The proposed structure of Juncker's new European Commission sidelines sustainability issues and risks undoing years of environmental legislation. The European Parliament must now block his deregulatory assault on the EU’s climate, energy, biodiversity, pollution, chemicals and environmental health policies.
… EU Parliament must reject Juncker's anti-environment Commission Green10 | 29th … issues and risks undoing years of environmental legislation. The European … biodiversity, pollution, chemicals and environmental health policies. The Green10 are …
The late Labour MP fought both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown on environmental policies, writes John Vidal, standing up for climate and access to countryside, and against GMO crops and road building. Radical to the end, he was one of the few MPs to support Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader.
… Michael Meacher: an environment minister who stood up for his beliefs John Vidal the Guardian Environment | 22nd October 2015 Comment … MP fought both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown on environmental policies, writes John Vidal, …
Tom Levitt speaks to one of China's most respected investigative journalists Liu Jianqiang on the rise of environmental activism in China
… Liu Jianqiang: fighting for environmental justice in China Tom Levitt | 11th May 2012 News China News Focus Environment Dam Natural World Climate Change … widespread acclaim for his investigative environmental reporting in China Tom Levitt …
A protest outside the Environment Agency highlighted the need for impartial and immediate action on fracking.
… Fracking protesters 'hold Environment Agency to account' Esme North … Climate Change Fracking Reclaim The Power Environment Agency … A protest outside the Environment Agency highlighted the need for … were among 50 demonstrators gathered at the Environment Agency (EA) offices …
The Conservative Environment Network launched a new report in Parliament with Sajid Javid. But the paper fails to properly address the issue of climate change and does not even mention fracking, says TIM HOLMES
… Conservative Environment Network report 'fails to drill … September 2017 News Tory Conservative Green Environment Climate Change Fracking 405280.jpg The Conservative Environment Network launched a new report in …
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
… being rolled out with little concern for the environment, leading campaigner, author and … it represents an unacceptable risk to the environment. So be it shale gas, which we’ve … it needs to grow that any concern about the environment, or human health, or the future …
There's no doubt that one of the losers in this year's UK election was the environment and that there's clearly been a failure not just in politics, which is failing in so many ways, but also in environmental communication - a failure to reach people's hearts and minds with the urgent need for change, writes NATALIE BENNETT
… Why environmental communications can't just talk about the environment Natalie Bennett | 14th July 2017 Comment Environment Politics Climate Change Action …
Any emergence from recession may erode shift towards more sustainable lifestyles, warns EU report
… UK economic recovery 'poses threat to environment' James Meikle | 1st December 2010 … supplies and wildlife, said the European Environment Agency (EEA). There is also a risk … analysis, provided by the UK's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), …
Opinionated and outspoken, often wildly at odds with the government’s line, the UK’s environment minister Michael Meacher is, by his own reckoning, a lone voice in the wilderness.
… | 20th March 2001 News Michael Meacher Environment Minister UK Politic Nuclear … at odds with the government’s line, the UK’s environment minister Michael Meacher is, by … down the steps of the Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs a car …
The attention that the three main parties are now giving to the environment is welcome, but no party is yet offering leadership of the kind needed.
… Green groups set tests for environmental leadership Tracy Carty | 1st … the three main parties are now giving to the environment is welcome, but no party is yet … change has risen up the political agenda, environmental groups from Greenpeace to the …
Paul Mobbs, leading environmental campaigner, author and engineer, tells the Ecologist Film Unit that extraction industries, including coal bed methane extraction, are going ahead in the UK despite serious environmental concerns........
… Paul Mobbs, leading environmental campaigner, author and engineer, … are going ahead in the UK despite serious environmental concerns........ Ecologist: … it represents an unacceptable risk to the environment. So be it shale gas, which we’ve …
Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has handed the environment portfolio to the energy minister in an attempt to calm climate sceptics. But will it work? Ecologist writer Maxine Newlands reports.
… Minister Malcolm Turnbull has handed the environment portfolio to the energy minister … writer Maxine Newlands reports. Merging the environment and energy portfolios is a … voices from the climate sceptic right. But, environmental advocates and climate scientists …
Are we getting the facts about the world from a free press, or being led astray by a corporate media uninterested in the real issues? Writer and thinker David Edwards argues it out with environmental journalist Caspar Henderson
… Can we trust the media on the environment? David Edwards Caspar Henderson | … Climate Change Corporate Funding Corporations Environmental Reporting Balanced Reporting Commercial Interests Environment Media Climate Change Politics And …
From boosting biodiversity to gardens that are helping to tackle climate change, Chelsea Flower Show 2012 will be green in more ways than one. Rebecca Campbell went behind the scenes
… Biodiversity Plants Carbon Capture Green Eco Environment Green Living holding.jpg From … this year’s show will also have much for environmentalists. RHS Environment is a new initiative that focuses …
Having survived cancer, biologist Sandra Steingraber wrote a book to expose its link to the environment. As the film version premieres in Europe, she tells the Ecologist why we must all take a stand on air, food and water pollution
… wrote a book to expose its link to the environment. As the film version premieres in … evidence for the link between cancer and the environment. At the same time, as a cancer … bladder cancer, which has known links to the environment. It's a personal memoir, and …
Wangari Maathai’s Nobel prize-winning activism has thrust the environment to the forefront of the global security agenda
… Wangari Maathai: fighting for Kenya's environment Nicola Graydon | 1st March 2005 … Nobel prize-winning activism has thrust the environment to the forefront of the global … Even more importantly, she’s the only environmentalist ever to have received the …
The Paris Agreement is facing its first big test in Queensland, Australia, writes Justine Bell. After a long process beset by legal challenges, the massive Carmichael coal mine is inching closer to approval - which would open up the entire 250,000 sq.km Galilee basin and its 28 billion tonnes of coal to exploitation. Both state and federal governments have the power to ban it. But will they?
… mine has already been approved by the federal environment minister Greg Hunt, and on Tuesday … minister for natural resources and mines; an environmental authority, issued by Queensland's Department of environment and heritage protection; and an …
Britain's soils are in a bad way, writes John Quinton, and the government is doing little to help - indeed its policies are making the problems worse. So concludes yesterday's Environment Audit Committee report on soil health. But are ministers bothered?
… the problems worse. So concludes yesterday's Environment Audit Committee report on soil … health. But are ministers bothered? When the Environment Audit Committee of the House of … soil is an often overlooked component of the environment - but one that is critical to our …
The impact of the meat industry on the environment is well documented. While global solutions to this problem are necessary, there is a very real, immediate and visceral change people can make right now - on World Environment Day - to turn the tide. Go vegan. GEORGE MONBIOT et al write an open letter to the movement to support the Vegan Society's Plate Up for the Planet challenge
… Environmentalists challenged to go vegan this World Environment Day George Monbiot Kerry McCarthy … The impact of the meat industry on the environment is well documented. While global …
Plans to crack down on endocrine disruptors and illegal timber were buried by the outgoing President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso and his secretary-general Catherine Day - while undermining action on climate, renewables and energy efficiency.
… Exposed: Barroso's EU anti-environment crusade EuroActiv | 5th August … and Day have often been singled out by environmentalists for a perceived tilt to … proposals put forward by the Commission's own environment directorate were quashed by …
UK politicians (aside from the Green Party) may not have the environment high on the agenda but the British public want to remain part of the Paris Agreement and care deeply about climate change according to a new poll released today. JOE WARE reports
… voters want a government that cares about the environment - of course they do! Joe Ware | … (aside from the Green Party) may not have the environment high on the agenda but the British … maintaining a number of EU standards on the environment post-Brexit. Eighty-five per cent …
Campaigner Tony Juniper urges UK government to seize global opportunities for wildlife restoration.
… Wainwright | 6th December 2018 | News Environment Act Climate Change Wildlife … is being torn apart,” declared author and environmental campaigner Tony Juniper. The … good business on a planet that’s in chaos.” Environment Act So, where do we go? Will we …
What do the Australian Environment Foundation, the Renewable Energy Foundation and the Global Warming Policy Foundation have in common? They are all fiercely anti-environment, writes William Laurance - and we must beware their 'eco-doublespeak'.
… Beware environmental wolves in sheep's clothing! … What do the Australian Environment Foundation, the Renewable Energy … have in common? They are all fiercely anti-environment, writes William Laurance - and we …
Storms, floods, tidal surges, a failed badger cull, GMO controversies ... then Owen Paterson, widely considered the worst Environment Secretary we have ever had, vanished. Lesley Docksey wonders - will he ever return?
… Owen Paterson, widely considered the worst Environment Secretary we have ever had, … in his position simply must be visible. As Environment Secretary he surely has responsibility for visiting areas hit by environmental disasters, but he was not to be …