She's applying the same principles to environmental campaigning as her forebears did to fighting for universal suffrage. Laura Sevier meets the founder of the Climate Rush
… representing the birds used to detect lethal gas in coalmines. ‘They also represent the …
The world is already experiencing water scarcity driven by over-use, poor land management and climate change, writes Nafeez Ahmed. It's one of the causes of wars and terrorism in the Middle East and beyond, and if we fail to respond to the warnings before us, major food and power shortages will soon afflict large parts of the globe fuelling hunger, insecurity and conflict.
… - 'fracking' - for unconventional oil and gas also uses large amounts of water. That …
Maria Evrenos left her wallet at home for a week to discover that even an inexperienced urban forager can survive without money for a week by treasuring other people's trash.
… footprint, the amount of the main man-made gas contributing to global climate change that …
Two things are new in the Pacific Northwest, writes Stephyn Quirke: abnormally hot, dry weather that has even killed Chinook salmon on their run upriver to spawn; and 'bomb trains' a mile more long carrying thousands of tonnes of oil, with just a single sleep-deprived driver on board. What could possibly go wrong?
… Megantic - including trains full of explosive gas. This line operates in Washington State …
'We all live in Khimki Forest' has become the rallying cry of a local forest defense campaign. Goldman Prize winner Evgenia Chirikova describes what it's like to be green in Russia the why a culture of impunity and corruption risks destroying the country's natural heritage
… urgent rush to exploit the Arctic’s oil and gas reserves. Tom Levitt reports NEWS Russia's …
Two views on form and function in the green building debate that must be sensitive to the local environment and responsive to the local character, cultural diversity and ecology of its place without diluting its uniqueness.
… – not unreasonable as peak oil, peak gas and peak uranium affect limited supplies …
With global warming putting pressure on animals and biodiversity in the tropics, is it time we had a new poster child for climate change, asks William Laurance
… produces about a fifth of all greenhouse gas emissions today. Hence, saving rainforests …
How an elite clique of math-addled economists hijacked climate policy.
… the environment: no oil, coal, or natural gas, no minerals and metals, no water, soil, … no garbage, no pollution, no greenhouse gasses. That’s because in the circular flow …
As the Paris climate summit falls under the brutal double cosh of terrorism and a heavy-handed security response targeted at climate campaigners, creative non-violent responses are taking shape to express the collective will of the billions who cannot be there, writes Nadine Bloch: the need for equitable solutions to the climate crisis, as a first step towards a healthy, peaceful, sustainable planet.
… from corporations, specifically oil and gas industries, that are acting against public …
Plant fuels can never meet our current and growing energy needs and, as Robin Maynard reports, adopting a ‘carbohydrate economy’ may prove disastrous for our farmers, our food supply and our future
… the increased release of greenhouse gases due to the vast inputs of … the objective of curbing the greenhouse-gas-generating food and fuel miles inherent in …
Sir Nicholas Stern was asked to find out what way of averting climate change was economically feasible. A loaded question that has allowed him to find a perverse solution to a fatal problem.
… or your life The current level of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere is 430ppm, and … cost to the economy of reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. If climate policy is designed … zero, and that we need cuts in greenhouse gases in the UK that achieve not a 60 per cent …
Bill McKibben, founder of the 350.org network, is one of the world's most effective climate change campaigners. And he is in the UK this week. Adam Ramsay of Open Democracy caught up with him ...
… against the practice of blasting natural gas from shale rock are on the increase. Jan …
The world is facing the imminent threat of severe climate disruption from the warming Arctic, write Robert & Jack Hunziker, leading to a global crisis. But the response of the powerful is only to increase fossil fuel exploitation - and damn the consequences.
… of extreme weather events as green-house gases continue to accumulate in the … to suck up every last remnant of oil and gas, the warming of the Arctic is elevated, …
They promote GMOs, defend toxic chemicals, and attack people who raise concerns about those products as 'anti-science'. But behind the slick 'astroturf' PR fronts lurk some very dubious funders: the same arch-conservative foundations that finance climate science denial. Stacy Malkan exposes the key players in the agribusiness and chemical industry propaganda wars.
… Institute , which is famous for its oil and gas industry funded denials of climate change, …
While the proposed sell off of UK forests attracted a chorus of criticism, the destruction of peat bogs continues almost unnoticed. Sam Campbell reports from current flashpoint Chat Moss, near Manchester
… road north of Manchester. Irlam is the last gasp of Manchester and Salford’s grey sprawl, … our natural environment and reduce greenhouse gas emissions,' Natural Environment Minister …