This month we highlight the potential dangers of controversial hydraulic fracturing as the scramble for natural gas intensifies, we report on uranium mining in the US, probe Egypt's factory farming boom and examine efforts being made by supermarkets to deal with excess packaging waste... To access this exclusive content plus other articles, log in and scroll down to the bottom of the page...
… of the page... At the time of writing the Cancun COP 16 climate talks are still underway …
Overtaken by massive regional trade agreements like TPP, TTIP, CETA and TINA, the World Trade Organisation has slipped into the background, writes Polly Jones. But this week it's back with a vengeance, with its first big meeting in two years. The US's plan is to globalise the investment protection regime set out in the TTP, and open a new era of corporate rule and the eradication of democracy.
… News Trade Finance Politics UK USA wto-demo-cancun-cut.jpg Overtaken by massive regional …
160 global groups have called for a moratorium on new 'genetic extinction' technology at the UN Convention on Biological Diversity meeting in Cancun, Mexico. Gene drive technology, they say, poses serious and irreversible threats to biodiversity, national sovereignty, peace and food security.
… Convention on Biological Diversity meeting in Cancun, Mexico. Gene drive technology, they …
This month - in a very full newsletter - we take on shark finning, Middle Eastern water wars, contaminated eggs, roadbuilding, undercover police and coral reefs... to access this exclusive content plus other articles, log in and scroll down to the bottom of the page...
… issued at the political circuses of Cancun or Copenhagen. To the Middle East …
The Jewish National Fund UK has always denied a swirl of claims over its history and activities in the Middle East, including allegations of land grabbing Palestinian villages. But campaigners want the organisation stripped of its charitable status
… the UN climate change talks in Copenhagen and Cancun – holding seminars on the fringes in …