After a run of low quality GM cotton crops with unusually short fibres, Burkina Faso has ended its love affair with Monsanto's Bt cotton, writes Claire Robinson. In a further blow to the company, growers are demanding $280 million compensation for their losses.
Burkina Faso calls time on Monsanto's GM cotton, demands $280m damages Claire Robinson GMWatch | 1st February 2016 News Burkina Faso Gm Cotton Africa Burkinabè Monsanto dadjan wassinatou, 34, holds a …
Eight years ago the first exploration applications for unconventional gas extraction were submitted in South Africa. Last week fracking finally received official attention from South Africa's legislature during a debate that revealed how the country's different political parties gauge the benefits and risks linked to the drilling technique. JASPER FINKELDEY was at that debate.
WITNESS: South Africa's Parliament split over future of fracking Jasper Finkeldey | 5th December 2016 Comment Fracking South Africa Politics Renewables Fossil Fuels hydro fracking.jpg Eight years ago …
A huge march of over 20,000 people including local farmers last weekend marked the biggest protest yet against a new international airport in France's Loire Valley. The peaceful occupation of a bridge was later attacked by riot police with tear gas and water cannon.
France: 20,000 protest Loire Valley airport Squat!net | 12th January 2016 News Protest France Climate Change Aviation Transport pont-chevire-cut.jpg A huge march of over 20,000 people including local …
The city of Brussels, capital of Europe, has joined with other Belgian regions to defeat the CETA 'free trade' deal between the EU and Canada, in an unprecedented victory for civil society and campaigners against the EU's 'by the corporations, for the corporations' trade agenda.
Brussels defeats toxic EU-Canada trade deal, CETA Oliver Tickell | 24th October 2016 News Belgium EU Canada Trade Campaigning brussels-cut.jpg The city of Brussels, capital of Europe, has joined with …
The hybrid model of mass organising is based on both the structure and momentum traditions. So what is the history of successful protest, and how can it inform our work today?
Movement power: history, repeating Brendan Montague | 23rd April 2024 | Comment Hybrid Strategy DREAM Act Migration Occupy Wall Street Tipping Point UK Ayni Institute Extinction Rebellion Activism …
Oxford scientists launch ambitious roadmap for circular carbon plastics economy.
The future of plastics Brendan Montague | 31st January 2024 | News Oxford University Plastics Economics Compostable plastic for paper Oxford scientists launch ambitious roadmap for circular carbon …
Over 300 major food companies used to buy palm oil from IOI, writes Annisa Rahmawati. But after the company was found to be destroying vast areas of Indonesia's rainforest and draining peatlands to make new palm oil plantations, it has been deserted by its customers. Now IOI must go beyond just sticking to the rules, and start actively repairing the damage it has caused.
… peat and forest areas; no measurable goals or timelines; no plans for ending peat drainage …
The EDF board is meeting tomorrow to reach its 'final investment decision' on Hinkley C. It was meant to be a rubber stamp but now it's anything but, as EDF's share price sinks to a new low, unions and employee directors harden their opposition to the project, and projects in France, Finland and China run way over time and cost with severe technical problems and safety concerns.
EDF's Hinkley C decision 'on a knife edge' as problems crowd in Oliver Tickell | 26th January 2016 News Nuclear Energy Finance UK France China Waste hinkley-blockade-cut.jpg The EDF board is meeting …
Students call on Imperial College London to end all fossil fuels investments from its £542 million endowment - as university finance becomes a global flashpoint.
… and make the necessary transitions within the timelines dictated by science. Imperial …
Australia's nuclear industry has a shameful history of 'radioactive racism' that dates from the British bomb tests in the 1950s, writes Jim Green. The same attitudes persist today with plans to dump over half a million tonnes of high and intermediate level nuclear waste on Aboriginal land, and open new uranium mines. But now Aboriginal peoples and traditional land owners are fighting back!
… been run in a real Udnyu (whitefella) way. Timelines are short, information is hard to …
The hybrid organising model is formed from the DNA of its two parents – the structure and momentum traditions – which will ensure the success of its offspring.
Movement power: the DNA of successful campaigns Brendan Montague | 19th April 2024 | Comment Hybrid Strategy DREAM Act Migration Occupy Wall Street Tipping Point UK Ayni Institute Extinction …