A company bidding to undertake 'underground coal gasification (UGC) - a notoriously hazardous and polluting process - in the UK has threatened a Scottish clean energy campaigner: shut up or get sued. Paul Mobbs reports ...
Coal gas company warns - stop campaigning or we will sue Paul Mobbs | 18th May 2014 News Fossil Fuels UK UGC Corporations Law ugc-process-cut.png A company bidding to undertake 'underground coal …
If the world's leaders really cared about climate change, there's one easy way to reduce emissions, writes John Weeks - drop the obsession with increasing trade, and all the pollution that goes with it. A world based on local production, consumption and finance will be a better one for people and the environment.
For an easy win on carbon emissions - cut global trade! John Weeks | 27th September 2014 Comment Climate Change Transport Economics Pollution container-ship-cut.jpg If the world's leaders really …
The EU faces a choice: a green, democratic future of clean prosperity and social justice? Or a dirty future of corporate domination with resurgent nuclear power, expanding fossil fuels, GMO agriculture and weak human and environmental protection? Junckers' Commission represents the latter. We must assert our own vision - or there will be little worth staying in for.
Europe on the brink - green future or industrial wasteland? Oliver Tickell | 12th December 2014 Comment EU UK Nuclear Natural World Trade Finance euro-comm-cut.jpg The EU faces a choice: a green, …
Three thousand light years is a long way from Earth - but Vali Ohm have made the journey in quick time. It's the distance between their latest album, Fragile Earth, and their previous space-rock album 3000 Light Years, a homage to the sounds of the 1970s. Vali Ohm's Danny Jackson charted the journey with Laurence Rose.
Fragile Earth: the new album by Vali Ohm Laurence Rose | 10th October 2014 Reviews Music Arts Natural World vali-ohm-danny-2-cut.jpg Three thousand light years is a long way from Earth - but Vali Ohm …
The UK Government's policy is to frack at all costs, against public opinion and compelling evidence of environmental damage and poor returns, writes Paul Mobbs - a timely reminder that as far as the Government is concerned, it has a God-given right to rule over us, no matter what we think or want.
Fracking Britain: without debate, the Government imposes its 'right to rule' Paul Mobbs | 21st July 2014 Activism Politics Human Rights UK Fracking Law History fracking-protest-bm-cut.jpg The UK …
The limpid beauty of Guatemala's Lake Atitlán has long been a magnet for dreamers, mystics and hippies. But now the Lake is suffering from sewage and farm pollution. Anna-Claire Bevan reports on efforts to clean Lake Atitlán and restore its ecological health.
Reviving Guatemala’s treasured Lake Atitlán Anna-Claire Bevan for Tico Times | 2nd April 2014 News Guatemala Water Pollution atitlan-2.jpg The limpid beauty of Guatemala's Lake Atitlán has long been …
A year ago six London cyclists were killed in a horrendous spate of road violence, writes Donnachadh McCarthy. A demonstration this Saturday will mark their deaths, and demand Government action to improve road safety and reduce traffic pollution - moves that could save over 210,000 lives over the next decade.
Join us on Saturday to demand Roads Fit For Humans! Donnachadh McCarthy | 13th November 2014 Comment Cities UK Transport Health Climate Change mass-cyclist-die-in-london-2.png A year ago six London …
A flood of smallholders that have benefited from Zimbabwe's land reform are turning to tobacco as their crop of choice, reports Ray Mwareya. But the economic gains are coming at a terrible cost - the accelerating destruction of the country's forests.
Tobacco - Zimbabwe's forests are going up in smoke Ray Mwareya | 22nd July 2014 News Zimbabwe Africa Farming Forests tobacco-farmer-cut.jpg A flood of smallholders that have benefited from Zimbabwe's …
To accommodate high levels of Roundup residues in GM soya, limits were raised 200-fold - with no scientific justification and ignoring growing evidence of toxicity. What Monsanto calls 'extreme levels' are now the norm - but only in GM crops.
'Extreme levels' of Roundup are the norm in GMO soya Thomas Bøhn Marek Cuhra | 1st April 2014 News Gm Food GMOs Food Farming EU USA roundup-spraying.png To accommodate high levels of Roundup residues …
With Australia's still trying to 'de-list' 74,000 hectares of forest from the Tasmania Wilderness World Heritage Area, Kevin Kierman reminds us that it's not just about the trees. No less important are the area's unique geology, and ancient Aboriginal cultural sites.
Tasmania's World Heritage debate must look beyond the trees Kevin Kiernan | 23rd June 2014 Comment Forest Indigenous Peoples Climate Change Science Australia tas-navarre-plains-cut.jpg Barely a tree …
After over a decade of fracking, oversight of the industry's radioactive waste is still lacking, reports Sharon Kelly. Over half of the 280 billion gallons a year of radioactive waste water from fracking ends up in rivers and streams.
Fracking's radwaste - supervision remains inadequate Sharon Kelly DeSmogBlog | 22nd April 2014 News Fossil Fuels USA Radiation Health strange-woods.jpg After over a decade of fracking, oversight of …
A 62-year old pipeline across New England could be used to carry hazardous tar sand crude oil from Canada to the Atlantic, writes Meg Berlin. But communities across Vermont are campaigning to block the project that imperils waters, people and wildlife ...
Vermont stands against the tar sands pipeline Meg Berlin | 31st March 2014 Activism Fossil Fuels Canada USA Water Pollution vt-kalamazoo-rupture.png Lake Memphremagog, Vermont, imperilled by tar …
In the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 we have found oil slicks and debris everywhere - none of it connected to the missing plane, writes Paul Mobbs. The seas are littered with human trash, and it's killing the oceanic ecosystem.
What MH370 told us - the oceans are awash with trash Paul Mobbs | 5th April 2014 Comment Waste Oceans Transport ocean-rubbish-2.png In the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 we have found oil …
Since the 1980s Cambodia has lost 84% of its primary forests, and the remote Cardamom mountains are the country's last great natural treasure, writes Rod Harbinson. Just the place for grandiose dam projects? 'No way!" say indigenous people and young eco-activists.
Cambodia: indigenous protests repel dam builders - so far Rod Harbinson | 28th July 2014 News Forests Dams Water Indigenous Peoples Cambodia Energy Land Grabs chong-boys-river-cut.jpg Since the 1980s …
A major demonstration will take place in November to demand an end to the killing on Britain's roads, both direct and indirect, writes Donnachadh McCarthy. And now is the time to sign up, get involved, and build up the momentum for desperately needed change.
The National Funeral for the Unknown Victim of Traffic Violence Donnachadh McCarthy | 29th July 2014 Activism UK London Transport Climate Change Health Pollution elephant andrew reeves hall-cut.jpg A …
Every Hallowe'en the UK throws away enough pumpkin to make 360 million portions of pumpkin pie, soup, or cake, writes Gavin Ellis - a shocking waste in these hungry times. Hence a bold new initiative to rescue all those pumpkins from landfill, and turn them into delicious food we can all enjoy as part of our seasonal festivities.
The great Hallowe'en pumpkin rescue Gavin Ellis | 31st October 2014 Ethical Living Food Waste UK pumpkins-andrea-vergani-cut.jpg Glowing pumpkins of the night, Ours to eat! Not just to fright .... …
Of course we must quit burning fossil fuels and welcome a renewable future, writes Andrew Lockley. But that's not going to stop the Earth from warming, indeed the reverse. So ... we need some tricks up our sleeve to deal with it - in a word, geoengineering. Because it will save our lives, and our planet.
The end of fossil fuels is not the end of global warming Andrew Lockley | 17th September 2014 Comment Climate Change Un Technology smokestack-fall-cut.jpg Of course we must quit burning fossil fuels …
To live sustainably we must learn to live with wildlife, Patrick Barkham argues in his book Badgerlands. To do this we have much to learn from our ancestors - but we must also discard their barbaric practices and outrageous myths that, even today, some are so keen to perpetuate.
The beguiling magic of badgers at dusk Lesley Docksey | 25th July 2014 Reviews Natural World Badgers UK badgerlands-cut.jpg To live sustainably we must learn to live with wildlife, Patrick Barkham …
Coal powers America. But at what cost? Peter Bull investigated the question in the epic new documentary Dirty Business: 'Clean Coal' and the Battle for Our Energy Future. Joshua Frank met up with him ...
The dirty business of coal Joshua Frank | 4th January 2014 Comment Fossil Fuels Coal Energy Films USA coal-girls.png Coal powers America. But at what cost? Peter Bull investigated the question in the …
Every page of every issue of the Ecologist from 1970 - 1999 available for everyone to read
Ecologist archive 1970- 1999 10th January 2014 News Ecologist Archive Archive Archive_261.jpg Every page of every issue of the Ecologist from 1970 - 1999 available for everyone to read The Ecologist …
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has been sharply reduced in recent years, writes Alex Kirby. But analysts say that palm oil and other cash crops are set for a major expansion, while high demand for beef, and administrative chaos, may undermine efforts to reform the ranching sector.
Palm oil - the new threat to the Amazon Alex Kirby | 20th October 2014 News Brazil Amazon Farming Trade amazon-road-cattle-flat.jpg Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has been sharply reduced in …
Scientists in the US have established that chemicals used in fracking to extract gas and oil could represent health and environmental hazards, writes Tim Radford. Among the greatest hazards: biocides and corrosion inhibitors.
Health alert - fracking’s chemical cocktails Tim Radford | 21st August 2014 News Fracking Fossil Fuels Toxics USA fracking-well-cut.jpg Scientists in the US have established that chemicals used in …
The 1994 genocide in Rwanda could easily have finished off the mountain gorillas of the Virunga mountains. The fact that they survived is in large part thanks to Eugene Rutagarama. He spoke with Veronique Mistiaen about the primates' future prospects ...
Rwanda's 'gorilla guardian' - Eugene Rutagarama Veronique Mistiaen | 7th May 2014 Comment Africa Natural World rwanda-eugene-tracking-cut.jpg The 1994 genocide in Rwanda could easily have finished …
Traditional melodies collected from Nordic countries and filtered through MaJiKer's unique sonic imagination are raising awareness, and funds, for nature conservation. He spoke to Laurence Rose about a four-year labour of love inspired by nature and the sounds of the high North.
NORTH: spellbinding folk with a green mission Laurence Rose | 4th December 2014 Reviews Music Natural World Arts north-majiker 4.jpg MaJiKer. Photo: Raphaël Neal. Traditional melodies collected from …