Hinkley C's subsidy package may have won European Commission approval - but now it faces a National Audit Office 'value for money' investigation, following a demand from a powerful Parliamentary committee.
NAO investigates Hinkley C nuclear subsidies Terry Macalister The Guardian | 17th October 2014 News Nuclear Energy UK Politics Economics Finance hinkley-c-edf-cut.jpg Hinkley C's subsidy package may …
The pro-GM lobby has sought to take the 'scientific high-ground' by positioning itself as the voice of reason and progress, while painting its opponents as unsophisticated 'anti-science' luddites. In a scathing response Peter Melchett turns the tables
The GM lobby and its 'seven sins against science' Peter Melchett | 31st December 2012 News Gm Food And Farming News Science gmo.jpg The pro-GM lobby has sought to take the 'scientific high-ground' by …
Despite promising the world in 2009, biotech corporations have increasingly raised the hackles of scientists and citizens worldwide
Was 2009 the year the world turned against GM? Claire Robinson Jonathan Matthews | 11th January 2010 Comment Food And Farming Science And Technology Gm Genetic Modification squarefruit.jpg Despite …
We live in an age of propaganda by the 'mainstream' media, writes John Pilger. Inconvenient stories, truths and even entire countries are airbrushed away, while dominant narratives are parroted incessantly to bludgeon our minds in acceptance of war, injustice, austerity, all to serve the interests of our ruling elites.
War by media and the triumph of propaganda John Pilger | 22nd December 2014 Comment Media War Economics Politics pilger-truth-cut.jpg We live in an age of propaganda by the 'mainstream' media, writes …
As the people of Argentina are driven by economic collapse to the point of starvation, a new solution is being imposed upon them. Ben Backwell reports on a country being force fed genetically modified soya designed not for humans, but for cattle
Soya Republic Ben Backwell | 1st February 2003 News Gm Soya Argentina Genetically Modified Biotech Agribusiness Biotechnology Agribusiness Soya Biotechnology Gm Products Soya Farming Organics …
Supermarkets have been accused of misleading consumers by not labelling food produced from genetically modified crops.
Supermarkets caught up in GM label row 19th November 2007 News Gm Soil Association Food Organics Agribusiness Gm Products Food And Farming Science And Technology News web pic 2_18.jpg Supermarkets …
The man on the phone said he was from the BBC. They were interested in interviewing me about my alleged involvement in crimes against humanity.
The great GM miracle? Jonathan Matthews | 23rd January 2008 News Gm BBC Costing The Earth Gm Products Biotechnology Food And Farming Science And Technology investigates.jpg The man on the phone said …
Andres Carrasco's research linking a controversial herbicide with birth defects highlighted the potential health dangers posed by GM crop-spraying in Argentina – and led to violence and intimidation for those behind the study
Revealed: the glyphosate research the GM soy lobby doesn't want you to read Claire Robinson | 24th November 2010 Comment Gm Comment Food And Farming Soy Crops Glyphosate Gm Watch Agribusiness Animal …
Much of our meat and dairy produce is made from animals raised on GM feeds. Alarming new claims suggest that the GM diet is affecting animal health - prompting fears over human safety. Andrew Wasley reports ...
… 2013 News Gm Animal Health GMOs Food Farming Investigations News Food Safety Livestock … Sarah Stirk & Louisa Michel Andrew Wasley is investigations editor of The Ecologist and the …
Two Councils at the front line of fracking protests - Greater Manchester and West Sussex - have pension funds investing in the major fracking operators - while decisions on planning applications to frack are pending.
Planners' pension funds set to win from fracking permissions Jan Goodey Will Cottrell Ed Jones | 24th February 2014 News Fossil Fuels Economics Green Economy UK Fracking saffron-arrested.png Two …
Ecuador is facing an unprecedented confrontation between a 'progressive' left-leaning government and a national coalition of indigenous peoples determined to stop vast oil and mining projects taking place on their community land and villages.
Ecuador's tribes declare 'national mobilization' against oil and mining David Dene | 24th May 2014 News Mining Ecuador Oil Indigenous Peoples Economics Politics yasuni-cut.jpg Worth saving? Yasuni …
It was a bad year for the biotech barons. At a conference in January 1999, the consulting firm Arthur Andersen revealed Monsanto executives’ vision of an ideal future – a world in which natural seeds were virtually all extinct and where commercial seeds were genetically modified (GM) and patented.
The battle to keep GM food off your plate Jeffrey Smith | 1st November 2007 News Gm US UK Arpad Pusztai Gm Products Campaigns Gm Products UK US Food And Farming Politics And Economics …
A pioneering campaign is challenging industrial agriculture in Africa, returning food sovereignty to the people and empowering women to lead a new movement that rejects the 'pesticide and loan culture' of the first Green Revolution. Chris Milton reports
… Industrial Farming Pesticides Fertilisers Investigations istock_000016426956small.jpg A …
BBSRC-funded website backlash against sustainable watchdog’s call to reduce meat consumption
Biotech industry fights back over reduced meat calls The Ecologist | 11th December 2009 News Food And Farming Biotech Gm Biotechnology Diet Health Consumption meat.jpg The SDC report argues that …
If you're looking for small, short-term loans for a green project, it's worth borrowing from a credit union instead of a bank
How credit unions can succeed where banks fail Dorienne Robinson | 2nd February 2010 Activism How To Make A Difference Economics Green Living Ethical Finance Credit Unions Short Term Loans Small …
A second canal joining the Pacific and Atlantic oceans is planned for Nicaragua, writes Nathan Wood. But the gigantic project is raising growing fears due to a grossly unfair contract, glaring failures of process, close links to the Chinese government, and its enormous - but uncosted - ecological impacts.
The Nicaragua Canal - a disaster in waiting? Nathan Wood | 15th August 2014 News Nicaragua China Transport Water Forests Economics lake-nicaragua-cut.jpg A second canal joining the Pacific and …
The GM public debate, which runs throughout June and July, is the public’s chance to express any concerns it may have over the growing of GM crops in Britain. Andy Rowell explains why your participation is vital
Debate, What Debate? Andy Rowell | 1st July 2003 News Gm GM Crops Public Participation Industrial Farming Gm Products UK Community Food Chain Biotechnology Biotechnology Food And Farming Health …
Ecological campaigner Million Belay talks about why protecting Ethiopia's biodiversity is so important and why he opposes the intervention of philanthropists like Bill Gates
Million Belay: Ethiopia doesn’t need or want Bill Gates Tom Levitt | 16th November 2009 Comment Gm Genetic Modification Food And Farming Culture millionbelay2.jpg A generation of Ethiopians are …
'A common price for carbon' has become the soundbite of the forward-looking 'green' politician. It pleases everyone, not least business, which can plan ahead by looking at the carbon 'market'. But is it the best way to proceed?
Fairer Distribution of Common Resources: the pros and cons of carbon trading James Robertson | 22nd March 2007 News Budget Economics Citizen Income Taxation Carbon Trading UK Economics Politics And …
Hayek achieved his dream of becoming a university academic - but could he really challenge the intellectual prowess and political influence of the master John Maynard Keynes? BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates
“Starting With a Mistake, A Remorseless Logician Can End Up in Bedlham” Brendan Montague | 3rd August 2018 Comment Fakenomics Hayek Keynes Marx Neoliberalism Socialism State Planning Economics …
In August 2006, German chemicals company BASF applied to start GM potato field trials
in Cambridge and Derbyshire as early as next spring. The GM industry is making many
claims about this product, but are these based on the truth? Andy Rees investigates
The publication of the government's draft Climate Change Bill this week signalled the latest round of the escalating competition between David Cameron and Tony Blair to take the title of climate change champion of the world. Following hard on the EU measures, the government's bill set out more radical targets than before and promises to deliver them – a promise that will be reinforced by a new committee of independent auditors.
Climate Change Botch? Isabel Hilton | 15th March 2007 News Gordon Brown David Cameron Tony Blair Labour Conservatives 2020 UK Aviation Economics Climate Change Politics And Economics investigates.jpg …
The great GM debate is a complex one. Professor Guy Cook examines the ways in which the issue is often tackled - verbally that is.
The language of the GM technology debate Prof Guy Cook | 1st October 2008 News Gm Guy Cook Debates Lord May Public Opinion Science Religion Biotechnology Gm Products Food And Health Biodynamics …