The Lifetime Study of Japanese A-bomb survivors is a monumental fraud which deliberately excludes controls for being 'too healthy', writes Chris Busby. Put them back in, and you find that low levels of radiation cause over 100 times more cancer than they are 'meant' to, creating a silent global massacre of the innocent. Under the Euratom treaty, the entire nuclear industry must now be 'rejustified'.
The 'Genetics' letter, the Euratom suicide clause, and the death of the nuclear industry Chris Busby | 15th December 2016 Activism Nuclear Health Regulation Science Energy WMD UK EU …
The UK's Trident nuclear missile system has the power of 1,500 Hiroshima bombs, writes Angie Zelter - and to use it would be a monstrous and probably suicidal crime against humanity. Should we spend £130 billion renewing it? Or on schools, hospitals, libraries, social care and cycleways? The inspiring ActionAWE campaign is waking people up to the choice we face.
Love, hope and beauty against nuclear weapons Angie Zelter | 24th March 2015 Activism War Nuclear Protest UK education-not-trident-cut.jpg The UK's Trident nuclear missile system has the power of …
The government's policies on climate, energy and industry are not merely stupid, writes Alan Simpson. The repeated cuts to renewables and energy efficiency, combined with limitless largesse to fossil fuels, has reached the point of insanity in the face of the UK's legal obligations and the growing climate crisis. Only we, the people, can end the madness.
Britain's race for the climate abyss - only we can stop it now! Alan Simpson | 13th November 2015 Comment Climate Change Energy Renewables Fossil Fuels UK Politics Law COP21 prometheus-cut.jpg The …
Stephan Harding, coordinator of the MSc in Holistic Science at the Schumacher College, explains why standard economic growth is not the answer, and why personal Tradable Energy Quotas are...
Growing pains Stephan Harding | 7th December 2006 Comment Economics Growth Carbon Tradable Quotas GDP Stern Rationing Economics UK Stern Report Green Lifestyle Climate Change Politics And Economics …
An occupation of EDF's site office for Hinkley C turned into a celebration today as the EDF Board postponed its 'final investment decision' for the tenth time. With strong opposition among French unions and the project afflicted by severe technical and financial problems, it's not just Hinkley that's going down, but the UK's entire nuclear programme.
EDF's Hinkley C offices occupied as UK nuclear hopes wither Oliver Tickell | 15th February 2016 News Nuclear UK France China Finance Technology Energy Protest edf-occupied-cut.jpg An occupation of …
EDF's 'final investment decision' on the Hinkley C nuclear power station next week will be pure theatre, writes David Toke. The truth is that no concrete is to be poured until 2019 at the earliest. Meanwhile post-Brexit UK is running out of money to pay for it, and EDF is under investigation by the Financial Markets Authority for concealing information on Hinkley from investors.
EDF to postpone Hinkley C start until 2019 or beyond David Toke | 22nd July 2016 News Nuclear Energy Corporations Finance UK France hpc-ai-big-cut.jpg EDF's 'final investment decision' on the Hinkley …
In his new book environmental journalist Michael McCarthy bears witness to the astonishing decline in the once common wildlife of our countryside of the last few decades. But as Chris Rose writes, he does far more than bemoan the losses as he shares with us the joy that he still discovers in nature.
The Moth Snowstorm: nature, joy, and the great thinning Chris Rose | 30th June 2015 Reviews Natural World Farming UK Biodiversity Books moth-snowstorm-cut.jpg In his new book environmental journalist …
As an excuse to do nothing itself, this Labour Government has often hidden behind US intransigence on climate change, so it’ll be interesting to see how Gordon Brown might respond to a US President more progressive than he on global warming.
Climate change politics Joss Garman | 19th June 2008 Comment Gordon Brown Labour Carbon Laws Climate Change Heathrow UK Campaigns US Climate Change Politics And Economics GeorgeBush and brown.jpg As …
Jeremy Corbyn came under attack yesterday for his refusal to countenance the use of nuclear weapons, writes Commander Robert Green. But his stance is honourable and both legally and strategically correct - especially with his opposition to renewing the Trident nuclear missile system.
Jeremy Corbyn is right to reject Trident Commander Robert Green Royal Navy (Ret'd) | 9th November 2015 Comment Nuclear WMD War Politics UK USA corbyn-trident-cut.jpg Jeremy Corbyn came under attack …
Trident nuclear accidents and terrorism are the greatest threats we face - conclusion Able Seaman William McNeilly | 18th May 2015 Activism Nuclear WMD UK Are the subs even capable of firing …
After the world's warmest year ever governments are pouring trillions into fossil fuels every year and the UK has even created a legal obligation on itself to maximise oil and gas recovery, writes Donnachadh McCarthy. But thanks to the UK's media billionaires climate change has not even figured as an election issue. Join us to protest tomorrow!
Occupy Gandhi: a tarpaulin meditation on urgent climate action Donnachadh McCarthy | 3rd May 2015 Activism Climate Change Media UK Politics mahatma_gandhi_tavistock-cut.jpg After the world's warmest …
Europe's periphories are meant to be in a state of collapse - but not so the Shetland Isles, where Thembi Mutch found a land of open skies, howling storms, historic traditions, and an active, growing community of notable individuals ...
Maybe we can all learn from smaller islands? Thembi Mutch | 8th March 2014 Ethical Living Scotland UK man-guitar.png Europe's periphories are meant to be in a state of collapse - but not so the …
Today the Green party announced a doubling of its membership since January - 500 this last weekend alone, writes Ian Sinclair. They offer an increasingly attractive alternative to the 'mainstream' parties, who have little to offer but a bleak package of privatisation, neoliberalism and never-ending austerity.
… visiting food banks, more depression and more suicides, as Dr David Stuckler explains in his …
Demolishing 'sink' council estates is no way to solve social problems, writes Loretta Lees. All it does is force low income communities out of affordable housing, and open valuable urban sites up for profitable redevelopment. But then, maybe that's the point?
Cameron's 'sink estate' strategy - social cleansing by another name? Loretta Lees | 24th January 2016 Comment Cities Society Development UK Politics Community council-estate-cut.jpg Demolishing …
Daniel Raven-Ellison is a man with a big idea - making London the world's first 'National Park City' to safeguard, and promote the enjoyment of London's myriad natural treasures, writes Lucy Anna Scott. Is he bonkers? Probably. But with a growing band of backers getting behind his bold vision, who cares?
'He is bonkers?' Daniel Raven-Ellison on a Greater London National Park Lucy Anna Scott | 7th October 2014 Comment UK Cities Natural World dre.jpg Daniel Raven-Ellison is a man with a big idea - …
Remote, beautiful and totally uninhabited, St Kilda is a wild paradise just off the Scottish coast. In an extract from his book, Isles on the Edge of the Sea, author Jonny Muir explains why it was love at first sight
St Kilda: exploring Scotland’s most westerly point Jonny Muir | 31st August 2011 Ethical Living St Kilda Scotland UK Travel Jonny Muir Natural World hirta.jpg Remote, beautiful and totally …
Greens are united in opposing neoliberal 'austerity', write Rupert Read & Sandy Irvine. But there's another kind of austerity to which we are committed - that of living within ecological limits. But base the transition on social, economic and environmental justice, and there will be nothing austere about it. The future we're working for is one of sustainable, life-enhancing abundance.
Death to 'austerity'. Long live sustainable abundance! Rupert Read Sandy Irvine | 30th August 2015 News Economics Green Economy Politics UK Society world-in-our-hands-cut.jpg Greens are united in …