Images of burning cars and narratives about Canadian natives breaking the law obscure the real story about the Mi'kmaq people's opposition to shale gas exploration writes Martin Lukacs....
… 2013 News Energy Fracking Activism police cars.jpg Are images of burning police cars a political smokescreen? Images of burning cars and narratives about Canadian natives …
Fossil fuel companies are feeling the heat from investors concerned that many of their assets may prove worthless.
Go fossil-free, urge investment managers Kieran Cooke | 28th October 2013 News Fossil Energy Fossil Green Economy Finance Fossil fuel companies are feeling the heat from investors concerned that many …
So-called extreme energy - including fracking, coal bed methane extraction and underground coal gasification - is being rolled out with little concern for the environment, leading campaigner, author and engineer Paul Mobbs tells the Ecologist Film Unit
Underground coal gasification: the 'nuclear option' of unconventional energy The Ecologist | 23rd September 2013 News Fracking Energy Comment Climate Change Politics And Economics what-the-frack.jpg …
Kate Houghton explains why Smart Growth, rather than a revival in garden cities, could have an important role to play in tackling current environmental as well as social challenges ...
Garden cities for the 21st Century? Kate Houghton | 8th April 2013 News Cities shutterstock_61111303.jpg Kate Houghton explains why Smart Growth, rather than a revival in garden cities, could have an …
Peter Hume examines plans for a zero-carbon, zero-waste, car free city in Abu Dhabi that will rely entirely on renewable energy sources, and asks whether the concept can become a sustainable reality......
… CO2 reductions equivalent to taking 30,000 cars off the road. SHAMS-1 is also falling …
The unspoilt pastoral landscape of Transylvania is the latest battlefield in the war against aggressive fossil energy extraction. Jim Wickens reports on the farming communities fighting back against multinational energy companies.
… a community affair. Half a dozen security cars remain blocked, prevented from moving …
Wildlife crime is a multi-million dollar globalised business, ranked fourth in transnational crime in the world, with an international network sprawling across continents. Verity Largo reports from Tanzania ...
Poaching - the cheetahs of the Serengeti face extinction Verity Largo | 16th November 2013 News Natural World Africa Hunting Poaching Wildlife Crime cheetah.jpg Wildlife crime is a multi-million …
Undercover filming by the UK investigative agency Ecostorm has exposed - for the first time - the brutal hunting and killing of dolphins for use as shark bait off Peru's Pacific coast. Jim Wickens reports
Revealed: brutal reality of world's 'biggest dolphin hunt' Jim Wickens | 17th October 2013 News Investigations News Dolphins Fishing Peru Shark Finning hauling up harpooned dolphin.jpg Undercover …
The Ecologist's Lorna Howarth reports on news and action from the environmental frontline
Frontline Online: Why China needs dissuading from a dash-for-gas energy solution Lorna Howarth | 21st January 2013 News Renewables Gas Smog China smog 2.jpg The smog in Beijing is so toxic that …
What do cockroaches, used-car salesmen and root canals have in common? They’re <a href="http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/01/08/congress-now-less-popular-than-head-lice-cockroaches-and-the-donald/" target="_blank">all more popular</a> than the 112th U.S. Congress, which ended its two-year term last week with its reputation at an all-time low.
Breaking Congressional Gridlock - 113th Congress Ben Whitford | 10th January 2013 News Congress Politics Environment ben whitford.jpg Ben Whitford is the Ecologist's new U.S. Correspondent What do …
Faced with threats, draconian gagging laws and even violence, journalists and activists investigating the secrets of the global food industry tread a dangerous path, says Andrew Wasley. Additional reporting by Sarah Stirk
How 'ag gag' laws target those exposing horrors of factory farming Andrew Wasley | 21st October 2013 News Food And Farming News Investigations Journalists Censorship Ecologist pigbusiness.jpg Faced …
You won’t catch Mad Men's Don Draper hugging trees - but experts say the ad man’s modern heirs on Madison Avenue could have a crucial role to play in bringing environmentalism firmly into mainstream consumerism. Ben Whitford reports.
Can Mad Men’s Don Draper save the planet? Ben Whitford | 12th April 2013 News joel_patagonia_dontbuythisjacket1.jpg Does blurring the line between activism and advertising benefit the environment? …
Jeffrey St.Clair investigates the shooting of wolves on the boundaries of the Yellowstone National Park, and discovers a toxic mix of politics, blood lust and wilful abandonment of the rule of law.
Sacrificial Wolves of Yellowstone Jeffrey St. Clair | 29th October 2013 News Natural World Hunting Wolves USA yellowstone-wolf.png Jeffrey St.Clair investigates the shooting of wolves on the …
Romania - A leading human rights group has charged the Government with serious violations of the human rights of inhabitants of Pungesti following protests against pre-fracking gas exploration by Chevron.
… being followed by Interior Ministry patrol cars. "The atmosphere is very tense. …
The UN has described the Gaza Strip as a 'disaster area' following the onslaught of Storm Alexa and called on the international community to lift the blockade and allow recovery efforts to proceed.
Gaza wrecked by storm, floods, acute cold, sewage overflows and power cuts Oliver Tickell | 16th December 2013 News Gaza Occupation Flooding Middle East Climate Change Un gaza-flooded.png The UN has …
Lucy Dunne reports on the fight to save a water meadow from bulldozers, and opines that this may just be the beginning of a wave of protests triggered by Osborne's infrastructure plans.
The battle for Combe Haven Lucy Dunne | 4th February 2013 News granny.jpg A Bailiff tussles with a local OAP. Sarah Evans can be seen smiling cheekily in the background. Lucy Dunne reports on the …
Lorna Howarth reports on how councils throughout Britain are accused of destroying vital wildlife habitat……
On The Verge Of Destruction: wildflowers threatened by poor roadside management Lorna Howarth | 3rd June 2013 News Natural World shutterstock_31924345.jpg Lorna Howarth reports on how councils …
Air quality is back on Europe's political agenda with new proposals put forward by the EU environment commissioner, Janez Potočnik. But do the plans go far enough? Matthew Ledbury reports.
… from other sectors such as shipping, cars and non-road machines remain neglected. …
Botswana has been accused of sacrificing the Kalahari, one of the world's most precious wildlife reserves, to commercial fracking while ignoring the concerns of environmentalists and communities who could lose access to scarce water.
… of a democratic fight Images of burning cars and narratives about Canadian natives …
Western consumers are inadvertently driving the Sumatran elephant to extinction by eating, washing and wearing - in cosmetics - the derivatives of a fruit that is destroying the animal's last remaining forest habitat. Jim Wickens reports
… soap; soon we will even be burning it in our cars. There are over 30 names for palm oil …
For Indigenous peoples climate change is not a political slogan but an inescapable reality of their daily life. In a new series for the Ecologist, Gleb Raygorodetsky explores how different communities are responding to the challenges of climate change
Healing the Earth: Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change Gleb Raygorodetsky | 21st June 2013 News Society Climate Change gleb.jpg Maria Amanchina, a local kam or shaman, conducts a ceremony on Ukok …