Barbara Young, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, responds to the Ecologist May 2007 investigation in the June 2007 letters page
… the site due to air quality. Our Brofiscin investigations – in line with our … person/s’ for remediation liabilities. These investigations are focussed on a number of …
What does Douglas Gowan know that everyone else wants to keep hidden? For 40 years the story of Brofiscin Quarry – now the most polluted place in the UK – has been suppressed...
… in which Gowan had been conducting his investigations. Miles and the other …
The Ecologist brings you in-depth investigations, covering some of the most important environmental issues of the day....
… Investigations 27th November 2009 News Investigations Investigates_70.jpg The Ecologist brings you in-depth investigations, covering some of the most …
A ruling in the US courts at a meeting which the Environment Agency claims never took place has dashed all hopes of making Monsanto pay up for polluting Brofiscin quarry in Wales. Is the Agency guilty of obstructing the course of justice? Jon Hughes investigates
… the past 30 years, contained in seven major investigations and ongoing monitoring of the …
Following last month's exclusive Ecologist investigation, Burying the truth, the Douglas Gowan story continues...
… won’t release to Gowan the WRc’s records of investigations into Brofiscin. Young writes of … Pollution Act of 1974, which indeed Gowan’s investigations and evidence were partially …
A ruling in the US courts at a meeting which the Environment Agency claims never took place has dashed all hopes of making Monsanto pay up for polluting Brofiscin quarry in Wales. Is the Agency guilty of obstructing the course of justice? Jon Hughes investigates
… the past 30 years, contained in seven major investigations and ongoing monitoring of the …
Following last month's Ecologist story, Burying the truth, the Douglas Gowan story continues.
… won’t release to Gowan the WRc’s records of investigations into Brofiscin. Young writes of … Pollution Act of 1974, which indeed Gowan’s investigations and evidence were partially …
Pirates ruled Somalia’s waves last year, but a greater crime is still being perpetrated by the multinational companies using the mainland as a toxic dumping ground. Chris Milton reports
Somalia used as toxic dumping ground Chris Milton | 1st March 2009 News Somalia Toxic Dumping Waste Crime MNC Multinational Companies Pirates Environment Pollution Society News web pic 2_263.jpg …
What does Douglas Gowan know that everyone else wants to keep hidden? For 40 years the story of Brofiscin Quarry – now the most polluted place in the UK – has been suppressed...
… in which Gowan had been conducting his investigations. Miles and the other …
The Environment Agency (EA) is within weeks of letting Monsanto escape its liability for dumping thousands of tonnes of cancer-causing chemicals – including all the ingredients of the DDT defoliant Agent Orange – in two quarries in Wales.
… of the site. I would like to stress that all investigations to date have confirmed that … the Brofiscin site has been undertaken. All investigations to date have confirmed that …
Illegally caught 'dirty' fish threatens local fishermen, consumer health and the future of the world's fisheries. The EJF's Pirate Fishing Campaign is tackling the problem head on
… fishing operations, and pushes for action. Investigations by the EJF, a UK based charity … documents the findings from 14 months of EJF investigations, in which pirate fishing … is the Ecologist’s Green Living Editor. EJF investigations reveal that the fish is handled …
Recent abductions and threats against activists trying to prevent logging in South-East Asia are part of a worrying trend of violence against those exposing environmental issues
… for action. 'If it wasn’t for the actions of investigations by activists and journalists … the problems wouldn’t be out there. 'The investigations provide the building blocks. …
Calls for national testing in UK pig herd after survey finds superbug to be prevalent throughout Europe
Pig MRSA widespread in Europe The Ecologist | 25th November 2009 News Pigs MRSA Health Food And Farming pigs.jpg The Soil Association is calling for the UK to carry out its own national survey of …
Cheap meat has become a way of life in much of Europe, but the full price is being paid across Latin America as vast soya plantations and their attendant chemicals lead to poisonings and violence. Andrew Wasley reports
The Killing Fields – human rights abuses and environmental devastation in Paraguay’s soya fields Andrew Wasley | 13th October 2009 Other Food And Farming Genetic Modification Soya Meat Livestock …
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… Seek out campaigns, context and investigations that you're unlikely to find in … Here is where you find campaigns, context and investigations that would otherwise be spiked …
Find out if your council is about to waste your waste in favour of incinerators with our interactive map
Councils accused of ignoring biogas The Ecologist | 7th August 2009 News Energy Biogas Waste And Recycling Food And Farming wastemap2.jpg Find out if your council plans to waste your waste with our …
Agency calls on courts to hand out stronger penalties for waste and pollution criminals
Environment Agency demands tougher fines for polluters The Ecologist | 6th November 2009 News Waste And Recycling Pollution Health rivertrent.jpg The Environment Agency are still investigating the …
'Chaotic' legislation in Indonesia is allowing palm oil plantation companies looking to produce biofuel to bully local people off their land
… the necessary permits. Coercion Field investigations carried out by EIA and Telepak … Forest Campaigner at EIA, ‘yet EIA/Telapak investigations have found massive …
When PCB transformers exploded in a New York university in 1991, contaminating the campus with dioxins, it set Eric Francis Coppolino on the path to becoming an environmental journalist.
Dioxin Dorms: Why I Can’t Give Up On New Paltz Eric Francis Coppolino | 19th June 2009 News Dioxon New Paltz PCB Health Politics And Economics Society investigates.jpg When PCB transformers exploded …
Oil company admits guilt and expresses ‘regret’ over safety breaches after oil depot explosion that caused injuries and environmental damage
Oil giant Total pleads guilty in Buncefield case The Ecologist | 13th November 2009 News Buncefield Natural World Health Pollution inthenews.jpg Lawyers believe Total's sentencing could set a …
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… That state is aptly summarised by the three investigations that follow. In the first, …
Reporting from the frontline of environmental activism, Andrew Wasley takes a closer look at those who fight the abuse of marine environments.
The struggle to report on the marine environment Andrew Wasley | 1st June 2009 Activism Overfishing Oceans Fish Andre Wasley Greenpeace Seashepards Wildlife Civil_disobedience_MAIN.jpg Reporting from …