The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee has just begun to take oral evidence from a very select group of witnesses, writes Paul Mobbs in this open letter. Sadly its choices betray a systematic bias to industry and establishment figures - while community groups are entirely excluded.
… which the Royal Society and other subsequent reviews, due to prematurity or through taking … carried out such a study. In my view, what reviews of Government policy have taken place …
Investigative reporters working for Greenpeace UK's Energydesk have uncovered a nexus of senior academics willing to accept large sums of money from fossil fuel companies to write reports and newspaper articles published under their own names and university affiliations, without declaring the funding. Lawrence Carter & Maeve McClenaghan spill the beans ...
Climate 'academics for hire' conceal fossil fuel funding Lawrence Carter Maeve McClenaghan Greenpeace Energydesk | 9th December 2015 News Fossil Fuels Climate Change Science UK US ted-cruz-cut.jpg …
Sir Nicholas Stern was asked to find out what way of averting climate change was economically feasible. A loaded question that has allowed him to find a perverse solution to a fatal problem.
The Stern Review: Editors Comment Jon Hughes | 1st December 2006 News Climate Change Stern Nicholas Stern Stern Report Global Warming US China Carbon Dioxide Global Warming Comments And Analysis …
Article 6 of the Euratom Treaty provides for nuclear industry practices to be rejustified in the light of new scientific evidence of harm to health, writes Chris Busby. We now have that evidence, in particular that radiation exposure even at very low levels causes severe and heritable genetic damage to people and entire families. Now, we must use the law to protect our health from radiation!
Stopping Europe's nuclear industry in its tracks: here's how Christopher Busby | 28th November 2016 Activism Nuclear Science Health Energy WMD Waste Regulation UK EU wylfa-cut.jpg Article 6 of the …
The 'New Alliance', backed by £600m of UK aid, is meant to improve food security, reduce malnutrition and lift people out of poverty, writes Aisha Dodwell. But it's all a huge con - delivering corporate welfare, attacking small farmers, enabling land grabs - and leaving a trail of poverty and human devastation. It draws praise from only a single review of its activities: its own.
Who's telling the truth about the New Alliance and farmers in African countries? Aisha Dodwell Global Justice Now | 15th January 2016 Activism Farming UK Africa Corporations Aid …
Last December's Barker Review replaces democracy with economic growth. Ex <i>Ecologis</i>t editor Simon Fairlie claims our land is being sold to the highest bidder
The Barker Review of Land Use Planning Simon Fairlie | 8th March 2007 News Planning Kate Barker Land Use Democracy UK Farming Food Security Green Lifestyle Community Politics And Economics …
Little publicised government plans to 'reform' court costs are intended to foreclose access to environmental justice for all but the wealthiest individuals and communities, writes Paul Mobbs. Meanwhile cuts to agencies and regulators will make it ever harder for them to do their jobs - making public participation in environmental protection all the more important.
… "Consultations, impact assessments, audits, reviews, stakeholder management, securing … this. Here's how: "Cutting back on judicial reviews. "Reducing government consultations. …
An internal police document has confirmed what many have long suspected: the Police Liaison Officers 'facilitating' protests and demonstrations are not just there to make friends - they play a 'pivotal role' in intelligence gathering.
Smiling spies: Police Liaison Officers exposed The Ecologist | 18th June 2014 News Fracking Fossil Fuels Protest UK Police blue-bibs-cut.jpg An internal police document has confirmed what many have …
Public Health England is guilty of gross scientific misconduct, writes Paul Mobbs, for its apparently deliberate whitewashing of the public health impacts of fracking. But it's all part of a pattern of maladministration that reaches to the heart of government.
Shale gas and public health - the whitewash exposed Paul Mobbs | 6th May 2014 News Fracking Health UK Law Fossil Fuels Pollution Radiation gasmasks-cut.jpg Public Health England is guilty of gross …
The Badger Trust has been granted leave for a Judicial Review of Environment Secretary Owen Paterson and Natural England over their 'irrational' decision to conduct the 2013 badger cull with no independent expert scrutiny.
Badger cull High Court challenge goes ahead The Ecologist | 2nd July 2014 News Natural World Badgers UK Law Farming paterson-in-court-cut.jpg The Badger Trust has been granted leave for a Judicial …
There's absolutely no evidence for BBC Panorama's claim of 90% success for Bt brinjal in Bangladesh, writes Claire Robinson. But that has not stopped the BBC Trust from dismissing all complaints against its monstrously dishonest report. Nor has it diminished the jubilation of GMO cheerleaders.
BBC's GMO coverage 'fair and accurate'? You decide Claire Robinson GMWatch | 14th April 2016 Comment GMOs Science Bangladesh Media UK Regulation Farming Corporations brinjal-cut.jpg There's …
The world is warming up. We face ecological, social and economic meltdown, famine, drought, disease and turf wars. For real?
The Stern Review: The Science of Climate Change Anna da Costa | 1st December 2006 News Climate Change Science Stern Review Stern Report Global Warming Climate Science Stern Report UK Climate Change …
A new report finds that 28 nuclear reactors, 18 of them EDF plants in France and one at Sizewell in the UK, are at risk of failure 'including core meltdown' due to flaws in safety-critical components in reactor vessels and steam generators, writes Oliver Tickell. The news comes as EDF credit is downgraded due to a growing cash flow crisis and its decision to press on with Hinkley C.
Sizewell B and 27 other EDF nuclear plants 'at risk of catastrophic failure' Oliver Tickell | 29th September 2016 News Nuclear Energy Regulation UK France Corporations sizewell-b-cut.jpg A new report …
A masterpiece of nature writing, J.A. Baker’s ‘The Peregrine’ is well worth revisiting, says Mark Newton, not just for the prose but also to help us re-engage with the natural world
… The Peregrine Mark Newton | 26th April 2012 Reviews Books Reviews Natural World The Peregrine Nature …
From the DIY ‘treebog’ to the solar powered fairy lights, bell tents and yurts, Suffolk’s Alde Garden is the perfect place for an eco-friendly weekend break. Rachael Stubbins paid a visit
Review: Alde Garden Rachael Stubbins | 26th April 2012 Ethical Living Suffolk Travel Explore Green Living Society Alde Garden Review Yurts Tents Glamping Camping UK England Green Eco Friendly …
The perfect country escape, Cornwall's Little White Alice is a green retreat that combines style and sustainability, says Lisa Stephens
Review: Little White Alice Lisa Stephens | 31st May 2012 Ethical Living Travel Explore Cornwall UK Wildlife Beaches Little White Alice Self Catering Green Eco Luxury bedroom.jpg The perfect country …
The UK government hates to be held accountable in court when it breaks environmental laws like those on air quality. So it has created new rules - coming into force today - that expose environmental litigants to unlimited financial liabilities. Now three leading NGOs have done to the High Court to argue that the rules themselves are in breach the UK's international obligations.
Government tries to puts itself above environmental law Oliver Tickell | 28th February 2017 News Law UK Pollution Politics FOI london-smog-2-cut.jpg The UK government hates to be held accountable in …
A wholesale corruption of science underlies the UK Government's insistence that gas from fracking offers a 'low carbon', low cost route to energy abundance, writes Paul Mobbs. On the contrary: it's expensive, over-hyped - and just as bad for climate change as coal.
Fracking 'as bad for climate as coal' - UK's dodgy dossier exposed Paul Mobbs | 30th May 2014 News Energy Fossil Fuels Fracking UK Climate Change Science fracking-bakken-ndakota-cut.jpg A wholesale …
A High Court judgment on the lawfulness of the 2014 badger cull is awaited. A criminal investigation is under way on the dangerous and illegal behaviour of culling contractors. Obviously, writes Lesley Docksey, it's the perfect time for Natural England to authorise another round of culling.
Defying reality - Natural England authorises 'unlawful' cull Lesley Docksey | 27th August 2014 Comment Natural World Badgers Law UK badger-200-cut.jpg The bloodied corpse of badger 200 in the 2013 …
Friends of the Earth has taken the first legal steps towards striking out last week's emergency approval of bee-harming 'neonic' pesticides in England, granted last week despite a Europe-wide ban.
FoE acts to revoke 'unlawful' bee-killer pesticide permit Oliver Tickell | 28th July 2015 News Law Farming Natural World Toxics UK EU bee-rape-cut.jpg Friends of the Earth has taken the first legal …
Somerset is experiencing its most significant flooding in decades. As the political right calls for ever more dredging, Karen Potter trawls Defra's archives ... and finds a shocking history of sound policy sacrificed to short term political expediency.
The inconvenient truth: houses built on floodplains could flood Karen Potter | 4th February 2014 News UK Flooding Economics Politics Housing flooded-house.png Somerset is experiencing its most …
Easy to miss in the New Year Honours list: a little-known civil servant for 'services to pesticides regulation'. But none the less shocking for that, writes Georgina Downs. Paul Hamey MBE is the very man who has been responsible for ensuring that rural residents receive no proper protection from repeated exposure to toxic mixtures of pesticides on nearby farms. Go figure.
… quality, peer-reviewed scientific studies and reviews have concluded that long-term exposure …
The NHS is buying drugs from pharmaceutical companies in India whose dirty production methods are fuelling the rise of superbugs, write Andrew Wasley & Madlen Davies. There are no checks or regulations in place to stop this happening - even though the rapid growth in antibiotic resistant bacteria in India is spreading across the world, including to the UK and NHS hospitals.
Dirty production of NHS antibiotics in India helping to create superbugs Andrew Wasley Madlen Davies | 26th October 2016 News Health Corporations UK India 3-cut.jpg The NHS is buying drugs from …
The UN climate summit, which took place in Germany this month, saw slow but steady progress on setting up the rules to implement the Paris Agreement. ARTHUR WYNS provides a comprehensive summary of the technical UN climate talks
The Bonn summary: take-away messages from the May 2018 UN Climate Summit Arthur Wyns | 21st May 2018 News Climate Change United Nations Germany Paris Agreement UK Bonn_city The UN climate summit, …