The respected Russian campaign group Sakhalin Environment Watch is being forced to choose between registering as a 'foreign agent' label and closing down, writes Oliver Tickell. Environmental campaigning, it seems, is now a 'political activity'.
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The attention that the three main parties are now giving to the environment is welcome, but no party is yet offering leadership of the kind needed.
… Carty | 1st March 2007 News Green Agenda Politics Conservation Policy Campaigns … Campaigns Conservation Climate Change Politics And Economics Society The attention …
Tropical deforestation is linked to food and animal feed consumed in the EU. We read 1,141 proposals addressing this problem - so you don't have to.
The EU and tropical deforestation Simon Bager Martin Persson | 1st April 2021 | News Deforestation Conservation Palm oil worker Tropical deforestation is linked to food and animal feed consumed in …
Most will see the upcoming election as a proxy vote on Brexit - but in reality it's our last best chance to elect a government capable of tackling the climate crisis.
The most important election in British history Jake Woodier | 25th October 2019 News Climate Change General Election Change Makers parliament-cut.jpg Most will see the upcoming election as a proxy …
Elizabeth DeSombre and J. Samuel Barkin’s readable prose makes unpicking the complex politics and economics behind the fishing industry look as easy as shooting fish in a barrel
… | 15th December 2011 Reviews Fish Fishing Politics Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall Project … readable prose makes unpicking the complex politics and economics behind the fishing … Mark Newton REVIEW Fast Forward: Ethics and Politics in the Age of Global Warming Their …
Who are the best guardians of forests and other wild places? Governments? Conservation NGOs? Corporations? No, writes Prakash Kashwan, it's the indigenous peoples who have lived in harmony with their environment for millennia. But to be able do so, they must first be accorded rights to their historic lands and resources, both in law and in practice. Among the countries leading the way, Mexico. Among the laggards, Kenya and India.
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Farmers’ organisations, trade union federations, indigenous peoples, fisher groups, women’s organisations, environmental groups and progressive political parties met in Hyderabad, South India.
… and writes on the science, impacts, and politics of global warming. His booklet …
'Either you stand up now and you're on the right side of history or you're not.'
… 'You might call it visceral politics.' Thomas Hornall | 17th April 2019 … Association: "You might call it visceral politics. It's a visceral reaction. Either you …
Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom on Saturday described the fracking moratorium imposed after a damning report as 'disappointing'.
Fracking stopped - political row continues Emma Bowden Sam Blewett | 4th November 2019 News Change Makers Fracking Climate Breakdown Labour Party Liberal Democrats Conservatives General Election 2019 …
People & Planet research shows University of Sheffield has not made good on its promise to divest from all fossil fuels. We can't let them get away with it.
… taking advantage of the transience of student politics: a group who started and won a …
For John Muir, founder of America's national parks, immersion in nature was a blessing providing direct communion with divinity, writes Tim Flinders, and the cause of a spiritual awakening that inspired his life's work: to preserve wilderness and communicate the beauty, wonder and fragility of nature, sharing widely the source of his own enlightenment.
Divine wilderness: John Muir's spiritual and political journey Tim Flinders | 6th May 2016 Comment Natural World Conservation Religion USA Society yosemite-cut.jpg For John Muir, founder of America's …
Influential think tank IPPR calls for vote for 16 year olds so they can challenge the 'toxic inheritance' left by older generations.
Young people need vote to avert climate breakdown Emily Beament | 17th September 2019 News Elections Climate Breakdown IPPR Change Makers 1272382666-polling-station.jpg Influential think tank IPPR …
Leaked documents show that Natural England, the official wildlife agency, is to increase its income from 'discretionary chargeable advice' to developers and landowners, writes EMMA HOWARD - while also failing to prosecute wildlife crime or challenge damaging developments.
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Marianne Brown speaks to the founder of Ecotricity, Dale Vince.
Where the gas is greener Marianne Brown | 9th January 2019 News Ecotricity Gas Electricity Renewable Energy Energy Change Makers Resurgence & Ecologist wind_turbine_holderness.jpg Marianne Brown …
Bruce Nixon’s call to arms examines the perils of the global economic system, and challenges us to think sustainably, writes Bethany Hubbard
… readable prose makes unpicking the complex politics and economics behind the fishing … Mark Newton REVIEW Fast Forward: Ethics and Politics in the Age of Global Warming Their …
The official 'fitness test' on the EU's nature directives carried out for the EU Commission under its 'better regulation' initiative finds that the laws are 'fit for purpose' in every respect, writes Oliver Tickell. But there's a mystery: the report was completed in January, yet it remains unpublished. Did it reach the 'wrong' conclusion for a Commission intent on a bonfire of red tape?
Leaked official report: EU Nature Directives are 'fit for purpose' Oliver Tickell | 16th June 2016 News EU Law Conservation Regulation kemeri-cut.jpg The official 'fitness test' on the EU's nature …