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 …
As the UK Government's green policies come under sustained attack from Tory and UKIP right-wingers, Lib-Dem Leader Nick Clegg nails his green colours to the mast.
… Staying the course on the environment Nick Clegg | 7th November 2013 … For a long time, politically-speaking, the environment was up. Tony Blair entered Downing … much of the Westminster village at least, the environment is being written off by campaign …
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 …
Remember when the UK was the 'dirty man of Europe'? What has changed since then, writes Caroline Lucas, is our membership of the EU - which has made us raise our environmental performance on everything from fisheries to air pollution, nature conservation, clean bathing waters and renewable energy. Leave, and it could all go into reverse.
… Remain in the EU to protect our environment Caroline Lucas | 20th April 2016 … of the EU - which has made us raise our environmental performance on everything from … the European Union's role in protecting our environment. In many ways, it's easy to see …
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 …
The Government is struggling to spin its policy to fast track fracking, writes Paul Mobbs. So as it cuts the public out of the regulatory process, exempts exploratory wells from controls, and forces the Environment Agency to issue permits with 1-2 weeks, its spin machine has resorted to outright lies and misinformation to conceal the scale of the attack on our environmental rights.
… wells from controls, and forces the Environment Agency to issue permits with 1-2 … to conceal the scale of the attack on our environmental rights. The Department of Energy and Climate Change - DECC - and the Environment Agency jointly issued a press …
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 …
House prices could fall 7% near fracking rigs, according to the 'secret' Defra report on fracking in rural areas, only published in full after a legal battle, while leakage of waste water could damage human health and contaminate food.
… fracking could hurt house prices, health and environment Adam Vaughan Rowena Mason Guardian Environment | 2nd July 2015 News Fracking … to fall by up to 7% and create a risk of environmental damage, according to a …
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 …