Fossil fuel companies are feeling the heat from investors concerned that many of their assets may prove worthless.
… other initiatives, with increasing numbers of shareholders around the world demanding more … carbon energy sources or returning capital to shareholders." Radical cutbacks required The …
We do not have to be constrained by our current dysfunctional system of capitalism, argues Michael Townsend. People are already finding and implementing more attractive alternatives. A quiet revolution is under way ...
… and even in failing its primary allies - the shareholders . Our system of commerce is … while they turn the company around. Dell shareholders have recently approved a $24.9bn …
The UK's fracking protests are working says Jan Goodey who has been reporting for the Ecologist from Balcombe since the first of the protestors turned up to stop the drills
… and its share price was Aus$0.92. These days shareholders can expect Aus$0.06, a 92% loss. …
Communities should take power into their own hands to build an abundant local clean energy supply to secure our future energy on a national scale, claims Kayla Ente, founder of community energy service co-operative BHESCo......
… that subsidies will be transferred to the shareholders of large corporate power … energy, powering approximately 16,000 homes. Shareholders in these co-operatives are making …
The UK's £375 billion 'National Infrastructure Plan' is dominated by long-failed Zombie Projects, says civil engineer Nick Balmer. Not just a huge waste of time and money, they distract from the important task of rebuilding Britain for the 21st century.
… of £600 million in order to make a return to shareholders of about £24 million. It is easy … which would otherwise have been part of the shareholders return. These shareholders are generally not 'fat cats' - …
Romania's parliament has voted down changes to mining laws that would have allowed Europe's biggest open cast pit gold mine to go ahead at Rosia Montana in the Carpathian mountains.
Romania rejects Rosia Montana gold mine The Ecologist | 12th December 2013 News Romania Mining Gold Romania's parliament has voted down changes to mining laws that would have allowed Europe's biggest …
As governments in economic difficulties increasingly turn to environmentally damaging extraction industries for quick cash, citizens of those countries are responding with increasingly louder cries of protest. Lorna Howarth reports...........
… in that world? Certainly not the CEOs and shareholders of the corporations that profit …
Evolution favours diversity and decentralisation. GM food favours monoculture and monopoly. So, in my view, this so-called scientific food revolution is anti-evolution ...
… financial profits in the interest of their shareholders, is a recipe for disaster. …
Speaking to the World Coal Association in Warsaw, the UNFCCC's executive secretary tells the coal industry: invest in renewables; and leave most of your coal underground.
… responsibility to your workforce and your shareholders. Like any other industry, you are …
India’s Dongria Kondh tribe have rejected plans by mining giant Vedanta Resources for an open-pit bauxite mine in their sacred Niyamgiri Hills. Although the decision is not yet final, the case has been hailed as an unprecedented triumph for tribal rights ...
… to worldwide attention. Several important shareholders have publicly disinvested from …
Bill McKibben, founder of the 350.org network, is one of the world's most effective climate change campaigners. And he is in the UK this week. Adam Ramsay of Open Democracy caught up with him ...
Bill McKibben: time for the climate movement to get on the front foot Adam Ramsay | 31st October 2013 Comment Climate Change Campaign 350.org Green Economy bill-mckibben.png Bill McKibben, founder of …
Could your fashion style be destroying forests and driving orang-utans towards extinction? Nicole Rycroft shows how cellulose fibres used in textiles are a major cause of biodiversity loss worldwide. But your choices can make all the difference ...
… full reporting on supply chain risk. Shareholders want to know if the company they …
The UK’s new Energy Bill, to be scrutinised by a House of Lords committee next week, will do little to change the UK’s economy’s addiction to fossil fuels. London resident Miriam Ross reflects on living in the coal capital of the world....
… money. But as consumers and even as shareholders, our power is limited. What we …