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
… Tom Levitt | 14th December 2010 News Environmentalists Activists India … World Mining Vedanta Logging amitjethwa.jpg Environmental activist Amit Jethva was … in a national park The recent death of Indian environmentalist Amit Jethva was the latest in …
China's State Council has announced plans to make green industries central to the economy by 2015.....
… the council said that under the new plan the environmental protection sector will grow by … a major cost to its environment and even its environmental ministry has described the country's environmental situation as "grim". Under the …
Recent abductions and threats against activists trying to prevent logging in South-East Asia are part of a worrying trend of violence against those exposing environmental issues
… 'Do you want to die?': environmental activists at risk Tom Levitt | … trend of violence against those exposing environmental issues After reporting on … of the current dangers of reporting on environmental issues. The press freedom group, …
A decision by parties to an obscure Convention has huge implications for Europe's ageing nuclear reactors, writes Jan Haverkamp. Licence extensions must follow EIAs which compare the potential impacts to those of alternatives - including wind, solar and other renewables.
… ageing nuclear reactors will have to undergo environmental assessments Jan Haverkamp … Meeting of Parties of the Convention (MoP) on Environmental Impact Assessment in a … in Europe will have to be submitted to an environmental impact assessment before a …
While other countries apply themselves to environmental challenges from climate change to nature protection, Russia - with its massive wealth of nature and natural resources - is stubbornly refusing to take part, writes Lucy E J Woods. And as the economy declines, the pressure is on: to ignore environmental regulations, and clamp down on environmental defenders.
… While other countries apply themselves to environmental challenges from climate change … declines, the pressure is on: to ignore environmental regulations, and clamp down on environmental defenders. Russia is the globe's …
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
… What the environmental movement got right: activists … Change Politics And Economics wdm.jpg The environmental movement is accused of hampering … acceptance from the business community of environmental issues Environmental campaigners …
Misinformation campaign behind weakening of Amazon protections exposed by scientists.
… campaign that has systematically weakened environmental protection laws, according to … between 2004 and 2012. However, Brazil’s environmental policies then began to be … by promising to end the “industry” of environmental fines. Ricardo Salles, …
Backlash against the decision to ban Iceland's orangutan advert over-emphasises the power of green consumerism.
… public consciousness and we the sense that environmentalism is going viral. This article … reached over half a million signatures. The environmental impact of palm oil farming can … but question how much the decision is led by environmental concern, and how much by the …
The award winning environmental photographer on witnessing rainforests around the world, working for Greenpeace and why photos can help save the world
… Q & A: Daniel Beltrá, environmental photographer Laura Sevier | 14th … Prince's Rainforest Project Daniel Beltra Environmental Photographer Deforestation … see more photos from Daniel The award winning environmental photographer on witnessing …
UK purchased £1bn of beef from firms tied to Amazon deforestation.
… and recently offered $500m in bonds aimed at environmentally conscious investors. Marfrig … fork. We must think more carefully about the environmental impact of food and the greater … Illegal felling Bill McKibben, the veteran environmental campaigner, told the Bureau: …
New manufacturing technologies could revolutionise our food system, dramatically reducing it's environmental footprint.
… our food system, dramatically reducing it's environmental footprint. If you manage to … him to the Highlands of Scotland, to show the environmental damage caused by overgrazing. He … a huge weight of evidence for the climate and environmental impact of animal agriculture, …
A little-reported legal battle in Italy between paper company Pigna and eco-activists from Terra! is leading to fears that it may open the way for big companies to muzzle legitimate environmental protests. Mandy Haggith reports
… way for big companies to muzzle legitimate environmental protests. Mandy Haggith reports … gaining momentum to support the small Italian environmental group - Terra! - which recently … are the products of forest destruction. To environmentalists, the link between APP and …
José Cláudio Ribeiro da Silva fought against illegal loggers and had received death threats but was refused police protection - he is the latest in a long-line of environmental activists being threatened or killed
… - he is the latest in a long-line of environmental activists being threatened or … Roberto Smeraldi, founder and director of the environmental group Amigos da Terra, who … Chico Mendes,' said Felipe Milanez, an environmental journalist from São Paulo, …
Whether you're fighting fracking, coal mines, new roads or a third Heathrow runway, next weekend's Earth First! Winter Moot is for you, writes Louise Somerville Williams. Campaigners and activists from across the UK and beyond will gather in Stroud to build common strength in our struggle against ecological destruction, and to work for a world of social and environmental justice.
… and to work for a world of social and environmental justice. Faced with an onslaught of environmental disasters and social justice … as an integral element of their grass roots environmental campaigns. We don't care what …
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
… documentary claims more than half of the environmental movement agrees with him that we … the 'pariah of the green movement' and that environmental groups risk alienating people … , green activists including Lynas, said environmental groups like Friends of the Earth …
Industrial expansion has resulted in the loss of some 420 million hectares of forest overall since 1990, and the decrease of old-growth primary forest worldwide by over 80 million hectares.
… of its own existence. Over the last decade, environmental scientists have warned that … planetary boundaries that define the environmental limits in which humanity can … intractable and yet most potent drivers of environmental crisis. It is also among the …
Described as a ‘mosquito inside a tent’,
Rainforest Action Network are forcing corporate
America to change its destructive practices.
Nicola Graydon meets this inspiring group of activists
… America and JP Morgan Chase – coming out with environmental policies: both publicly and in … solve the problem’. In a carefully worded Environmental Policy Framework the company … they ‘take seriously our responsibility for environmental stewardship.’ Blink. It …
'35-40 percent of trees cut for industrial purposes become paper products.'
… “ multi-stakeholder approach ” to reduce the environmental impact of the palm oil industry. … Forests on fire But while palm oil’s grim environmental credentials draw increasing … While the RSPO claims to hold its members to 'environmental and social criteria' in order to …
Mark Lynas, featured in Channel 4's recent and highly controversial documentary, 'What the green movement got wrong', tells Matilda Lee why he is not the pariah of the eco movement
… its capacity to support life. Ecologist: Environmental activists have been way ahead of … gone wrong. Are you saying this role, for environmentalist activists, is outdated? Mark: … of coal. Ecologist: There is a debate in the environmental movement on how best to …
France intends to stop importing soy, palm oil, beef, wood and other products linked to deforestation and unsustainable agriculture.
… and encourage financiers to take environmental and social issues into account … according to the French strategy. Environmental laws “The EU, a major global … Polsterer, campaigner at the Brussels-based environmental NGO Fern, said on Wednesday. …
The Environmental Investigation Agency's forestry campaigner Faith Doherty welcomes a new report by the World Bank calling for stronger action to stop forestry corruption, but says more support is needed to help activists follow the money trail
… Faith Doherty heads up the Environmental Investigation Agency's forestry campaigns The Environmental Investigation Agency's forestry … logging. It's true, over the many years that Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has …
Our love affair with shrimp has fuelled the destruction of the 'rainforests of the sea' - mangroves - whose biodiversity and carbon-storing capacities are much undervalued. The author of 'Let Them Eat Shrimp', Kennedy Warne, talks through his alarming findings
… Shrimp: luxury food with a hidden environmental price tag The Ecologist | 17th … Why aren't mangroves higher on the environmental priority list? I don't know. … Where does this shrimp come from? What is the environmental record of the company supplying …
The EPA's plan for 'clean power' are welcome, writes Tim Judson - except for its inclusion of nuclear, and economic distortions and serious omissions that favour the technology. In this open letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, he and co-signatories call on her to ditch the 'false and irrational assumptions' used to justify both new and existing nuclear power.
… Gina McCarthy, We strongly support the Environmental Protection Agency's goals in the … a thorough and accurate analysis of the environmental impacts of nuclear power, from … way of deploying the most cost-effective and environmentally sustainable energy solutions. …