Three Sea Shepherd volunteers have been arrested for 'harrassing dolphins' and deported from the Faroe Islands. But their real crime was to save hundreds of Atlantic white-sided dolphins from slaughter.
… bloodiest months of the grindadrap hunt season, in an effort to save as many lives as …
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.
Sea Shepherd captain 'guilty' of causing suffering to dolphins Oliver Tickell | 28th November 2016 News Cetaceans Oceans Denmark Animal Welfare Law hvalba_beach_whaling,_faroe_islands-cut.jpg The …
Rising temperatures will result in more snow falling in Antarctica, and the build-up of ice will reduce sea level rise from other sources. But as the extra weight of ice makes Antarctica's glaciers flow faster, the continent will still be a net contributor to sea level rise.
Antarctic warmth brings more snow, reducing sea level rise Alex Kirby Oliver Tickell | 18th March 2015 News Antarctica Oceans Sea Level Rise Climate Change Science antarctica-ice-meets-ocean-cut.jpg …
The Danish Navy has just supported the annual 'grind' cetacean slaughter on the Faroe Islands, seizing three boats used by Sea Shepherd to obstruct the hunt, and detaining their crew. The move enabled whale hunters to slaughter an entire pod of 33 pilot whales.
… traditionally bloodiest months of the hunt season. Volunteers needed: Sea Shepherd 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.
… including areas considered as 'High Seas' and waters and islands that lie within … ... " One of the world's last great coral seas despoiled The tragedy is that the South …
An new design of tidal power turbines will generate power at a third the price of current technologies, write Alex Kirby & Oliver Tickell, even at a lower price than offshore wind - without endangering marine life.
… for the waters around Britain, as well as overseas. What's new about the design is that the …
Days after Shell received US Government backing for its plans to drill in the Chukchi Sea in the Alaskan Arctic, volunteers from Greenpeace have occupied its 'Polar Pioneer' oil rig in the Pacific Ocean to demand a halt to all Arctic oil exploration.
… well in Alaska's Chukchi and Beaufort seas. And that's how the Greenpeace volunteers …
Ignoring its significant solar and wind power potential, Turkey is planning a massive 'dash for coal' with over 37,000 MW of new coal fired power stations.
… Group to build a coal power plant in the seaside town of Gerze are awaiting the …
Show the government you support the creation of a marine conservation network to protect the UK's threatened sea life
… Currently, less than one percent of our seas are protected – proposals in the UK … about the importance of protecting the seas and the need for a complete network of … for many of the 127 zones. Head of Living Seas at the Wildlife Trusts Joan Edwards says, …
The fight against climate change was delayed for decades as international law and national policies adapted to the new challenge. In the campaign to rid the world of ocean plastics - however - the laws are already in place. But we have to make sure they are enforced. OLIVER TICKELL, the veteran environmental journalist, investigates
… Plastics UNCLOS OSPAR Convention Law Of The Seas plastic-pollution.jpg The fight against … to allow their plastic waste to pollute our seas and oceans. No policeman So while we have … the International Tribunal for the Law of the Seas. But only states that are parties to a …
Revealed: the devastating flood London nearly suffered last week.
London flood surge 'worst in 60 years' Oliver Tickell | 9th December 2013 News Flood UK Regulation Climate Change ea-london-flood.png Revealed: the devastating flood London nearly suffered last week. …
UNEP today postponed the launch of a highly controversial report - branded as "lunatic" by climate campaigners - at the COP19 talks in Warsaw.
Campaigners cry 'insanity' as UNEP postpones frozen gas report Oliver Tickell | 18th November 2013 News Climate Change COP19 Methane UNEP Unfccc UNEP today postponed the launch of a highly …
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
… Project Ocean (tagline: no more fish in our seas) campaign and the establishment of the …
Long after we go extinct the human presence on Earth will be marked by a geological stratum rich in plastic garbage, according to a new study. Long-lived plastics are already widespread over the ocean floor, and there's a lot more on its way. Forget the 'Anthropocene' - the human era should rightly be called the Plasticene.
Humans will be remembered for leaving a 'plastic planet' Oliver Tickell | 28th January 2016 News Geology Science Waste Pollution Oceans plastic-beach-cut.jpg Long after we go extinct the human …
China's plans for 400 nuclear reactors threaten global catastrophe, writes Oliver Tickell. In the normal way of things we could expect major accidents every few years, but with 300 reactors along China's seismically active coast, a major tsunami would be a Fukushima on steroids - wiping out much of China and contaminating the whole planet.
Fukuzilla? China's nuclear boom threatens global catastrophe Oliver Tickell | 28th October 2015 Comment Nuclear China Energy fukushima-smoke-cut.jpg China's plans for 400 nuclear reactors threaten …
Uranium particles formed from exploding DU munitions are highly persistent in the environment, scientists have found. They are still hazardous after 30 years in soils or dumps and even their corrosion products are durable minerals.
Still dangerous after 30 years - Uranium particles from DU weapons Doug Weir Oliver Tickell | 1st February 2014 News DU Uranium Radiation eskmeals-pillbox.png Uranium particles formed from exploding …
Rothamsted Research has applied to field trial GM Camelina plants that make long chain omega-3 fatty acids - an important nutrient currently available only from fish. This poses a dilemma for those who have so far opposed GMO foods.
… begin shortly, in time for the 2014 growing season. Established GM campaigners have lost … elderly people are afflicted by Alzheimer's disease. There is however a serious problem. The seas are unable to provide enough fish to feed …
The key to reducing the risk of more floods like those in Carlisle is to realise that conventional 'flood defence' can never provide security against the ever more extreme weather events that global warming will bring. We must embrace natural solutions to holding back flood waters: more trees; and bring back the beavers!
Carlisle floods: bring back the trees, and the beavers! Oliver Tickell | 7th December 2015 Comment Water UK Forests Mammals England Scotland Natural World The Land Climate Change img_0861-cut.jpg The …
Would UKIP be riding so high if voters knew of the party's links with powerful right-wing US corporate interests promoting fossil fuels, denying climate change, opposing gun control, and supporting big tobacco, teaching creationism in schools, healthcare privatisation and the lifting of nuclear power regulation? An Ecologist investigation exposes the real UKIP.
UKIP uncut - acoloytes of America's far-right corporate gunslingers Alex Stevenson Oliver Tickell | 21st November 2014 News Politics UK USA Climate Change Fossil Fuels helmer-marita-noon-cut.jpg …
Decades violent expulsions, race laws and denial of citizenship lie at the root of the 'boat people' crisis in Thailand and Malaysia, writes Oliver Tickell. Attacks on the Rohingya minority have escalated since a new policy was announced in 2014 to permanently deny their rights.
Burma's race laws, expulsions, driving Rohingya refugees Oliver Tickell | 29th May 2015 News Human Rights Regligion Burma rohingya-rakhine-cut.jpg Decades violent expulsions, race laws and denial of …