The preservation of dwindling tuna fish stocks is set to receive a boost as the EU prepares to introduce cuts in the allowed size of catches, web-based environmental news service ENN reports.
… inspectors from one nation to check the boats of another. The majority of bluefin tuna …
Thanks in large part to continued activism by nuclear campaign group CND, the government is facing a rebellion of MPs in today’s vote on whether to renew Britain’s nuclear missile system, Trident.
Trident vote hangs in the balance 14th March 2007 News Nuclear Trident Missile Weapon WMD CND UK Military Society News web pic 2_36.jpg Thanks in large part to continued activism by nuclear campaign …
Plant fuels can never meet our current and growing energy needs and, as Robin Maynard reports, adopting a ‘carbohydrate economy’ may prove disastrous for our farmers, our food supply and our future
… fed when imports were blocked by German U-Boats, Kendall declared: ‘Not since the Second …
Aid agencies are well resourced and quick to act, but not enough of them appear to be using their power to tackle the long term problems posed by climate change. Tom Levitt reports
… to climatic extremes. So when the aid agency boats, planes and trucks pull up at a disaster …
To the people of the Faroe Islands the slaughter of pilot whales for food is a sustainable practice. Gavin Haines tries to make sense of this much maligned tradition and struggles to determine where we can and/or should impose a different cultural notion of sustainability on others
… and inclement weather as they manoeuvre their boats to drive the mammals into shallow water, …
Olivier De Schutter warns that the current state of the marine environment signals not a future ecological disaster, but one that is already with us.
Ocean-grabbing threatens the food security of entire communities Olivier De Schutter | 14th November 2012 News fisherman with net.jpg Vulnerable communities and future generations will pay the price …
Community-based land conservation is a valuable implement in the conservation tool-box, but not a magic bullet, says David Shaw
Community and Conservation in Bolivia’s Yacuma Pampas David Shaw | 22nd January 2013 News Conservation Amazon Boliviam Yacuma Pampas shutterstock_84506704.jpg A magnificant Rufescent Tiger-heron …
Superpower confrontations and growing tensions in Ukraine, the Middle East and the Arctic are all part of a new Cold War, writes Alexander Reid Ross - and this time Green campaigners are under attack by both Russian authorities and NATO ...
GreenScare 2.0 - campaigners under fire in the new Cold War Alexander Reid Ross | 28th June 2014 News War Fossil Fuels Politics Ukraine Middle East Russia NATO pipeline-blast.jpg Superpower …
The Aral Sea is a well known environmental disaster zone. But this year, it got a whole worse, writes Anson Mackay, as its biggest basin dried up completely to expose a toxic, salty wasteland. With continuing irrigation and declining river flows due to climate change, the desert is only set to expand.
Once a Sea - now it's the Aral Desert Anson Mackay | 16th October 2014 News Oceans Water Toxics Farming Climate Change aral-sea-boat-cut.jpg The Aral Sea is a well known environmental disaster zone. …
The last completely isolated tribe on the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal is at risk from illegal fishing, with Burmese boats entering their waters and fishermen landing on their island home. But they had better watch out - two intruders were shot dead with arrows in 2006.
… is at risk from illegal fishing, with Burmese boats entering their waters and fishermen …
Two huge open pit mines in northern Norway are on the verge of approval, writes Tina Andersen Vågenes - even though they would dump hundreds of millions of tonnes of tailings in fjords where wild salmon spawn. Scientists are voicing serious concerns, and protests are growing, but government and mining companies appear determined to push the projects forward regardless.
'Acutely toxic' mine waste threatens the death of Norway's fjords Tina Andersen Vågenes | 28th November 2014 News Mining Norway Corporations Waste Pollution Fishing Oceans …
In 1976, it looked like a good idea: to divert the waters of the Danube into a salt-water lagoon on Ukraine's Black Sea coast, and irrigate millions of hectares of arid steppe land, writes Dimiter Kenarov. But the result has been human and environmental disaster on an epic scale.
A failed Soviet irrigation project brings eco-apocalypse to SE Ukraine Dimiter Kenarov | 29th December 2014 News Ukraine Water Farming Fishing Development abandoned-fishing-boat-cut.jpg In 1976, it …
A month-long blockade of the Rio Tigre deep in the Peruvian Amazon has secured promises of compensation and cleanup for Peru's Kichwa communities who have suffered 40 years of contaminated waters from oil drilling operations in their remote Amazon region. But until the funds materialize, they are holding firm in their resolve.
… of January with two cables - stopping two boats contracted by Pluspetrol to carry …
So much methane is bubbling into a river surrounded by hundreds of fracking wells that it's a fire hazard! Local campaigners blame the coal seam gas industry for the gas releases which are spreading along Queensland's river Condamine and gaining in intensity.
Australian river on fire with fracked coal seam gas The Ecologist | 22nd April 2016 News Fracking Australia Fossil Fuels Gas Climate Change Energy jeremy buckingham river fire and boat-cut.jpg So …
The UK imports millions of tons of American wood pellets every year to be burned in power stations for 'climate friendly' electricity, writes Matt Williams. But his recent visit to the southern US showed him that this practice is devastating beautiful, natural forests rich in wildlife - while the UK government's own research shows that it's worse for the climate than the coal it replaces.
Dirtier than coal: burning forests for 'green' energy Matt Williams | 19th July 2016 News Energy Climate Change Forests Emissions US UK EU Biofuels stumps-cut.jpg The UK imports millions of tons of …
Dolphins are passing toxic PCBs to their young, study finds.
Banned toxins found in young dolphins Brendan Montague | 4th February 2019 News Dolphins Marine Conservation Marine Life Science Pollution morigenos_pcb_02_tilen_genov.jpg Dolphins are passing toxic …
As invasive water hyacinth chokes fishing communities, the World Bank launches a third phase of investment to try and restore the degraded lake
Fish decline in Lake Victoria’s ‘deadest’ corner Frederic Musisi Timberlake | 7th March 2019 News Weeds Fish Lake Victoria Change Makers 8950904601_f48d93b6ed_b-e1550064922588.jpg As invasive water …
'Today, it's us trying to stop the fossil fuel industry from wrecking our children's future. Tomorrow, it should be the government.'
Protesters join action on BP oil rig Douglas Barrie Lewis McKenzie | 12th June 2019 News Greenpeace Climate Breakdown Bp Big Oil Oil Rigs Change Makers _107314999_hi054544689.jpg 'Today, it's us …
University of Oregon oceanographer Dave Sutherland studied the subsurface melting of the LeConte Glacier.
Glacier melting 'faster than feared' Nina Massey | 26th July 2019 News Climate Breakdown Science & Systems 21653895-1.jpg University of Oregon oceanographer Dave Sutherland studied the subsurface …