In a major investigation and film, the Ecologist takes a look at how volatile financial speculation on food commodities is causing hunger and poverty in Mexico - and around the world
Food speculation 'boom' linked to volatile food prices The Ecologist | 13th September 2011 Comment Food Speculation Banking Finance Politics And Economics foodspec.jpg In a major investigation and …
If the thought of investing makes you go cold, it might be time for a rethink. As Ruth Styles and Ben Hudson discovered, there’s a growing number of ethical investment funds out there making your money work hard for the planet
The Ecologist guide to ethical investments Ruth Styles Ben Hudson | 17th October 2011 Ethical Living Investments Money Finance Ethical Green Guides Society holding.jpg If the thought of investing …
You've read about the Occupy Wall Street and London protests and you know about corporate greed (and the banking bail-out) but how can you do something about it?
Occupy protests: a four step guide to bypassing high-street banks Brett Scott | 8th December 2011 News Occupy Protest Politics And Economics Finance dsc_0241.jpg The global Occupy protest movement is …
With better planning, EU spending can finance projects which bring environmental, social and economic benefits to all, says a new coalition of campaign groups
Is it possible to make EU budgets a force for good? The Ecologist | 31st October 2012 News Finance News EU Politics And Economics poundsonchart.jpg With better planning, EU spending can finance …
The Hinkley deal is a disastrous one for the UK, its taxpayers and energy users, writes Oliver Tickell. We will be locked into a punitively high electricity price, index-linked, from 2025 until 2060, and the cumulative cost of this one nuclear power station will be well in excess of £100 billion, or around £1 billion per year in today's money.
With nuclear power: truth is the first casualty Oliver Tickell | 21st October 2013 News Nuclear UK Renewables Energy Finance Politics Oceans 1609.jpg The Hinkley deal is a disastrous one for the UK, …
Fossil fuel companies are feeling the heat from investors concerned that many of their assets may prove worthless.
Go fossil-free, urge investment managers Kieran Cooke | 28th October 2013 News Fossil Energy Fossil Green Economy Finance Fossil fuel companies are feeling the heat from investors concerned that many …
Poor countries are being left with little idea about what money is available to help them cope with climate change because of murky accounting and a lack of transparency by rich countries, according to an Oxfam study.
COP19: Poor countries in the dark on climate finance Oliver Tickell | 14th November 2013 News COP19 Climate Change Finance Green Economy cop19-yeb-sano.jpg Poor countries are being left with little …
The UK's pension funds are worth a colossal £3 trillion - yet few have any idea what 'their' pension money is doing. As Rebecca O'Connor reports, activist pension holders can now shift their funds towards green, ethical investments ...
Our pensions can change the world Rebecca O'Connor | 11th January 2014 Ethical Living Green Economy Finance radishes.png The UK's pension funds are worth a colossal £3 trillion - yet few have any …
In the teeth of determined oppostion from the British government, the EU has agreed on new regulations to curb speculation on food prices, reports Nick Dearden.
EU defies Britain to curb food speculation Nick Dearden | 17th January 2014 News Food Finance Politics guatemala-food-market.png In the teeth of determined oppostion from the British government, the …
Scandinanvia's biggest pension fund manager will cut all its investments in 'climate villains', writes Sophie Morlin-Yron - including 40 companies in the coal, tar sands and palm oil sectors.
Norwegian pension giant drops investments in coal, tar sands, palm oil Sophie Morlin-Yron | 30th January 2014 News Finance Fossil Fuels Coal Norway Green Economy Scandinanvia's biggest pension fund …
Will the World Bank ever change? After decades of promises, initiatives, accords and re-branding, Bruce rich finds that the World Bank is the same old indiscriminate money-pump, still funding social and environmental catastrophe worldwide.
Foreclosing the Future - can the World Bank ever reform? Tom Griffiths | 24th February 2014 Reviews Economics Finance foreclosing-future.png Will the World Bank ever change? After decades of …
Orthodox economics and finance have promoted a false account of money, writes Ann Pettifor. Change is necessary and possible. But it will come only through a revolution in the general public's understanding.
… will be a step as revolutionary as the paradigm shift in astronomy that took place under … why Austrian Economics is Flawed. Blog Pragmatic Capitalism 10 September, 2013. … [accessed 3/10/2013, 10:58 GMT] [4] For more on this, see Mrs Thatcher's …
Climate policy could bite on fossil fuel resource values much faster than financial markets anticipate, writes Sam Fankhauser. It's time investors wised up to the hazards of investing in fossil fuels, when two thirds of them may have to remain unexploited.
Financial markets should get serious on climate policy Sam Fankhauser | 22nd March 2014 Comment Finance Green Economy Energy Fossil Fuels coal-mine.png Climate policy could bite on fossil fuel …
A 'slow genocide' is unfolding in Ethiopia - one driven by greed rather than hatred. With Chinese and World Bank finance, massive dams and plantations are robbing the Omo Valley's 500,000 indigenous people of their land and water. The UK 'sees no evil'.
20 years after Rwanda - Ethiopia's 'slow genocide' in the Omo Valley Human Rights Watch | 7th April 2014 News Land Grabs Ethiopia Africa Finance Indigenous Peoples omo-water-women.png A 'slow …
The UK tried to make the EU relax its rules on State Aid to allow subsidies to nuclear power. Now we know - it failed. The chances that the Hinkley C power station will ever be built have fallen another notch.
New EU rules hammer UK's nuclear ambitions The Ecologist | 10th April 2014 News Nuclear Power EU Regulation Energy Finance hinkleyb-ca-thin.png The UK tried to make the EU relax its rules on State …
One of the world's biggest fund managers has joined forces with London's FTSE group, writes Rebecca Cooke, to steer investors away from putting their money into risky oil and coal investments.
FTSE and Blackrock join to fight fossil fuel investment Rebecca Cooke | 1st May 2014 News Finance Green Economy Climate Change nodding-donkeys.jpg One of the world's biggest fund managers has joined …
In Ken Silverstein's 'The Secret World of Oil', Louis Proyect investigates the uber-wealthy middlemen of oil, inhabiting a pampered universe of moral squalor and depravity - one in which Tony Blair found himself completely at home.
A descent into Big Oil's inferno Louis Proyect | 8th July 2014 Reviews Oil Fossil Fuels USA Africa Finance secret-world-of-oil-cut.jpg In Ken Silverstein's 'The Secret World of Oil', Louis Proyect …
France, Germany and other wealthy countries have positive policies on climate change, writes Steven Herz. So why are they handing out back door financing for new coal power stations abroad via 'export credits'? Over $5 billion from EU countries since 2007 ...
Stop 'back door' financing for new coal power stations! Steven Herz | 11th June 2014 Comment Coal Finance Climate Change Trade Corporations EU France Germany de-gelsenkirchen-cut.jpg Germany is …
Repowering London is an energising force - not just making renewable energy projects happen, but engaging communities to finance them, training young people to install them, and ensuring the benefits stay local. Lucy Anna Scott meets the dynamic Agamemnon Otero ...
Agamemnon Otero, renewable dynamo Lucy Anna Scott | 23rd June 2014 Comment Cities London UK Renewables Society Finance otero-speaking-cut.jpg Repowering London is an energising force - not just …
Tackling global warming with better public transport, increased energy efficiency, renewable energy, clean cookstoves, better waste management could increase global GDP by $2.6 trillion. The alternative is growing risk from harshening climates ...
World Bank: tackle global warming and add $2 trillion to global economy, save a million lives Chris Rose | 30th June 2014 News Climate Change Economy Finance Energy Transport Wastye …
Britain's doctors have voted for their representative body, the British Medical Association, to divest from fossil fuels, writes Tierney Smith - adding valuable momentum to the fast growing global divestment campaign.
BMA votes for fossil fuel divestment Tierney Smith TckTckTck | 26th June 2014 News Finance Fossil Fuels Climate Change divest-cut.jpg Britain's doctors have voted for their representative body, the …
The World Bank is still deciding how to respond to Kosovo's request for funds to build a new 600MW power station burning filthy 'brown coal', writes Michael Brune. It's time for the World Bank, with strong US backing, to give the project a firm 'no way'!
US and World Bank must stop funding overseas coal Michael Brune | 2nd July 2014 Comment Fossil Fuels Coal Development USA Kosovo Finance Health Energy kosovob-cut.jpg The World Bank is still deciding …
Detroit is shutting off water to 40% of residents to prepare the water system for a corporate buyout, writes Justin Wedes. Residents are organizing to resist the water shuttoffs, anti-democratic rule and the demands of Wall Street - but they need our help!
We must support Detroit's fight for the right to water Justin Wedes | 4th July 2014 Comment USA Human Rights Society Water Politics Finance nicole-cut.jpg Detroit is shutting off water to 40% of …
Using sophisticated financial engineering, Thames Water is making its customers pay almost the whole cost of its £4.2 billion London sewage tunnel. Is it time England ditched corporate ownership of its utilities and adopted Wales's 'non-profit' model?
Soaking the customer - Thames Water's £4 billion sewage money grab John Allen Michael Pryke | 4th July 2014 Comment Water UK Finance Corporations tw-burst-main-cut.jpg Using sophisticated financial …