The isolation of the white wilderness is coming to an end. Scientists and activists are urging caution but Russia is leading an urgent rush to exploit the Arctic’s oil and gas reserves. Tom Levitt reports
… arctic2.jpg The Arctic could be ice-free in Summer months by 2030 (Image: Peter … of the region being ice-free during the Summer months by 2030 should serve as a …
By quantifying the economic benefit of its trees through air pollution, shade and flood alleviation, the English Riviera town of Torbay hopes to reverse traditional local antagonism
… , flood alleviation and energy saved due to summer shade and slower heat loss in the …
German artist Ruppe Koselleck is buying up shares in the oil giant BP by selling artwork made from oil spills around the world, including the Gulf of Mexico spill
… between the toes, under the great heat of the summer sun. It was then that I decided, for …
Microsoft founder Bill Gates providing funding for geoegineering experiment to increase whiteness of clouds, reflect more sunlight back into space and reduce global warming
… It could also be used over Arctic to reduce summer ice melt, the scientists said. READ …
Government lawyers set to argue in High Court that EU rules allow them to delay meeting air pollution targets until as late as 2025 in London despite growing health crisis
… is then unlikely to be heard before next Summer. The fear is that Defra will try to …
Unlike large dams, now widely acknowledged to be unsustainable and ineffective, micro-hydro involves the use of small mills and dams to provide clean energy and an alternative source of income for rural communities.
… hot water over the year – 100 percent in the summer and around 15 percent in winter. …
Will Day is still to prove his credentials to environmentalists as he replaces the high-profile Jonathon Porritt as the head of the Sustainable Development Commission (SDC). In one of his first media interviews, he gives the Ecologist his position on GM technology, nuclear power and the jargon of sustainability
… election inevitably coming up before next summer. How can we have the issues that we …
Ka Hsaw Wa has seen many of his friends killed and has suffered torture at the hands of the Burmese military. Now he is taking Unocal, one of the US companies that trades with the murderous regime, to court. One of the most wanted men in Burma, talks to The Ecologist.
… had been profoundly affected by spending a summer teaching English to Burmese refugees in …