Technology firm becomes latest in line of high-profile departures after federation opposes efforts to reduce emissions
Apple quits Chamber of Commerce over climate denial Suzanne Goldenberg | 6th October 2009 News Science And Technology Climate Change Apple gennew.gif Technology firm becomes latest in line of …
Consumer environmentalism aligns conservation with modern consumer culture, writes Paul Jepson, offering NGOs the means to reach new people and generate new funding streams. But it risks ever more shallow public engagement and digital activism where masses of people back 'solutions' that only make themselves feel good.
Saving the Earth? I think there's an App for that Paul Jepson University of Oxford | 21st April 2016 Comment Media Technology Conservation snow-leopard-cubs-cut.jpg Consumer environmentalism aligns …
Powered by 100% renewable energy, Apple is maintaining its lead as the internet's greenest company, But others are lagging behind: Google has yet to reach 50% and relies heavily on coal, while Amazon's AWS, the massive 'dark cloud' of the web, won't even answer questions.
Coal-heavy utilities stand in the way of a green internet The Ecologist | 12th May 2015 News Technology Media Climate Change Renewables Energy data-center-cut.jpg Powered by 100% renewable energy, …
Greenpeace's most recent green electrics guide shows that PC manufacturers are still not meeting their obligations in terms of phasing out toxic substances
Computer companies breaking promises on toxins The Ecologist | 7th July 2009 News Investigations Science And Technology Green Living Greenpeace Electronic Computer Mobile Phone PVC BFR Brominated …
Who says technology can’t be good for the environment? Rosie Spinks rounds up the apps that are making the planet a greener place to be
Five of the best…eco friendly mobile apps Rosie Spinks | 9th September 2011 Ethical Living Mobile Apps Apple Itunes Project Noah Science Home Energy Shopping Science And Technology holding.jpg Who …
Our economy demands that we make consumption our way of life, the that we seek our spiritual satisfaction in consumption…
The scandal of planned technological obsolescence Nick Kettles | 6th August 2008 News Consumption Waste Sustainability Landfill Consumerism Landfills Recycling Green Living Politics And Economics …
Costing £2.9 billion, the UK’s new police communication system Tetra has been described by one independent scientist as likely to cause ‘more civilian deaths than all the world’s terrorist organisations put together’
Revolt Jay Griffiths | 1st October 2004 News Tetra Police Officers Pito Headaches Radiation Electromagnetic Radiation Magnetic Fields Met Met Officers Barry Trower Risk Privacy Human Rights …
The supposedly 'free' digital platforms that we are using to stay connected during the pandemic come with huge social and ecological costs.
Digital capitalism and Covid-19 Andrés Kogan Valderrama | 3rd June 2020 News Covid-19 Digital Science And Systems Technology Data Free Software Movement …
The US company has been singled out for its failure to remove dangerous chemicals from computers
Hewlett-Packard = Hazardous Products, says Greenpeace 28th July 2009 News Waste And Recycling Science And Technology Computers Greenpeace Chemicals computer.jpg HP has backtracked on pledges to …
The long-term effects of synthetic chemicals used in packaging, food storage and processing food could be damaging our health, scientists have warned. Jo Adetunji reports.
The chemical dangers in food packaging Jo Adetunji | 1st March 2014 News Health Waste Science Technology packaging-japan.png The long-term effects of synthetic chemicals used in packaging, food …
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 …
Film maker Nick Breeze has conducted a series of interviews with experts on 'geo-engineering' to forestall runaway global warming. Here he presents the distilled wisdom from his meetings - and concludes that we should at least be experimenting with the techniques, and studying their impacts.
What's worse than geoengineering the climate? Nick Breeze | 23rd December 2014 Comment Climate Change Geoengineering Science Technology spice_srm_overview-cut.jpg Film maker Nick Breeze has conducted …
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.
… grapes, (1.5 million lbs.); grapefruit and apples (400,000 lbs. each); and a variety of …
Are GMOs safe? Up to a point, writes Jonathan Latham - provided you're not eating them. That's certainly not proven to be safe, indeed the hazards are numerous: protein encoding viral DNA fragments, herbicide metabolites, biotoxins whose operation is not understood, poorly conducted experiments ... and those are just the ones we know about.
Growing doubts over GMO safety: a scientist's experience Jonathan Latham | 31st August 2015 News GMOs Science Technology Health Corporations Regulation gmo-experiment-cut.jpg Are GMOs safe? Up to a …
The development of meat-like foods is introducing GM and novel technology into our diets. This presents new risks to our health, but also to the complex development of behaviour to prevent environmental destruction, argues PAT THOMAS
Does the Impossible Burger feed our desire to avoid necessary choices? Pat Thomas | 15th August 2017 News Meat Vegan Vegetarian Food Science Gm Technology 05_homepage_news.jpg The development of …
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 …