In the first of our new fortnightly series getting the low-down from leading campaigners, we interview Margaret Mar, a victim of organophosphate (OP) poisoning, who has dedicated most of her life as a peer to campaigning on behalf of other victims
… CAMPAIGN HERO: Countess of Mar Tom Levitt | … Countess Of Mar Orgaophosphates Sheep Dip Campaigning countess-of-mar.jpg In the first … series getting the low-down from leading campaigners, we interview Margaret Mar, a …
Chemical giant dismisses allegations that it inflitrated Greenpeace in an effort to undermine its direct action campaigns
… in an effort to undermine its direct action campaigns Following the recent undercover … public education and direct action campaigns. It followed reports by the campaign group in the late 1990s that …
Awareness of pesticide-use in public areas used by children is low but the health dangers demand our attention
… in public parks and school grounds - campaigners Tom Levitt | 25th October 2010 … children's playgrounds should be banned, say campaigners. By 2012 the UK is required under … in certain specific areas. However, campaigners say the ban should be compulsory …
A company bidding to undertake 'underground coal gasification (UGC) - a notoriously hazardous and polluting process - in the UK has threatened a Scottish clean energy campaigner: shut up or get sued. Paul Mobbs reports ...
… Coal gas company warns - stop campaigning or we will sue Paul Mobbs | 18th … the UK has threatened a Scottish clean energy campaigner: shut up or get sued. Paul Mobbs … sent a 'cease and desist' notice to Scottish campaigner Mel Kelly. The notice threatens her …
Author at the centre of recent documentary claims more than half of the environmental movement agrees with him that we should embrace genetically modified (GM) crops and nuclear power
… Levitt | 15th November 2010 News Environment Campaigning Climate Change Nuclear Gm Aviation … modified (GM) crops and nuclear power Campaigner Mark Lynas says he is not the … alienating people because of their strong campaigns against nuclear, GM and also …
Campaigners urge health secretary Andrew Lansley to act to reduce air pollution, as government medical experts warn of its 'significant' health burden
… EU for failing to reduce air pollution levels Campaigners urge health secretary Andrew … been 340,000 years across the UK. Air quality campaigners have been fighting hard for the … the UK public. Simon Birkett , who has long-campaigned for action to clean-up London's air …
Green campaigners reject accusations of failure and point out success of domestic climate legislation, regulations to tackle ozone pollution and growing acceptance from the business community of environmental issues
… nuclear power and GM (Image: WDM) Green campaigners reject accusations of failure and … of environmental issues Environmental campaigners have rejected calls to embrace … unresolved,' said director of policy and campaigns Craig Bennett, who added the British …
Public will not have to be notified when crops, fields or parks are being sprayed with pesticides potentially harmful to their health, despite warnings from the British Medical Association
… pesticidenosign.jpg Medical experts and campaign groups say sprayers should be … warnings from the British Medical Association Campaigners have reacted with dismay to a … living adjacent to sprayed land.' Pesticide campaigners said the government was pandering …
Broad welcome for new biodiversity targets, including increase in protected areas, but campaigners express concern that previous 2010 targets have still not been met
… targets now need to be implemented say campaigners Tom Levitt | 1st November 2010 … including increase in protected areas, but campaigners express concern that previous 2010 … for millennia. While welcoming the agreement, campaigners said many countries lacked the …
The £700 million trade is 'one of the best kept secrets', say campaigners, with consumers largely unaware they are buying illegally felled timber
… trade is 'one of the best kept secrets', say campaigners, with consumers largely unaware … the rules and loopholes already exposed, campaigners fear sales of illegal wood will … managing wood and forest reserves. Campaigners have spent more than a decade …
UK banks helping to finance oil giant Total's exploitation of tar sands on the world's fourth largest island despite lack of adequate environmental controls or regulation
… they provide,' says Darek Urbaniak, a campaigner from Friends of the Earth Europe. … supplies As well as pollution, Madagascan campaigners worry about limited water … tar sands extraction process. However, local campaigners says this is only true in the …
Report highlights the lasting impact of The End of the Line in raising awareness of unsustainable fishing practices - and illustrates how radical new film funding models can work
… a combination of media coverage, strong campaigning - and later - TV screenings. It … by the Britdoc Foundation said post-film campaign work around the documentary meant … Marine Stewardship council (MSC). Restaurant campaign A campaign to name and shame London …
Government lawyers set to argue in High Court that EU rules allow them to delay meeting air pollution targets until as late as 2025 in London despite growing health crisis
… air pollution in London and other cities, say campaigners, at the beginning of what may be a … latest possible deadline. However, in what campaigners say is a 'disgraceful' move the UK … targets in the 'shortest possible time'. Campaigners say this makes a 'nonsense' of EU …
Claims of a decrease in illegal logging mask a growing amount of illegal harvesting by licensed companies and a lack of confidence in methods of measuring logging activity
… Campaigners dispute reports of a decline in … a combination of government action and NGO campaigning had resulted in more efforts to … cent in Malaysia. Corrupted figures Forest campaigners suggest even these figures may …
Campaign group Fight the Flights begins a High Court challenge to overturn Newham Council's decision to almost double the number of flights from 73,000 to 120,000 a year
… number of flights from London City Airport Campaign group Fight the Flights begins a High … council is being taken to court by local campaigners after giving the go-ahead to a … increase in flights from London City Airport. Campaigners claim Newham Council failed to …
The UK Government's policy is to frack at all costs, against public opinion and compelling evidence of environmental damage and poor returns, writes Paul Mobbs - a timely reminder that as far as the Government is concerned, it has a God-given right to rule over us, no matter what we think or want.
… can learn from. The GMO lesson Firstly, the campaign against genetically modified (GM) … peace movement. genetiX snowball was a great campaign... Then came the civil injunctions … end of the world. Over my three decades as a campaigner I've collected a few, and whilst …
The greatest myth of the consumer society is that modern lifestyles are 'normal' - and this can continue forever because we're clever little apes who can solve any problem, writes Paul Mobbs. That hubris, in the face of insurmountable ecological limits, will be our collective downfall.
… the 1990s, when green politics took power and campaign groups slowly began to take corporate … of this change, were marginalised within many campaign groups. In the neo-liberal world, … of car-based transport. In the 2000s campaign groups traded that analysis for the …
Leading jewellery outlets including Fraser Hart, Tiffany & Co and Beaverbrooks say they won't use gold from London-based Anglo America's proposed mine in the Alaskan wilderness
… miles and an 86 mile long access road. Local campaigners say the mine will destroy one of … million a year and 12,500 jobs. Now, in what campaigners say is an 'unprecented' move, 50 … who have signed pledge Our Bristol Bay - Campaign group Nunamtu Aulukestai - Campaign …
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) says no convincing evidence to cause it to ban or further restrict exposure to the controversial chemical bisphenol-A used in plastic bottles and containers
… Bispenol-A BPA Health Cancer babybottle.jpg Campaigners want a ban on the use of BPA in … used in plastic bottles and containers Health campaigners have reacted with dismay after EU … bottles. 'We will continue our No More BPA campaign until this public health issue has …
Microsoft founder Bill Gates providing funding for geoegineering experiment to increase whiteness of clouds, reflect more sunlight back into space and reduce global warming
… back into space and reduce global warming Campaigners have criticised plans for a sea … conducted over an area of 10,000km2. However, campaigners say such a large-scale trial is … said Jim Thomas from Canadian environmental campaigners, ETC Group . In March, MPs from …
Campaign groups say UK officials are underestimating the costs of disposing of nuclear waste and that the taxpayer will end up footing the bill
… world has been built without public subsidy Campaign groups say UK officials are … stations in the UK have been rubbished by campaigners. Under proposals published this … about the likely costs of nuclear power. The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) said …
The recent death of Indian environmentalist Amit Jethva was the latest in a growing number of disturbing incidents of brutality and violence against activists, report Ambika Hiranandani and Tom Levitt
… activist Amit Jethva was murdered after campaigning against illegal mining in a … and Tom Levitt On 20 July 2010, forest campaigner Amit Jethva was shot dead at point … Shetty, a whistle blower and anti-corruption campaigner, who brought to light land scams in …
Main ingredient of Monsanto's Roundup weed killer is being linked to cancer, birth defects and Parkinson's disease and should be banned, according to campaigners behind new report
… disease and should be banned, according to campaigners behind new report The use of the … conducted by Greenpeace and the anti-GM campaign group GM Freeze, suggests exposure to … Resistance is spreading The new Greenpeace campaign, backed by the report, is targeting …
High-street customers could be subsidising the role of Barclays Capital in driving up global food prices and leaving millions facing hunger and malnutrition, says campaign group. Tom Levitt reports
… millions facing hunger and malnutrition, says campaign group. Tom Levitt reports Barclays … to higher and more volatile prices, say campaigners, which affect poor families in the … in food speculation, commissioned by the campaign group World Development Movement …