David Cameron's appointment of a 'shops tsar', the controversial Localism Bill, and increasing opposition to supermarkets and other chain stores could mark a turning point in the struggle to save Britain's high streets
Tesco and Starbucks feel the heat in battle against 'clone town Britain' Eifion Rees | 23rd August 2011 News Tesco Supermarkets Society Town Centres Localism Bill News Focus Sainsburys …
It could reduce the pressure on native forests but the rapid expansion in bamboo plantations is in danger of making it the latest in a long line of tarnished 'wonder crops'
Bamboo: can it live up to the 'green gold' hype? Eifion Rees | 30th August 2011 News Bamboo Deforestation Rainforest Energy Wood bamboo2.jpg It could reduce the pressure on native forests but the …
Following our look at plans to strip mine the moon, we report on the growing problem of space debris and why some now believe it has reached a 'tipping point'
… in the blink of an eye. The mingled fragments joined a dense layer of some 8,000 …
As a new oil-fever gathers pace in Arctic countries such as Greenland the lesson from history is that where there is oil, corruption will quickly follow. Eifion Rees reports
How oil and corruption have become so closely linked Eifion Rees | 19th October 2011 News Oil Arctic Natural World Corruption Politics And Economics Transparency International arctic3.jpg There is no …
The pressure is on climate forecasters to give us more accurate predictions of impacts, such as rising sea levels, but ahead of the Durban climate summit scientists say we still have much to learn
Beyond climategate: can we keep the politics and science of climate forecasting separate? Eifion Rees | 3rd November 2011 News Climategate Climate Change Durban News In Brief emailclimate.jpg Any …
Worried by an eco backlash, the bottled water industry is waging a PR battle to turn the public back onto plastic bottled water
Bottled water industry wages PR battle against tap water movement Eifion Rees | 4th April 2012 News Bottle Water Plastic Tap Nestle News Focus Health Waste And Recycling water.jpg More than 2bn …
Can national parks and marine protected areas safeguard endangered wildlife against the growing pressures of population growth and climate change?
Do protected areas for wildlife really work? Eifion Rees | 11th April 2012 News Protect Conservation Species Habitat Natural World Protected Areas Population National Park News Focus fish.jpg Marine …
Eifion Rees finds out that the golfing world’s eco credentials are simply full of holes.
On the fareway - how the golfing green fares poorly on eco-credentials Eifion Rees | 24th July 2008 News Golf Sport Water Environment Water Green Living Society golflg.jpg Eifion Rees finds out that …
The mountaineers who come to conquer Everest mistake their achievement – in the quest to overcome nature’s ultimate natural obstacle, humans have already won
… during that unsuccessful bid to climb Chomolungma, ‘Mother Goddess of the World’, the first …
With rich, resource-poor nations increasingly outsourcing their food production to less developed nations, a new website aims to expose the extent of the agricultural land-grab epidemic
Extent of agricultural land-grab revealed on new website Eifion Rees | 22nd June 2009 News Investigations Science And Technology Food And Farming Crops Korea Madagascar Hectare Philippines Qatar …
More sites may be added to the UNESCO List of World Heritage Sites in Danger this week, but how effective is this register of global hot spots, and what are the areas that truly deserve international protection?
Saving our heritage... from ourselves Eifion Rees | 25th June 2009 News Investigations News Climate Change UNESCO Seville World Heritage Danger Abu Simbel Egypt High Aswan Dam Archaeology Nikolo-Koba …
The findings of a strategic environmental assessment open the way for an increase in the number of offshore wind farms, which could produce enough energy to power every household in the UK
New offshore wind farms could power every UK home Eifion Rees | 26th June 2009 News Investigations Energy Climate Change Science And Technology Wind Sea British Wind Energy Association Offshore Wind …
When it comes to reusable packaging and the environment, consumers are keen to do the right thing, but it seems sparking a refill revolution in Great Britain means getting the price right first
Reusable packaging in the UK: cost the major factor Eifion Rees | 29th June 2009 News Green Living Food And Drink Take Action Waste Recycling Denmark Finland Netherlands Scandinavia Unpackaged Amwell …
A new report has revealed that a change in the way we manage agricultural land could help sequester a quarter of the world's carbon dioxide emissions every year
Change farming to cut CO2 emissions by 25 per cent Eifion Rees | 3rd July 2009 News Investigations Food And Farming Science And Technology CCS Agriculture Soil Carbon Greenhouse Gas Biochar Livestock …
The Greening-the-Box initiative aims to demonstrate that retrofitting can transform hard-to-heat housing association and council properties into models of low-tech sustainability and fuel efficiency - with almost zero heating
Low-tech retrofit experiment could transform social housing Eifion Rees | 8th July 2009 News Green Living Take Action Greening The Box Jeremy Harrall Norfolk Norwich Council House Housing Association …
Inconsistent wind is no impediment to the generation of electricity by turbines, three separate reports have concluded, as well as showing that the National Grid is more than able to cope with increased investment in wind energy
Three positive reports hammer home wind message Eifion Rees | 13th July 2009 News Investigations Food And Farming Energy Wind Renewables National Grid Friends Of The Earth Greenpeace RSPB WWF Fossil …
The new Construction and Sustainable Energy Centre in Haverfordwest is a blueprint for the newbuild higher education buildings of the future, in Wales and beyond
Welsh construction centre leads field in sustainability Eifion Rees | 16th July 2009 News Green Living Science And Technology Wales Chevron Merco LNG Construction Jane Davidson BREEAM Solar Rainwater …
The UK may appear to have made great progress in reducing its carbon emissions, but declaring only what it produces, rather than consumes, presents a skewed picture of its carbon responsibilities and the balance sheet
UK's greenhouse gas emissions reductions an 'illusion' Eifion Rees | 2nd February 2011 News Greenhouse Gas Emissions Carbon Dioxide Outsourced Climate Change containership.jpg Domestic reductions are …
Tesco provoked an outcry by offering Clubcard members the opportunity to redeem points for a CT scan. Now, increasing numbers of scans in NHS and private hospitals are causing concerns that we are over-exposing ourselves to radiation
Radiation: are we putting our health at risk with increased CT scans? Eifion Rees | 10th March 2011 News Radiation Medical Hospital Health Green Living headctscan.jpg The number of CT scans in the UK …
It may have billion-pound profits and gushing praise for technological innovation but Apple is increasingly in the spotlight over its labour rights and environmental record. Eifion Rees reports on the 'sweatshop brand'
Apple: the hidden costs of your iPad and iPhone Eifion Rees | 4th April 2011 News Apple Electronics Natural World China Chemicals apple.jpg Apple made record profits of £3.7 billion in the three …
With a new analysis showing UK wind farms operating at just 20 per cent of their capacity in 2010, the potential of wind power has been called into question. Eifion Rees examines the arguments from both sides
Wind industry and Decc urged to come clean on output of wind farms Eifion Rees | 4th May 2011 News Wind Energy Renewables turbine.jpg A lack of technical and economic data on wind farms is making it …
Consumers have been left confused by the latest study on the links between mobile phone use and brain cancer. Eifion Rees reports on the struggle to find answers
… IARC monograph programme does not make a judgment on the magnitude of the risk. For other …
It produces less radioactive waste and more power than uranium but the UK would be making a mistake in looking to it as a 'greener' fuel. The Ecologist reports
… 'More than half of greens agree with me on GM & nuclear' Mark Lynas, featured in Channel …