It looked like such a good idea: take the pressure off wild fish stocks by growing GM oilseeds that produce health-enhancing long-chain omega-3 fatty acids, writes Claire Robinson. But as a new study has established, those fish oils, novel in terrestrial ecosystems, cause wing deformities in cabbage white butterflies. Yet a third open field trial of these GM crops could soon be under way.
… April 2016 News GMOs Nutrition Food Ecology Fishing Health cabbage-white-cut.jpg It looked …
Australia's governments and mining giant Adani have announced the go ahead for a mega mine - despite the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) warnings over climate change and the likely impact on the Great Barrier Reef. MAXINE NEWLANDS reports
… force putting pressure on our oceans. Over fishing and other illegal fishing practices, unsustainable aquaculture …
Ecologist reporter MAXINE NEWLANDS sat down with the world's leading coral reef expert, distinguished Professor Terry Hughes FAA, Director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Integrated Coral Reef Studies, (ARCCOE) at James Cook University and asked him directly what are the chances for the Reefs' survival?
… That's not to say managing water and fishing is not a good idea as it does affect …
Australian environmentalists' declare new Prime Minister, Tony Abbotts' green agenda as ‘anti-environmental', designed only to profit the mining industry at the cost of climate change solutions, reports Maxine Newlands......
New Australian Prime Ministers' anti-environmental agenda Maxine Newlands | 20th September 2013 News Climate Change Politics Australia fish.jpg Australian environmentalists' declare new Prime …
Last week the Ecologist published a piece on the shocking decision to approve an enormous coal port on the Great Barrier Reef. Here Maxine Newlands reports on how environmental groups in Australia are responding to this threat.....
“We will save the reef”: Great Barrier Reef at Risk from Fossil Fuel Extraction. Maxine Newlands | 22nd April 2013 News p4130117.jpg Activists from onboard the Rainbow Warrior aim to halt the …
With the proposed connection between the Zika virus and Brazil's outbreak of microcephaly in new born babies looking increasingly tenuous, Latin American doctors are proposing another possible cause: Pyriproxyfen, a pesticide used in Brazil since 2014 to arrest the development of mosquito larvae in drinking water tanks. Might the 'cure' in fact be the poison?
Argentine and Brazilian doctors suspect mosquito insecticide as cause of microcephaly Claire Robinson GMWatch | 10th February 2016 News Health Toxics Pesticides Argentina Brazil …
Indigenous elders from the Wangan and Jagalingou (W&J) people have put mining company Adani - and Australia's governments - on notice to quit the Carmichael mine project over native title claims. MAXINE NEWLANDS reports
Indigenous land rights could halt Australia's largest coal mining project Maxine Newlands | 16th February 2017 News Mining Australia Protest Indigenous People Land Rights attachment c qc2004_006 map …
Australian Greens' Leader Richard Di Natale has called for the prospect of a Trump Presidency and a post-Brexit Britain to be the chance to break old alliances and forge new deals to save the planet. MAXINE NEWLANDS reports
… imposed a weak penalty on a Taiwanese fishing longliner with illegally caught tuna …
A recent scientific study found the same long-chain omega-3 oils that are engineered into a new GM Camelina oilseed variety make butterflies grow up with deformed wings, writes Claire Robinson. Attempts by the 'pro-science' non-scientist Mark Lynas to discredit the study are a mixture of ignorance, research failures, 'straw man' arguments and outright errors.
GMO lobby's false claims to defend GM oilseed against deformed butterfly findings Claire Robinson GMWatch | 9th May 2016 Activism GMOs Science Media Health Ecology UK …
Investment analysts say Oxitec's GM mosquito technology 'won't work, is way too expensive, and is many years from generating even minuscule revenue', writes Claire Robinson. As shares in its owner, Intrexon, slump, three law firms have announced they are investigating.
Analysts slate GM mosquito firm, shares plummet Claire Robinson GMWatch | 28th April 2016 News GMOs Health Corporations aedes-mosquito-cut.jpg Investment analysts say Oxitec's GM mosquito technology …