Next month is the time for green activists to get together in the glorious Peak District, coordinate future actions on everything from fracking to road-building and climate change ... and of course, share the love, writes Indra donFrancesco, Yes, it's the Earth First! summer gathering, and there's never been stronger reasons to go.
… Earth First! summer gathering - the resurgence Indra … donFrancesco, Yes, it's the Earth First! summer gathering, and there's never been … made up of people who, at the end of each Summer Gathering, volunteer to help put on the …
Three scientific expeditions into the Atlantic ocean will take place this summer, writes outdoor philosopher Kate Rawles. But as well as gathering data about plastic pollution and over-fishing, they will give participants the chance to think deeply about our society, its values, the often false narratives it tells; and our place, as humans, in the natural world.
… into the Atlantic ocean will take place this summer, writes outdoor philosopher Kate … Dragon , sailing the North Atlantic Gyre last summer to investigate ocean plastic pollution. … Kate Rawles and the crew of Sea Dragon this summer. More information at panexplore.com . …
Endangered whales and dolphins live year-round in an area of the Mediterranean earmarked for oil and gas exploration.
… inhabit the Hellenic Trench off Greece in the summer, but until now little has been known … deep waters of the Hellenic Trench in both summer and winter. Threatened The research was … Endangered Species Research , is entitled: "Summer and winter surveys of deep waters of …
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.
… the final go ahead on its plans to drill this summer in the Arctic from the US government's … Chukchi Sea and intends to drill there this summer, after attempted exploratory drilling … drilling forays off the coast of Alaska this summer. Both of the firms have had previous …
A remarkable young environmentalist is standing in the way of a controversial Canadian oil pipeline which campaigners fear could become the next Exxon-Valdez or Deepwater Horizon disaster. Eric Keen reports
… get past James Pilkington. For the last three summers, this 27-year old Ontarian has lived … intimate portrayal of a typical Caamano Sound summer, an absurdly high-resolution insight … story.' Throughout my days of research last summer at NCCS’s headquarters, James’s voice …
Stop polluting politics: activists hang a banner off Westminster Bridge vowing to challenge MPs who take oil money.
… has witnessed record-breaking heatwaves every summer, while rising oil and gas prices have … of climate breakdown ourselves. "Every summer, we experience more extreme heatwaves, … Montague is editor of The Ecologist . Every summer, we experience more extreme heatwaves, …
Two Councils at the front line of fracking protests - Greater Manchester and West Sussex - have pension funds investing in the major fracking operators - while decisions on planning applications to frack are pending.
… which made the news headlines in the summer at Balcombe. Greater Manchester Pension … to continue its controversial work from last summer with a series of flow tests to assess …
Just when the UK's government might want to be boosting its green credentials it has chosen to do the precise opposite, writes Steffen Böhm: giving tax breaks and subsidies to oil and gas, while attacking renewables and energy efficiency. We must unite to oppose these destructive and short-sighted policies
… Unfortunately that's exactly what the summer budget introduced last week by UK … a rollback of green policies. In his summer budget, Osborne promised continued tax …
A decade of 'diminishing' regulation funding puts pressure on water pollution enforcement.
… performance by some companies and this summer’s imposition of hosepipe bans amid high … and that’s a really good news story. “This summer I think because of the heightened …
The Apollo Programme proposed this week to make renewable energy cheaper than coal through technological advances is welcome, writes James Dyke. But the real problems are political, not technological. Unless we back the Apollo vision by challenging the power of fossil fuel companies, it can never succeed.
… in Seattle, before heading north in the summer to start developing new fields in the … temperatures in the Arctic and so reduced summer ice, which makes it easier to drill for …
Lake Ypacarai, southern Paraguay, was immortalised by the Spanish singer Julio Iglesias and his song about meeting a woman next to the blue lake. But due to pollution the lake has turned from blue to vivid green and then to murky brown. JOSEPH DUTTON investigates
… to swim and play in the lake. During the summer months of December and January tourists … receives few visitors, even in the height of summer. Parcels of land across San Bernardino …
China's smog is an increasing cause of public discontent, writes Oliver Wild - and no wonder! New research shows that the country's air pollution is killing over a million people every year. Thanks to China's geography the problem is hard to solve, but the rapid rise of renewables and the slow demise of coal do offer the promise of cleaner, healthier future.
… as the preferred means of keeping cool in summer. At the turn of the century Beijing had … strict air pollution controls during the summer Olympics in 2008, for the APEC forum …
Nuclear power advocates cling like limpets to the idea of 'baseload' power, writes Michael Mariotte. No surprise there - it's the only selling point they've got. It's just too bad the idea is obsolete. Variable renewables combined with stronger grids, energy storage and responsive demand can do a better job for less money. No wonder the shills are getting desperate.
… of low demand. During peak power needs - hot summer days in most of the country - smaller … dominated by a single utility (a la Vogtle or Summer ) will ever again build mega-billion …
A new report about to be released shows methane leaks from active and abandoned wells in British Columbia are more than twice as high as government estimates making them more polluting than commercial transportation, writes ANDREW NIKIFORUK
… The report will be released later in the summer and submitted to the industry-funded …
A landmark court ruling has set back Shell's plans to drill for Arctic oil. It represents a great victory for indigenous peoples and environmental groups - and a serious setback for the oil giant's Arctic expansion.
… restart exploration drillings off Alaska this summer have been halted by a US court judgment …
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.
… deliver a verdict on the case heard this summer. Remarkably, Zane's parents were denied …
Tesla Energy's new mains power battery has just transformed the energy market - giving a huge boost to small scale renewable energy and killing off both fossil fuelled and nuclear power in the process.
… and installation.) Deliveries begin in late Summer." And according to energy analyst Arnie …
While the fossil fuel industry and Republican states and senators step up legal and political challenges to Obama's Clean Power Plan, protests have also been flooding in to the EPA's ten regional offices from climate activists - demanding that it cut out dirty biofuels and 'carbon trading' loopholes, and protect vulnerable communities from fossil fuel pollution.
… and our country's economy." Introduced last summer, the CPP looks to bring down power …
As Lancashire councillors prepare to decide the planning application to frack in the county, writes Kyla Mandel, the UK's transparency watchdog has ordered the government to publish in full a report on the impacts of fracking, previously published only in a heavily redacted version.
… redacted fracking report was released last summer after a Freedom of Information request …