In the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 we have found oil slicks and debris everywhere - none of it connected to the missing plane, writes Paul Mobbs. The seas are littered with human trash, and it's killing the oceanic ecosystem.
… to the missing plane, writes Paul Mobbs. The seas are littered with human trash, and it's …
After over a century of coal ash and colliery waste dumping, the Tyne and Wear coastline is no stranger to industrial pollution. But soon a horrific new technology - underground coal gasification (UCG) - will endanger human health and the environment, backed by unflinching Government support and generous lashings of taxpayers' money.
'Underground coal gasification' hell-fires threaten Tyneside and the North Sea Paul Mobbs | 3rd April 2015 News Oceans Energy Gas Fracking Fossil Fuels UK Finance Mining seaham-pier-cut.jpg After …
None of the various technofixes on offer alter the fact that humanity has to learn to stop living on the last drops of cheap energy, and to start living within its means
Face up to natural limits, or face a 1970s-style energy crisis Paul Mobbs | 19th January 2010 Comment Energy Climate Change Oil Gas 3globes.jpg None of the various technofixes on offer alter the fact …
Three years after the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe hit our TV screens, Paul Mobbs examines the still unfolding global disaster - and the motives of politicians whose love of nuclear power is stronger, than it is wise.
Fukushima meltdown continues around the world Paul Mobbs | 12th March 2013 News Japan USA UK Nuclear Power Radiation Energy fukushima-water-sampling.png Three years after the Fukushima nuclear …
Food is so much more than a heap of pre-processed consumer products snatched from supermarket shelves or websites, writes Paul Mobbs. And the key to unlocking its deeper meaning is to prepare, bake and cook your own from basic ingredients: in the process expressing creativity, developing skills, building independence from the industrial food machine, meditating in doing, saving money ... and making some pretty amazing hummus!
Hummus and mindfulness: skills, resilience and relaxation beyond consumerism Paul Mobbs | 16th May 2017 Ethical Living Food Consumerism hummus-garlic-cut.jpg Food is so much more than a heap of …
The shocking death of Zane Gbangbola, killed by toxic gas from a 'forgotten' landfill under his home, exposes the UK's dangerous legacy of contaminated land, writes Paul Mobbs. Without action, these polluted sites will damage health and even kill for centuries to come. But governments, local authorities, landowners and developers are united in a shameful policy of silence and denial.
Zane: the lethal conspiracy of silence over contaminated land must end Paul Mobbs | 6th September 2016 News Waste Pollution Politics England UK Health trespassers-will-cut.jpg The shocking death of …
Politicians are forever citing 'terror' as a reason to expand the security state and restrict civil liberties, writes Paul Mobbs. But when it comes to the real threats that face the world - ecological breakdown, climate disruption, resource crises, and an unjust and rapacious world order ... well, that's all 'green crap'. Isn't it?
Britain's real 'terror threat': eco-sceptic politicians Paul Mobbs | 3rd September 2014 Comment War Oil Water Climate Change Society Politics Iraq Syria drought-santafe-arg-cut.jpg Politicians are …
The apparent conspiracy by the UK government and its agencies to conceal the real cause of death of 7-year old Zane Gbangbola may go right up to Prime Minister David Cameron, writes Paul Mobbs. He was chair of the COBRA emergency committee at the time when it appears to have held back the truth that he was killed by cyanide from the toxic landfill site his home was built over.
Zane: did Cameron order cover-up on landfill cyanide death of 7-year old? Paul Mobbs | 14th December 2015 News Toxics Waste Pollution Cities Politics Law UK selly-oak-landfill-cut.jpg The apparent …