Secret documents leaked to Greenpeace from the EU-US TTIP negotiations show that environmental protection, climate change mitigation, consumer protection, public health and sustainability are sacrificed throughout to corporate profit and commercial interests.
… TTIP negotiations show that environmental protection, climate change mitigation, consumer protection, public health and sustainability … are prepared to drop hard won environmental protections to secure a deal, while measures …
The Scottish government has announced that its wild beaver populations will be given the full protection of both UK and EU law. The decision has been welcomed by campaigners who point out all the benefits of beavers to biodiversity, water management and flood control. Now, they say, England and Wales should follow suit.
… Scotland's wild beavers win legal protection Oliver Tickell | 24th November 2016 … beaver populations will be given the full protection of both UK and EU law. The decision … remain in the wild in Scotland under the full protection of EU and UK wildlife law, …
Two key wildlife laws that underpin nature conservation across the EU will be retained intact, the EU Commission announced today after an 18 month review that generated record public engagement due to fears that they would be weakened. Now campaigners are determined to ensure the UK retains the laws post-Brexit.
… and the UK has relied upon these laws to protect some of our best loved and most iconic … to make sure Europe's nature gets the protection it needs to thrive." Commission: … in meaningful ways with European citizens. Protecting and investing more in nature is …
International judges today condemned China's great 'water grab' of the South China Sea - not least for its destruction of over 100 sq.km of pristine coral reefs, dredged and ground up to build artificial islands, and the ransacking of their wildlife, from endangered sea turtles to giant clams.
… majority of cases the Chinese fishers were protected by Chinese patrol vessels, and since … and violated its obligation to preserve and protect fragile ecosystems and the habitat of … on the Law of the Sea to preserve and protect the marine environment with respect to …
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?
… are especially effective in providing protection of sites within the network from … towards improving the status of most European protected species and habitats, this needs to … increase in the territory of land and marine protected areas in the EU, thanks to …
A federal judge has ruled that the US Environmental Protection Agency is under no obligation to force pesticide makers to disclose supposedly 'inert' ingredients in their products - even where those ingredients are seriously hazardous to health or environment.
… judge has ruled that the US Environmental Protection Agency is under no obligation to … has ruled that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has no duty under … that EPA is failing in its legal duty to protect consumers from supposedly 'inert' but …
The Conservation Law Foundation has just filed the first lawsuit against ExxonMobil for violations under the Clean Water Act and other laws, committed in its deliberate, reckless and deceitful cover-up of it's true knowledge of the dangers of climate change.
… and Recovery Act (RCRA), laws designed to protect the health and safety of waterfront … facility meets its legal obligation to protect thousands of people and the Boston … community, I feel I have a responsibility to protect my kids and those I serve against the …
The captain of a Sea Shepherd speedboat who was attempting to guide a pod of over 200 Atlantic white-sided dolphins from slaughter on a Faroe Islands 'killing beach' has been convicted by a Danish court on animal cruelty charges.
… crew members from France attempted to protect a pod of over 200 officially protected Atlantic white-sided dolphins from … Faroe Islands it is perfectly legal to kill a protected species, but it is illegal to push …
Campaigners fear that the abolition of DECC, the department of energy and climate change, indicates that climate will take a low priority in Theresa May's policy agenda. Meanwhile the pro-fracking, pro-nuclear Andrea Leadsom is in charge of environment department Defra.
… must defend and extend existing nature protections - an early test will be ruling-out … published: Leadsom must commit to action to protect the UK from worsening flooding and … production or farming practices which fail to protect and preserve Britain's green and …
A 30-year decline in toad populations recorded by volunteers, shows the need to rebuild vital 'green infrastructure' across both the wider countryside and urban areas, writes Oliver Tickell: reversing habitat fragmentation, digging out ponds and ditches, and leaving ample unkempt areas for cover and hibernation.
… to look after our environment in order to protect the species that depend on it." … occupy areas of land mostly outside of protected areas, including for the common … makes it clear that it is not sufficient to protect habitats of rare specialists. …
With the EU Parliament voting next week on CETA, the EU-Canada trade deal, 89 MEPs are demanding that its system of 'corporate courts' must first be verified by the European Court of Justice as compatible with existing EU law. But pro-CETA parliamentary leaders are trying to block all debate in the run-up to the vote.
… dangerously thwart government efforts to protect citizens and the environment." "The … deals, yet it sets the bar for environmental protections very low" , according to Cecile … It presents a threat to our ability to protect the environment, to protect the public …
Local people are furiously trying to stop a fracking company from drilling near a drinking water reservoir serving tens of thousands of homes, after Northern Ireland planners failed to block Infrastrata's claim for 'permitted development' rights.
… leased land for fossil fuel extraction in a protected water catchment. A Freedom of … local people of Woodburn, who are fighting to protect their water, their forest and our … an environmental campaign group committed to protecting fresh water supplies from pollution …
A year after Shell was forced into a £55 million settlement with an indigenous community in Nigeria devastated by oil spills, a UK High Court judge has allowed two new such cases to proceed on behalf of some 43,000 subsistence farmers and fishers whose livelihoods have been wiped out by the same cause.
… came from Shell's failure to maintain and protect pipelines may leave it liable to … prevent and detect operational spills and/or protect against third party interference, … be whether Shell can be liable for failing to protect their pipelines from damage caused by …
World leaders are meeting in New York today to sign the Paris Agreement on climate change, write Stephen Buranyi & Oliver Tickell. But the world just failed a big test of its commitment to the Paris targets by deadlocking on IMO proposals to limit emissions from international shipping.
… (IMO) annual marine environment protection meeting in London to debate … off until the next IMO marine environment protection committee (MEPC) meeting in October …
Documents released to Wildcat Haven reveal the secret plans of the Scottish Wildcat Action Plan - funded by taxpayers and the National Lottery - to kill trapped feral cats by shooting them in the head with shotguns. Public documents mention only neutering, successfully carried out by Wildcat Haven to protect pure wildcat populations.
… successfully carried out by Wildcat Haven to protect pure wildcat populations. Conservation … feral cats can be sterilised, not shot, to protect Scottish wildcats in their natural …
The International Energy Agency's latest World Energy Outlook is calling for increased investment in new oil and gas, writes Oliver Tickell, while minimising the fast-growing and ever lower-cost contribution to world energy supply of renewables like wind and solar.
… superficailly positive messages on climate protection and renewable energy, an analysis … in oil, the IEA undermines climate protection efforts and threatens the global …
The EU Commission has caved in to US pressure in TTIP trade talks by deciding to consider organisms modified by new 'gene editing' techniques as non-GM - in violation of the EU's own laws. The move could make the 'new GMOs' exempt from labeling and from health and environmental testing.
… to block EU processes that are supposed to protect public health and the environment. The … to suit the US, and any plan to better protect our environment and health would be … to block EU processes that are supposed to protect public health and the environment. The …
Peru's Congress may soon approve a road through remote rainforest which is home to the country's last uncontacted tribes. The link to the Inter-Oceanic highway would open the area up to land grabs, wood cutting and gold mining, and expose vulnerable indigenous people to diseases to which they have no immunity.
… of the Amazon's most biodiverse and sensitive protected areas, is expected to be approved by … peoples face catastrophe unless their land is protected. We at Survival International are …
The small state of Vermont is changing the face of US food as companies hasten to comply with its GMO labeling rule which comes into effect in July 2016. Mars and General Mills - and now Kelloggs and ConAgra - are the latest companies to announce their labels will comply with Vermont law US-wide - and many more are sure to follow.
… has been implemented in as Vermont's Consumer Protection Rule 121 which takes effect in July … for passage of the federal bill that would protect consumers, farmers and small …
The International Chamber of Shipping has committed the industry to legally binding emissions reductions under the Paris Agreement. Unlike the aviation industry, it will make no use of carbon 'offsets', but will reach its targets by increasing efficiency and moving to lower carbon fuels.
… Map - agreed by the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee on 28th October - will … entail before the next IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee meeting in 2017. "Key to …
The EU's food and farming safety regulator is trying to create a 'back door' system to licence the use of herbicides that have been banned for their toxic impacts on people and wildlife - under a clearly inapplicable 'plant health' exemption.
… a massive loophole for EU laws intended to protect people and wildlife from the most …
The Stop TTIP coalition is warning that under a 'stealth clause' in CETA the trade deal could come into force without a single parliamentary vote - including its ISDS provisions allowing investors to sue governments in secret courts. US corporations would then be able to sue EU nations - even if TTIP fails.
… put all its EU investments through it, to be 'protected' by CETA's ISDS provisions. Just 15 …
The EDF board is meeting tomorrow to reach its 'final investment decision' on Hinkley C. It was meant to be a rubber stamp but now it's anything but, as EDF's share price sinks to a new low, unions and employee directors harden their opposition to the project, and projects in France, Finland and China run way over time and cost with severe technical problems and safety concerns.
… but also loan guarantees, accident insurance, protection against evolution of the power system and plant curtailment, protection against wage and fuel cost …
Why is it so important to the US that Britain renew its nuclear weapons of mass destruction? The main purpose of Trident, writes Oliver Tickell, is to allow the UK to join American nuclear attacks, adding 'legitimacy' to them and so lowering the threshold for nuclear war - even if it guarantees our own destruction.
… the system also has to be staffed, fuelled, protected, maintained and so on. Last October …