How can Green parties acquire real political power? A new book by Per Gahrton, founder of the Swedish Green Party, is much more than a useful reference text on the history of Green Parties around the world, write Bennet Francis and Rupert Read. It's also a valuable manual in realpolitik that resonates here and now in the UK.
… Green Parties, Green Future: lessons from history for Green politics Rupert Read Bennet … much more than a useful reference text on the history of Green Parties around the world, …
'Fast breeder' reactors are promoted by nuclear enthusiasts as the clean, green energy technology of the future, writes Jim Green. But all the evidence tells us they are a catastrophic failure: complex, expensive, unreliable and accident-prone. Is Japan's decision to abandon its Monju reactor the latest nail in the coffin of a dead technology? Or the final stake through its rotten heart?
… Thomas Cochran summarises the unhappy history of fast reactors: "Fast reactor … its three-decade existence." Monju's troubled history Monju reached criticality in 1994 but … the current economic crisis, the deepest in history since the USSR collapsed, will axe the …
The free-flowing Salween is the last big undammed river in Southeast Asia, home to a flurry of endangered species including tigers and clouded leopards, writes Tom Fawthrop in Hpa-an, Karen State, Myanmar. And thanks to support from both the indigenous Karen people, and senior officials in China who see the huge ecotourism potential of the river and its dramatic gorge, it could just stay that way.
… Salween 'is our life, our culture, and our history' Anti-dam ethnic groups have been … money. It is our life, our culture, and our history." Each year on 14th March The Karen …
The UK will break nitrogen dioxide limits until after 2030, EU judges were told today. And now the 'secret' information is public - accidentally published on a Government website, while lawyers were asking judges to keep it secret.
… The longest running infringement of EU law in history ClientEarth's case was referred to the … the longest running infringement of EU law in history." Nitrogen dioxide is a toxic gas …
The Nazi Holocaust of the Jews is rightly remembered and commemorated, writes John Lennon. But the 'porramjos', the Nazi murder of as many as half a million Romani people, is largely forgotten. Worse, echoes of the Nazi past can be heard again in the rhetoric of modern-day fascists.
… is one of the reasons for the absence in history and concentration camp museums of the … tradition is more common in recounting history. Where are the 'Gypsy holocaust' … Sinti, but this dark period of the country's history is a narrative that is yet to find a …
Their grasp of science can’t be faulted but William Antholis and Strobe Talbott need to offer solutions too, says Mark Newton
… evidence for climate change by way of a brief history of the Earth. Their science is sound; … 1990. Antholis and Talbott provide a brief history of the late 1990’s climate talks, … Discoveries Packing 4.5 billion years of history into 416 pages is a truly Herculean …
Biggest engineering project in Chinese history could repeat failures of Three Gorges Dam, with significant pressure on ecosystems and fisheries from the resettlement of 300,000 people
… Biggest engineering project in Chinese history could repeat failures of Three Gorges … is the biggest engineering project in Chinese history, and will take water from the Yangtze …
When 97% percent of respondents to a European Commission 'consultation' on the TTIP EU-US trade deal opposed it outright the Commission accused them of 'hijacking' the process, writes Nick Dearden - and pressed ahead with negotiations. Whose Europe is it anyway?
… that result from its largest consultation in history. Nonetheless, corporate plans for this … consultation, more than any consultation in history, as well as nearly 450 businesses, …
China is struggling with a myriad of environmental challenges, writes Thembi Mutch, as the country 'develops' at breakneck speed with massive construction projects, and industrial expansion. But amid the chaos and filth, the Chinese people are mindful of their history and ancient principles of harmony with nature - something that many are working hard to restore.
… the Chinese people are mindful of their history and ancient principles of harmony with … top and dribble down, the 'Party' has a long history, and successes and failures. The Great … and Documenting China's lost history of Famine …
With human beings about to become a predominantly urban species, Dan Box asks whether cities can ever be sustainable.
… are fast approaching a unique point in human history. Within five years half the earth’s … of the most significant transformations in history. The problems this creates are …
China’s national and provincial post-Covid recovery packages will put three times as much cash into fossil fuel projects as into renewable energy.
… industrial expansion drive in world history. And makes it harder to shift away … most astonishing infrastructure projects in history, including near-total electrification … might be an advantage. Throughout the history of capitalism it has almost always …
From slave labour to armed conflict, our thirst for natural resources has created serious problems for Africa. Pádraig Carmody’s latest book attempts to unravel the moral morass, says Mark Newton
… France, for example, possesses a ‘sorry history of supporting compliant African …
The US looks set to approve GM crops that resist the 'Agent Orange' pesticide 2,4-D as well as glyphosate, writes Helena Paul. If it does, the toxic chemical - created in WW2 to destroy enemy food supplies - will soon end up in animal feeds, and the food we eat.
… when, as reported by Orvin Burnside in The History of 2,4-D and Its Impact on Development … 2. Orvin C. Burnside, The History of 2,4-D and Its Impact on Development …
Mongolia and China are separated by world views as well as by a border across the Gobi desert, writes Troy Sternberg. In Mongolia the idea that nature has intrinsic value is readily accepted, while China is more interested in resources for trade, industry and profit. Can a clash of interests be avoided?
… China and Mongolia as policy, culture, history and democracy / autocracy separate the … The picture in Mongolia is more optimistic as history and cultural preferences favour a …
Tom Levitt speaks to one of China's most respected investigative journalists Liu Jianqiang on the rise of environmental activism in China
… will do something. But usually in China’s history the people don’t know the information, … Biggest engineering project in Chinese history could repeat failures of Three Gorges …
In an exclusive extract from his new book, World on the Edge, Lester Brown outlines fresh ways of thinking about water and land use in order to sustain the world's growing population
… spectacular achievement in world agricultural history, farmers doubled the grain harvest …
Greece's refusal to accept a century of debt servitude to illegitimate creditors is a decisive moment for Greece, Europe and indebted nations everywhere, writes Yanis Varoufakis. With even the IMF agreeing with SYRIZA's economic analysis, the troika's insistence on endless austerity was only meant to ruin Greece and humiliate its government. But now everything has changed.
… Greece's referendum of 5th July will stay in history as a unique moment when a small …
With all diesel cars failing EU clean air standards in real world driving, and the worst 22 times over the limit, there's only one real solution, write Steffen Böhm & Ian Colbeck: adopt sustainable transport strategies to keep cars off our streets and break our dependence on them.
… of the biggest corporate scandals in recent history - and we've seen quite a few. While …
Overharvesting for the luxury food market is pushing the iconic Chinese giant salamander to the brink. The future of the world’s largest amphibian is in serious jeopardy unless coordinated conservation measures are put in place. CATHERINE HARTE reports
… priority for maintaining evolutionary history. Now they are classified as critically …
New development financiers like China's Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank are driving a global attack on the environment, writes Bill Laurance. With their fast track 'no questions asked' procedures, they are financing a wave of destructive mega-projects, giving the World Bank and other lenders the excuse to lower their already weak safeguards.
… era of infrastructure expansion in human history. The G20 nations, when they met in …
Poland is intent on a huge increase in logging in Europe's greatest ancient forest, writes Lucinda Kirkpatrick. The government says it's needed to control spruce bark beetles. But the insect is a key part of the ecosystem, creating woodpecker nest sites and habitat for other endangered species. In truth it's just a big timber grab that must be strongly resisted.
… the guides who work there know the intimate history, and names, of many individual trees. …