Ben Whitford takes a look at the candidates for the next Mayor of New York City and asks if any of them can fill the green shoes of Bloomberg........
After Bloomberg, will the Big Apple stay green? Ben Whitford | 20th September 2013 News Politics liberty.jpg Will the next Mayor of New York think about the next 20 years, or just the next election? …
Some 600 native trees from oaks, birches and elder to dogwood, crab apple and blackthorn will be planted in Witney, Oxfordshire.
First 'tiny forest' being planted in UK Emily Beament | 11th March 2020 News Biodiversity Forests Earthwatch Europe 23239858-1.jpg Some 600 native trees from oaks, birches and elder to dogwood, crab …
As the G20 meet in China this weekend, it's time for governments to finally get tough on the world's tax dodgers, write Dipti Bhatnagar & Sam Cossar-Gilbert. The missing tax revenues would be able to finance a 100% renewable electricity system covering half the planet by 2030 - a major step in raising living standards and tackling climate change.
G20: Dodged taxes could finance renewable power for world's poorest 50% Dipti Bhatnagar Sam Cossar-Gilbert | 2nd September 2016 Comment Energy Renewables Finance Politics Green Economy Corporations …
In principle ancient woodland enjoys strong protection, but that's not how it works out on the ground, reports Sian Atkinson. HS2 alone threatens 82 ancient woods, and 440 are at risk nationwide. Hence the Woodland Trust's 'Enough is Enough' campaign ...
… this guidance. Valuation: comparing apples with ... ball point pens? But how are …
Expelled from Eden and adrift amid the miracles of modern living, going back to nature is the only way to stay sane and healthy in this mad, bad world, says Fergus Drennan
Foraging for sanity - building Holistic Health in Harmony with Nature Fergus Drennan | 1st June 2008 Ethical Living Foraging Philosophy Spirituality Oneness Connection Food Foraging Lessons From …
Environmentalist, democracy campaigner and Nobel laureate; Wangari Maathai led an extraordinary life but it's her overwhelming kindness and charm that I’ll always remember, says Ruth Styles
With the death of Wangari Maathai, the green movement has lost one of its greatest proponents Ruth Styles | 7th October 2011 Comment Wangari Maathai Green Belt Movement Africa Kenya Politics Society …
The tree-clad hills of Spain's Sierra de Huelva retain their beauty, wildlife and traditions, writes Jan Nimmo, who has speant a decade exploring the area on horseback. Just one thing is missing: the throngs of people that once inhabited and managed the land.
… Many of these are also neglected, with apples left to rot in the autumn - a sad … town or village - peaches in La Nava, apples in Galaroza - where differences in …
David Cameron is gunning for a strong climate agreement in Paris this December, writes Dr Doug Parr. Meanwhile his government is doing all it can to undermine renewable energy and energy efficiency in the UK, and lock us into a high carbon, fossil-fuelled future. Can he really have it both ways?
David Cameron is losing the plot on climate change Doug Parr Greenpeace EnergyDesk | 16th July 2015 Comment Climate Change Energy Renewables Politics UK Transport cameron-wef-cut.jpg David Cameron is …
Green leader Natalie Bennett may have been lost for words on LBC yesterday, writes Adam Ramsay - but at least she doesn't charge £25,000 for a speech or £10,000 to have dinner with you. Unlike Jack Straw, Malcolm Rifkind and other politicians so deeply mired in corporate influence that they can't even see what they have done wrong.
… not because they highlight a few bad apples, but because they are a window into a …
England's largest new native forest rises from the wastelands.
Putting down roots Veronique Mistiaen | 18th March 2019 News Forests Heartwood Forest Change Makers heartwood_-_judith_parry1.jpg England's largest new native forest rises from the wastelands. A vast …
Personnel at the EPA have been heavily impacted by the ongoing shutdown, leading some commentators to question the necessity of the government agency post-shutdown. Ben Whitford reports....
Could America do without the Environmental Protection Agency? Ben Whitford | 16th October 2013 News US Government Politics EPA epa-logo.jpg Would the U.S. environment suffer if the EPA was shutdown …
If it wasn't climate change, was the real purpose of the Number 10 meeting of Theresa May's advisors and President Trump's environmental transition supremo Myron Ebell to plan the post-Brexit deregulation of UK farming, including pesticides? That's how it looks, writes Georgina Downs - and we had better begin now to fight for our health, wildlife and environment.
… latest Government statistics show that some apples are sprayed on average 21 times per …
The revolution in remote monitoring should help solve environmental problems, but might it also increase our distance from the natural world?
Big brother gone green: using technology to tackle the eco-crisis Hugh Knowles Martin Wright | 6th April 2012 News Forests Technology Investigations Pollution Science And Technology …
🌳 Professor Deirdre Heddon and Dr Misha Myers explain how their Walking Library functions as a public artwork connecting people with places and writing.
… growing plums. Then another day it may grow apples or pears. You just never know. But it’s …
Both Trump and Brexit can be explained by the failure of mainstream political elites to address the pain inflicted on ordinary citizens in the neoliberal era, write Helena Norberg-Hodge & Rupert Read. In the US and the UK, working class voters rightly rejected the corporate globalisation that has created so much poverty and insecurity. But the real solutions lie not in hatred, but relocalisation.
… more transparent. We can see if the apples we are buying from the neighbouring …
The global pesticide and bioscience giant Monsanto is a byword for evil for millions of campaigners and concerned citizens, writes JP Sottile. But that has never stopped it getting its way with the people that matter - politicians and regulators. And now the company is on the verge of biggest victory ever - winning clearance to spray biologically active RNA sequences on US crops.
… (FDA) have already signed off on RNAi apples engineered by a Canadian company and …
Believers in the possibility of a better civilization, one rooted in increasing co-operation and harmony, find ourselves in a world where demagogues are empowered to bring about the polar opposite, writes Jeremy Leggett. A new despotism rooted in isolationist nationalism and conflict is gaining strength. The battle is not lost: but first we must understand the dangers.
Appropriate civilization versus 'new despotism': one month into the Trump Presidency Jeremy Leggett | 22nd February 2017 News Future Politics Society Technology Energy Media Renewables War …
I am pro-vaccine, writes Robert F. Kennedy Jr. I had all of my six children vaccinated. I believe that vaccines save millions of lives. So let me explain why I edited the book 'Thimerosal: Let The Science Speak', which exposes the dangerous and avoidable use of the mercury-based preservative thimerosal in vaccines given to millions of children and pregnant women here and around the world.
Vaccines, mercury and thimerosal: let the science speak! Robert F. Kennedy Jr | 7th February 2017 News Health Toxics Corporations Regulation Politics USA vaccines-cut.jpg I am pro-vaccine, writes …