A wholesale corruption of science underlies the UK Government's insistence that gas from fracking offers a 'low carbon', low cost route to energy abundance, writes Paul Mobbs. On the contrary: it's expensive, over-hyped - and just as bad for climate change as coal.
Fracking 'as bad for climate as coal' - UK's dodgy dossier exposed Paul Mobbs | 30th May 2014 News Energy Fossil Fuels Fracking UK Climate Change Science fracking-bakken-ndakota-cut.jpg A wholesale …
As Peru prepares to host UN climate talks, Global Witness exposes the murder of Peruvian eco-defenders - 57 killed since 2002, including indigenous leaders protecting their forests from illegal logging ignored by police and Government.
Peru: indigenous leaders murdered for protecting their forests The Ecologist | 18th November 2014 News Peru Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Forests Unfccc denounced-no-action-small.jpg Indigenous …
Among the risks of fracking are fragmentation of wildlife habitats, groundwater depletion, surface water pollution. The risks are compounded by a failure among companies and regulators to record or disclose essential information - from the chemicals used, to the time and place of toxic spills.
Fracking - US companies and regulators must disclose environmental data Kimberly Terrell Morgan Tingley Sara Souther | 4th August 2014 Comment Toxics USA Fracking Fossil Fuels Science Regulation …
To achieve true sustainability, ecological movements across Europe must push for independence from an EU ideologically locked into a neoliberal 'free trade' agenda wedded to endless economic growth, writes David Acunzo.
… force in front of British right-wing anti-environmentalism and neo-liberalism. However, …
For sheer guts, vision and results, a single organisation stands out among the US's environmental defenders - the Alliance for the Wild Rockies. Jeffrey St. Clair met its leader, Mike Garrity, winner of 2014's Grassroots Activist Award.
Defender of the Rockies Jeffrey St. Clair | 3rd March 2014 Comment USA Natural World Law Forests bridger-mtns.png For sheer guts, vision and results, a single organisation stands out among the US's …
The TPP trade deal would expand a system of corporate rights and private courts that threaten progress on some of our most urgent environmental issues, writes Thomas McDonagh.
TPP - power to the corporations at the expense of the planet Thomas Mc Donagh | 17th February 2014 Comment Trade Corporations costa-rica-goldmine.png The TPP trade deal would expand a system of …
The regional government of Castilla y León cancelled the plan for further coal mining by Mountain Top Removal Coal Mining in Spain's Laciana Valley. It's a huge victory for campaigners, but now a new kind of economy is needed for the already depressed area.
Spain - an end to Mountain Top Removal coal in Laciana Valley Amaranta Herrero Cabrejas | 4th April 2014 Activism Spain Coal Fossil Fuels Society feixolin-2014.png The regional government of Castilla …
Had enough of being a 'good environmental liberal' - trying to do the right thing while the world gets ever worse? Adam H argues for a Deep Green Resistance that attacks the power structures that perpetrate environmental destruction.
Deep Green Resistance in the UK Adam H | 16th April 2014 Activism Politics Society didcot-a.jpg Had enough of being a 'good environmental liberal' - trying to do the right thing while the world gets …
As the destruction of the biosphere continues, we need to establish new legal systems to protect what remains. Mumta Ito proposes a new beginning for environmental law based on extending 'civil rights' to the natural world.
Being Nature - extending civil rights to the natural world Mumta Ito | 24th April 2014 Activism Law Natural World Ecocide nature-kurdistan.jpg As the destruction of the biosphere continues, we need …
An anti-environment plot by Junckers' Commission would abandon agreed 'green' laws for clean air, waste reduction and recycling. But the leak of key documents to EurActiv has stimulated fierce opposition by Green MEPs and environment groups, while eleven EU countries have called on Junckers to hold to the green laws and speed up their implementation.
Leaked: EU Commission plot to ditch waste and air pollution laws EurActiv | 12th December 2014 News EU Politics Corporations Waste Pollution Health de-gelsenkirchen-cut.jpg An anti-environment plot …
This month a tailings dam at the Mount Polley mine in BC breached, writes Carol Linnitt - spilling 14.5 billion litres of toxic mine waste into Quesnel Lake. A major source of freshwater and one of BC's premier fly-fishing destinations, the lake will never be the same again. But it's just the first big victim of Canada's wave of environmental de-regulation ...
Swapping red tape for caution tape: why Canada can expect more mining disasters Carol Linnitt DeSmog.ca | 27th August 2014 Activism Mining Water Waste Pollution Regulation Canada …
The US fossil fuel industry has been caught red-handed spying on green activists. But Adam Federman finds it has received poor value for money - and is no closer to tackling the 'existential crisis' it faces.
Spying on environmentalists - the American Petroleum Institute Adam Federman | 15th February 2014 News Fossil Fuels Fracking Politics Corporations dont-frack-ny-2.png The US fossil fuel industry has …
Are human rights separable from the wider rights of other living beings, the environment and the Universe? Gabriel Moran finds that humans need to re-assert their central position in the world and build an encompassing moral responsibility.
Human rights and the environment Gabriel Moran | 27th February 2014 Comment Society Philosophy Natural World burning-man.png Are human rights separable from the wider rights of other living beings, …
The Keystone XL pipeline was dealt a blow in a Nebraska court this week when a key enabling law was ruled 'unconstitutional' - bringing the controversial project to a standstill in the state.
Nebraska court decision halts Keystone XL pipeline Sophie Morlin Yron | 21st February 2014 News Oil Fossil Fuels Law USA nebraska-kxl.png The Keystone XL pipeline was dealt a blow in a Nebraska court …
As Cameron 'cuts the green crap' Paul Mobbs remembers how the decisions of a Conservative government 20 years ago to go easy on the owners of contaminated land and old waste dumps have led to present day blight, ill-health and death. Now brow-beaten regulators and politicians in hock to party funders are doing it all over again.
Death by landfill - cutting 'green tape' costs lives Paul Mobbs | 22nd December 2014 News Waste Toxics Politics Regulation UK chemical-site-w-yorks-cut.jpg As Cameron 'cuts the green crap' Paul …
2014 Goldman Prize winner Suren Gazaryan took on the Kremlin in trying to block illegal development at the Sochi Olympics and on the Black Sea coast, writes Sophie Morlin-Yron. Forced to flee to Germany, he can finally get down to researching his beloved bats.
Russian eco-hero: how protecting bats became a 'criminal conspiracy' Sophie Morlin-Yron | 28th April 2014 Comment Russia Natural World Ecocide Politics surengazaryan-cave-cut.jpg 2014 Goldman Prize …
The EU's farming policy is being touted as 'greener than ever' - but it's no such thing, write Lynn Dicks & Tim Benton. The 'green reforms' pay farmers for actions (and often inactions) that do not benefit wildlife, and contain no real or effective measures to help.
The 'greening' of Europe's farms is a shameful failure Lynn Dicks Tim Benton | 17th June 2014 Comment Farming Natural World Biodiversity EU farm-ludlow-cut.jpg The EU's farming policy is being touted …
This intriguing new book is a bold attempt to strike a new direction for ecological art, writes Martin Spray - not to communicate environmental issues, but to create new connections with the world around us and imbue our lives with 'artfulness'.
… a new sense of purpose. Influenced by environmentalism and ecological science, it …
Liberal environmentalism represents a dangerous delusion, writes Scott Parkin - that 'playing nice' with Earth-destroying corporations and politicians can yield results worth having. Radical change on climate will only result from bold, confrontational direct actions against the fossil fuel industries and their apologists.
… Politics USA utah-tar-sands-cut.jpg Liberal environmentalism represents a dangerous …
If the state does not defend citizens against the violence and destruction of mining, people and communities must defend themselves, writes Raul Zibechi. And in Peru and Colombia that's exactly what they are doing, re-asserting indigenous control of the land and its resources.
Community self-defense against mining mega-projects Raul Zibechi | 8th August 2014 News Indigenous Peoples Mining Community Colombia Peru maqui-maqui-cut.jpg If the state does not defend citizens …
An invisible cloud of man-made chemical toxins is sweeping the globe, writes Tony McMichael - disrupting ecosystems, damaging human health and shortening our lives. Our response so far has been utterly inadequate, as Julian Cribb reveals in his new book. But there are solutions - and it's up to us to get them implemented.
Poisoned Planet - the chemical attack on our Earth Tony McMichael | 15th August 2014 Reviews Toxics Health Corporations poisoned-planet-cut.jpg An invisible cloud of man-made chemical toxins is …
Ecover refutes allegations that it has been using 'synthetic biology' to make soap ingredients from algae. On the contrary, write Tom Domen & Dirk Develter, it's just old fashioned fermentation, and the company remains at the forefront of sustainability and responsible practice.
Ecover is as green as ever! Tom Domen Dirk Develter | 25th June 2014 Comment GMOs Corporations ecover-green-wall-cut.jpg Ecover refutes allegations that it has been using 'synthetic biology' to make …
Ecocide is a global problem, writes Bukola Saraki, and laws are desperately needed to hold companies to account for the damage they cause. Nigeria - long despoiled with impunity by the oil industry - is just the place to start.
Fighting ecocide in Nigeria Senator Dr Bukola Saraki | 5th February 2014 Comment Ecocide Africa Nigeria Oil Fossil Fuels EU oil-flare-niger-delta.png Ecocide is a global problem, writes Bukola …
The systemic failure of the Nigerian government and oil giant Shell to clean up the horrendous oil pollution in the Niger Delta has been branded 'shameful' by a group of Nigerian and international NGOs.
Niger Delta oil - Shell ignores horrendous pollution Oliver Tickell | 4th August 2014 News Nigeria Corporations Oil Pollution Water Indigenous Peoples Un ogoniland-shell-wellhead-cut.jpg The systemic …