Ahead of the latest UN climate conference, leading academic Anthony Giddens explains why it's time to switch to smaller agreements between major world powers
Durban climate change conference: 'Sideline the UN' says leading academic Matilda Lee | 7th November 2011 News Climate Change Durban Politics And Economics Durban Climate Change Conference …
As the UK grapples with the arrival of 'mega' farms like Nocton and Foston, a shocking new book, CAFO, reveals the cruelty and vast scale of the global meat and dairy industry
Revealed: the secret horror of the world's 'mega' factory farms Matilda Lee | 9th November 2011 News Food And Farming Foston Industrial Farming Animal Welfare Nocton Smithfield Food Soil Association …
Permanent Peoples' Tribunal accuses biotech giants Monsanto, Dow, Bayer, Syngenta, DuPont and BASF of promoting dangerous pesticides including endosulfan, paraquat and neonicotinoids
Monsanto, Bayer and Dow face trial for 'systematic human rights abuses' Matilda Lee | 16th November 2011 News Food And Farming Politics & Economics Monsanto Bayer Syngenta Dow Dupont 1mixing.jpg …
In a values tug of war, many are asking whether London 2012 corporate sponsors like BP, Dow and EDF live up to the Olympic spirit?
Will London 2012 sponsors BP, Dow, EDF and Rio Tinto tarnish the Olympic brand? Matilda Lee | 14th December 2011 News Politics And Economics Energy Health Society Olympics Bp Dow Chemicals EDF Rio …
How a rejection by the Nobel Committee spurred Jakob von Uexkull to create the Right Livelihood Award celebrating the solutions helping to ensure a healthy planet and people
The world's 'alternative' Nobel Prize: an award fit for the 21st century Matilda Lee | 26th December 2011 News Society Politics And Economics Energy Climate Change Right Livelihood Award Wangari …
Food aid charities argue supermarket food waste could help prevent hunger in vulnerable people. Yet supermarkets' anaerobic digestion plans may eclipse food redistribution says Matilda Lee
Supermarket food waste to power renewable energy instead of tackling food poverty Matilda Lee | 23rd December 2011 News Food And Farming Politics And Economics Health Food Waste Anaerobic Digestion …
The UK government's scientific advisory group found no link between childhood leukaemia and proximity to nuclear power plants, but German and French research has found an alarming doubling of risk
… issues like falling birth rates, fragmented families and shrinking communities. …
A decision looms on whether - and where - to build the UK's first deep disposal for nuclear waste. Two borough councils in Cumbria have 'volunteered' - but can the communities be convinced? Matilda Lee reports
… issues like falling birth rates, fragmented families and shrinking communities. …
Women-centred maternity care through midwifery is in danger of extinction, replaced by a medical model that treats birth as an illness. Birth is an act of love, not one of fear and loathing, so what are the consequences? Matilda Lee reports
… in joining them. ‘NHS maternity care is a fragmented, dysfunctional system. We've taken one …
Timber, diamonds, gold and oil have long been recognised as drivers of war. But companies involved in trading commodities from conflict zones are seldom prosecuted. Isn't it time they were held to account? Matilda Lee reports
Pillage theory: a blueprint for prosecuting corporations trading in conflict resources Matilda Lee | 20th April 2012 News Politics And Economics Timer Illegal Logging Investigations Corporate Pillage …
Coffee brands' project aims to stop slash and burn farming by linking local reforestation to the international carbon market. Matilda Lee reports from Peru
Coffee farmers in Peru look to carbon market to fund climate adaptation Matilda Lee | 14th May 2012 News Climate Change Natural World Deforestation Carbon Market Carbon Credits Peru Cafedirect …
Shade-grown, hand picked coffee is one of Peru's biggest exports, but the country's smallholder farmers face sustained crop losses from extreme weather. Matilda Lee reports from Peru
Keeping our daily coffee: the farmers in Peru adapting to climate change Matilda Lee | 14th May 2012 News Food And Farming Climate Change Coffee Deforestation Carbon Credits Cafedirect 8peru2-62.jpg …
Matilda Lee explains how democracy is bypassed as multinationals push
changes in trade law through the labrynthine corridors of the EU
Puppet Show Matilda Lee | 1st June 2003 News Multinational Corporation Free Trade Globalisati Companies Free Trade Politics And Economics Society Matilda Lee explains how democracy is bypassed as …
It's the logo we all look for when buying furniture and wood products. But the Forest Stewardship Council has come in for some serious criticism. Matilda Lee looks at both sides of the argument
Can we trust the FSC? Matilda Lee | 22nd September 2009 News Investigation FSC Forestry Stewardship Council Forests Ethical Consumerism Labelling Ran Greenpeace Friends Of The Earth Forestry …
You can turn it into everything from fuel to plastics. But will the surge in demand for sugar end up having a serious environmental impact?
Will sugar be the oil of the 21st century? Matilda Lee | 1st December 2009 News Investigations Sugarcane Brazil Agro-Ecological Zoning President Lula Friends Of The Earth Bioplastics Biofuels Carbon …
The technology isn't fully developed yet, but when meat really can be grown in a lab it's going to turn all our arguments about carnivorous diets on their heads...
Lab grown meat: a low-fat, low-carbon, cruelty-free future? Matilda Lee | 6th April 2010 News Food And Farming In Vitro Meat Lab Grown Meat New Harvest Smithfield Pig Business Soil Association Stem …
The Environment Agency and Interpol are being forced to tackle the growing trade in electrical waste to stop our unwanted TVs, computers and refrigerators falling into the wrong hands
Criminal gangs cash in on thriving illegal e-waste trade Matilda Lee | 2nd December 2010 News Waste & Recycling Environment Agency E-waste Hazardous Substances WEEE Greenpeace Interpol Organised …
Once united in opposition, the environmental movement is now divided on nuclear power. Matilda Lee reports on why some greens say that anti-nuclear is just sentimentalism
… us of being ideological. In fact, we are pragmatic, we need a more decentralised energy … 'More than half of greens agree with me on GM & nuclear' Mark Lynas, featured in Channel …