The mountaineers who come to conquer Everest mistake their achievement – in the quest to overcome nature’s ultimate natural obstacle, humans have already won
Everest in peace Eifion Rees | 1st June 2009 News Investigation Natural World Mount Everest Monutineering Mountainclimbing Travel investigates.jpg The mountaineers who come to conquer Everest mistake …
nPower is preparing to fill an Oxfordshire beauty spot and cradle of biodiversity with pulverised fuel ash. The Ecologist Online is running an ongoing investigation into their activities...
Radley Lakes Mark Anslow | 23rd March 2007 News Radley Lakes Oxford Oxfordshire Npower Politics And Economics Society nPower is preparing to fill an Oxfordshire beauty spot and cradle of biodiversity …
Eifion Rees talks to the Compassion in World Farming veteran and co-editor of The Meat Crisis - a shocking new book that exposes the range of environmental and health threats facing us if we don't kick our addiction to meat
Joyce D'Silva: 'Meat should carry a health warning' Eifion Rees | 30th September 2010 Comment Interviews Joyce D'Silva Compassion In World Farming CIWF Farming Animals Cows Meat Water Drought …
Tesco provoked an outcry by offering Clubcard members the opportunity to redeem points for a CT scan. Now, increasing numbers of scans in NHS and private hospitals are causing concerns that we are over-exposing ourselves to radiation
… accuracy also means further x-rays or other investigations may become unnecessary. So …
Consumers have been left confused by the latest study on the links between mobile phone use and brain cancer. Eifion Rees reports on the struggle to find answers
Do mobile phones really cause cancer? Eifion Rees | 7th June 2011 News Mobile Phones Health Cancer mobilephonegirl2.jpg Even if we're uncertain about their effects, we know enough to take precautions …
A new project at Bath University shows that building with straw is not just eco-friendly, but cheap, easily adaptable and fully recyclable at the end of its life
Using compressed straw as the ultimate eco building material Eifion Rees | 20th November 2009 Activism Energy Home Building Construction Straw Straw Bale Insulation Efficiency balehaus.jpg A new …
More sites may be added to the UNESCO List of World Heritage Sites in Danger this week, but how effective is this register of global hot spots, and what are the areas that truly deserve international protection?
… ourselves Eifion Rees | 25th June 2009 News Investigations News Climate Change UNESCO …
With rich, resource-poor nations increasingly outsourcing their food production to less developed nations, a new website aims to expose the extent of the agricultural land-grab epidemic
… new website Eifion Rees | 22nd June 2009 News Investigations Science And Technology Food And …
Once you get over the fact that not even tinted windows, a subwoofer, and Snoop Dogg riding shotgun would make the Maranello IV electric car ‘cool’, you can begin to think about driving and car ownership in a whole new way.
It's electrifying... Mark Anslow | 17th May 2007 News Electric Car Cars Elettrica Maranello Future Vehicles James Tucker Transport Green Transport Cars Carbon Dioxide Global Warming Climate Change …
Inconsistent wind is no impediment to the generation of electricity by turbines, three separate reports have concluded, as well as showing that the National Grid is more than able to cope with increased investment in wind energy
… message Eifion Rees | 13th July 2009 News Investigations Food And Farming Energy Wind …
The claims for biofuels make it seem truly a wonder crop. Mark Anslow separates the wheat from the chaff
Biofuels - facts and fiction Mark Anslow | 19th February 2007 News Biofuels Bio-fuels Ethanol Bio-diesel Refinery Oil Transport Energy Crops Industrial Bio-fuels Green Living Climate Change Energy …
A new report has revealed that a change in the way we manage agricultural land could help sequester a quarter of the world's carbon dioxide emissions every year
… 25 per cent Eifion Rees | 3rd July 2009 News Investigations Food And Farming Science And …
Having enjoyed brief media coverage, world attention towards climate change during the last few weeks did not end with a bang. Instead, it fizzled out, bogged down in international policy and technicalities at the UN Climate Change Conference in Nairobi last week. Why?
Nairobi: where did it all go wrong? Mark Anslow | 24th November 2006 News Nairobi Climate Change Un International Politics UN Climate Change Conference Global Warming International Development …
The findings of a strategic environmental assessment open the way for an increase in the number of offshore wind farms, which could produce enough energy to power every household in the UK
… UK home Eifion Rees | 26th June 2009 News Investigations Energy Climate Change Science …
We can all agree on what the problem is, it’s settling on a solution that’s the difficult part. Mark Anslow explores the complicated world of deforestation
Reducing carbon emissions from deforestation Mark Anslow | 1st March 2009 News Climate Change Deforestation Redd Trees Carbon Emission Un United Nations investigates.jpg We can all agree on what the …
A house built with straw could cost as little as £70,000 to build - and some are still standing after 140 years. Barbara Jones' fantastic book Building with Straw Bales reveals all you need to know
Building houses with straw bales Mark Anslow | 31st December 2009 Ethical Living Green Living Straw Bale Building Sustainable Housing Cheap Housing Self-build House picture-10.jpg A house built with …
Irshad Mobarak, a self-taught naturalist and environmentalist from the Malaysian island of Langkawi says that development need not mean destruction
CASE STUDY: Keeping tourism in balance with nature Eifion Rees | 5th January 2010 Activism How To Make A Difference Eco Tourism Langkawi Malaysia JungaWalla Irshad Mobarak Deforestation Species …
The potential for the use of tidal power in the UK is enormous, amounting to, at the very least, 20 per cent of our electricity needs.
Power On - Tidal Power Jon Hughes Mark Anslow | 1st November 2007 News Tidal Power Energy UK Estuary Water Electricity Lagoon Tidal Stream Tidal Carbon Dioxide Global Warming Climate Change Climate …
Eifion Rees reports on the video journalists producing environmental and social justice films that influence public opinion - and consistently get closer to the issues than the mainstream media
… media groups Seek out campaigns, context and investigations that you're unlikely to find in …
The UK has been described as the ‘Saudi Arabia’ of wind, with some 50 TWh of onshore and at least 450 TWh of offshore power available every year, well in excess of our current electricity demand.
Power On - Wind Jon Hughes Mark Anslow | 1st November 2007 News Wind Energy Electricit Hydro-electric Wind Farms Wind Carbon Dioxide Global Warming Climate Change Climate Change Energy Science And …
With a new analysis showing UK wind farms operating at just 20 per cent of their capacity in 2010, the potential of wind power has been called into question. Eifion Rees examines the arguments from both sides
Wind industry and Decc urged to come clean on output of wind farms Eifion Rees | 4th May 2011 News Wind Energy Renewables turbine.jpg A lack of technical and economic data on wind farms is making it …
Each year, UK livestock produce some 60 million tonnes of collectable faeces. If left to run into water-courses or even spread on fields, this waste can lead to the same problems associated with excessive fertiliser use – algal blooms and aquatic life starved of oxygen.
Power On - Energy from Waste Jon Hughes Mark Anslow | 1st November 2007 News Waste Energy Carbon Dioxide Biodigesters Methane Electricity Microbes Biomass Carbon Dioxide Global Warming Climate Change …
Worried by an eco backlash, the bottled water industry is waging a PR battle to turn the public back onto plastic bottled water
Bottled water industry wages PR battle against tap water movement Eifion Rees | 4th April 2012 News Bottle Water Plastic Tap Nestle News Focus Health Waste And Recycling water.jpg More than 2bn …