increase …
The European Commission has launched its public consultation over the UK's proposed state aid to the proposed Hinkley C nuclear plant in Somerset - and in the process delivered a mighty broadside against the UK Government's plans.
European Commission: Hinkley C subsidies are unfair State Aid Greenpeace UK The Ecologist | 11th March 2014 News Nuclear Power Energy UK EU Regulation hinkley_point_b.png The European Commission has …
The EU is considering the exclusion of gene-edited plants and animals from GM regulations, write Janet Cotter & Ricarda Steinbrecher. However gene-edited organisms clearly fall within the definition of GMOs in both European and international law. They also present real risks to the environment and human health - and must be regulated like any other GMOs.
GM 2.0? 'Gene-editing' produces GMOs that must be regulated as GMOs Janet Cotter Ricarda Steinbrecher | 13th January 2016 News Science Technology GMOs Regulation EU canola-seed-cut.jpg The EU is …
Below-par farm biosecurity should block farmers from participating in England's badger culls, writes Anna Dale. But a large body of evidence of poor and negligent biosecurity by farmers suggests that Natural England, the government's official regulator, is turning a blind eye to this strict requirement - and undermining the purpose of the cull.
Is Natural England granting unlawful badger cull licences to farmers with poor biosecurity? Anna Dale | 29th March 2017 Activism Badgers Farming Regulation UK England Health Science badger-2-cut.jpg …
Thirty-five distinguished scientists urge the US-EPA not to register new mixtures of the herbicides 2,4-D and glyphosate, intended for use on herbicide-tolerant GMO crops. Approval of the herbicide mixtures would endanger both human and environmental health.
Scientists write: EPA, ban 'agent orange' herbicide mix and GMO crops! The undersigned | 3rd July 2014 Comment Farming Toxics USA GMOs Regulation windy-day-spray-cut.jpg Thirty-five distinguished …
Protestors at the Barton Moss fracking site have held off all deliveries to the rig for two days after a judge ruled that the 'road' they were using is actually a footpath. Will iGas now back off for good?
Protestors' 'Fracking victory' at Barton Moss Oliver Tickell | 14th February 2014 News Fossil Fuels Fracking UK barton-moss-trucks.png Protestors at the Barton Moss fracking site have held off all …
Dow's teratogenic pesticide chlorpyrifos is a human and environmental disaster, writes Janette D. Sherman. It causes serious, irreversible damage to the human foetus even at low concentrations that may be harmless to the mother, resulting in severely and permanently disabled and mentally damaged children. But it's still sprayed in vast quantities on America's farms.
Chlorpyrifos - cause of birth defects, mental impairment - sprayed on farms across the US Janette D. Sherman | 15th November 2014 News Farming USA Toxics Regulation spraying-lorsban-cut.jpg Dow's …
Medact, the organization of health professionals for a safer, fairer and better world, has called for a five year moratorium on fracking due to its serious hazards to public health, writes Paul Mobbs. Their new report is a powerful challenge to government policy that cannot be ignored.
Health professionals call: ban fracking for five years Paul Mobbs | 31st March 2015 Comment Health Fracking Energy Politics murphy-oil-la-cut.jpg Medact, the organization of health professionals for …
The well-founded idea that nuclear radiation is dangerous even at the lowest levels is under attack, writes Karl Grossman. Three determined nuclear enthusiasts have filed petitions to the NRC calling on it to apply the doctrine of 'radiation hormesis' - that low levels of radiation actually stimulate the immune system and promote better health. Disagree? You'd better act fast.
Is radiation good for you? The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission could decide it is Karl Grossman | 10th September 2015 News Nuclear Radiation Health Regulation USA fukushima-iaea-cut.jpg The …
Scientists in the US have established that chemicals used in fracking to extract gas and oil could represent health and environmental hazards, writes Tim Radford. Among the greatest hazards: biocides and corrosion inhibitors.
… the chemicals commonly used in fracking. Such additives , which are necessary for the … side was saying, 'We're just using food additives, basically making ice-cream here.' …
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.
… and it "will not permit the use of chemical additives in hydraulic fracturing fluid that … groundwater does not arise just from chemical additives, but also from the rocks themselves, …
House prices could fall 7% near fracking rigs, according to the 'secret' Defra report on fracking in rural areas, only published in full after a legal battle, while leakage of waste water could damage human health and contaminate food.
Secret report: fracking could hurt house prices, health and environment Adam Vaughan Rowena Mason Guardian Environment | 2nd July 2015 News Fracking Health Pollution Economics UK Politics Energy …
Sajid Javid's decision to allow shale gas wells to go ahead in Lancashire marks a new phase in the industry's development, writes Michael Bradshaw. But it will also trigger a new phase of organisation, protest and resistance among impacted communities. Cuadrilla, IGas and other companies may just find the 'social licence' they thought they didn't need is essential, after all.
Cuadrilla fracking decision: shale industry's battle is beginning, not ending Michael Bradshaw | 7th October 2016 Comment Fracking Energy Gas Planning England UK Politics balcombe-cut.jpg Sajid …
The discovery of over 16,000 cracks in two Belgian reactor vessels may have global implications for nuclear safety, says the country's nuclear safety chief. He and independent experts are calling for the immediate checks of nuclear reactor vessels worldwide.
Belgian nuclear reactors riddled with 16,000 unexplained cracks Oliver Tickell | 18th February 2015 News Nuclear Energy Regulation tihange-cut.jpg The discovery of over 16,000 cracks in two Belgian …
North Yorkshire County Council gave planning permission for frackers Halliburton - while having shares in ... Halliburton. The council argues the decisions were made by different committees, avoiding a conflict of interest. JAN GOODEY investigates
Special Investigation: Council invested in fracking company behind controversial planning approval Brendan Montague | 23rd May 2018 | News Fracking Planning Haliburton Carl Les North Yorkshire County …
America's shale gas boom threatens families, pets, and food, writes Allison Wilson. Fresh from her reading of 'The Real Costs of Fracking', she finds a host of adverse health impacts on those living near fracking sites, the toxic pollution of the food chain, and a wall of corporate and official secrecy.
Exposed: what fracking really does to you, your family, pets and food Allison Wilson | 25th February 2015 Reviews Fracking Health Energy Toxics Pollution Food Farming USA …
Fracking operations produce radioactive waste derived from naturally occurring uranium and thorium - until now, safely buried deep underground. And right now the industry has neither a plan, nor the technology, to deal with it.
Fracking's radioactive legacy - we lack the technology Alan Herbert Trevor Jones | 5th March 2014 Comment Fracking UK Fossil Fuels Radiation safe-fracking-fairy-tale.png Fracking operations produce …