Naomi Salmon argues that human rights law can - and should - have a crucial role in the fight to green our food systems ...
… is a legitimate policy concern under both EU and WTO rules. However, the … government attempting to move unilaterally and purposefully towards a … in a time of transition. The world, and our understanding of it, is changing rapidly. …
Mumta Ito is the founder of the International Centre for Wholistic Law, which aims to realign the application and methodology of law with the universal laws that govern all life. She began by telling The Ecologist how her journey began in an improbable place ...
… Spirituality mumta-ito.png Mumta Ito is the founder of the International Centre for … application and methodology of law with the universal laws that govern all life. She began … something within me was feeling deeply unfulfilled. This continued until my search …
End Ecocide has just days left in which to gather 1 million signatures from across Europe. Joselyn Morton urges all Ecologists to sign - and force the European Commission to progress the initiative.
… Europe , led by Prisca Merz, are working around the clock. Less than a week is left before … to reach 1 million signatures. For a group of unpaid volunteers, without any funding or sponsorships, …
The impact of fracking on communities and ecosystems demands a complete rethink of the human relationship with nature, writes Shannon Biggs. Nature has rights - and this must be reflected in our laws.
… The impact of fracking on communities and ecosystems demands a complete … fracking .' Along with tar sands mining and mountaintop removal, fracking (or hydraulic … of energy on the planet, releasing huge amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere …
The Law Commission says the UK's wildlife agencies should be able to compel landowners to clear invasive exotic plants and animals from their land, or enter land and do it themselves.
… order would have the right to appeal to a tribunal and, where relevant, would be compensated …
The Keystone XL pipeline was dealt a blow in a Nebraska court this week when a key enabling law was ruled 'unconstitutional' - bringing the controversial project to a standstill in the state.
… this week when a key enabling law was ruled 'unconstitutional' - bringing the controversial … to proceed through the state. Lancaster County Judge Stephanie Stacy issued a ruling … to refineries in Texas. State law ruled unconstitutional The landowners who brought …
Richard Brooks spoke out against the destruction of Canada's publicly owned boreal forests and loss of caribou habitat. His reward - a $7 million lawsuit from the country's biggest logger, Resolute.
… His reward - a $7 million lawsuit from the country's biggest logger, Resolute. We are … democracy, free speech and human rights. But under its strongly 'conservative' leadership, the country is no longer what it used to be. …
The struggle for collective rights unites all Indigenous peoples from North America to Palestine, writes Sarah Marusek - as does their common narrative of resistance to colonialism, imperialism and capitalism.
… Indigenous peoples of the world, unite! Dr Sarah Marusek | 13th March 2014 … The struggle for collective rights unites all Indigenous peoples from North … Studies Association (NAISA) also announced its support for the boycott campaign. …
For sheer guts, vision and results, a single organisation stands out among the US's environmental defenders - the Alliance for the Wild Rockies. Jeffrey St. Clair met its leader, Mike Garrity, winner of 2014's Grassroots Activist Award.
… a campfire in the foothills of the Bridger Mountains of western Montana, with a few close … sipping whiskey while watching a dazzling sunset dissolve behind the ragged peak of Haystack Mountain on the distant horizon. It was my 50th …
The nuclear industry and its media cheerleaders have raised a chorus of misinformation over Fukushima, writes Karl Grossman. But their attempts to suppress the truth are ultimately doomed to failure.
… of Hiroshima and Nagasaki" , wrote Yale University Professor Emeritus Charles Perrow … England and Chelyabinsk in the Ural Mountains, and the nuclear power plant accidents at Three Mile Island in the United States and Chernobyl in what is now …
The European Commission has launched legal proceedings against the UK for persistent air pollution problems - specifically its failure to cut toxic oxides of nitrogen, known as 'NOx'.
… The European Commission has launched legal proceedings against the UK for … dioxide is the main pre-cursor for ground-level ozone causing major respiratory … should have been achieved by 1 January 2010 - unless an extension was granted until 1 …
Nigeria is suffering political instability resulting from desertification and pollution, writes Senator Bukola Saraki. As Africa's most populous country it has no choice but to engage in the fight against climate change, its causes, and its consequences.
… 2014 Comment Nigeria Africa Climate Change Unfccc Law nigeria-water-for-sale.png Nigeria … Bukola Saraki. As Africa's most populous country it has no choice but to engage in the … will not be seen in the news. That is, not until it is too late. A fair amount of the …
Those who finance and direct strategic campaigns to undermine the public's ability to develop and voice informed opinions on climate change should - writes Lawrence Rorcello - face criminal penalties.
… who finance and direct strategic campaigns to undermine the public's ability to develop and … penalties. The importance of clearly communicating science to the public should not be underestimated. Accurately understanding our …
Air pollution in London and other British cities is intolerable, writes Caroline Allen. Faced with the same deadly problem Paris has just imposed restrictions on cars - but here politicians do nothing. It's time to elect some who will act for public health!
… has come - the evenings are longer, the sun is shining, the daffodils are flowering. It would be so nice to enjoy the warm, sunny days and yet there is that annoying … to be breathing this material deep into our lungs. Then there are gases. The main problem …
On the final day of the trial of Caroline Lucas and other anti-fracking protestors, we ask - what about human rights? Entirely neglected by the government in its desperate drive to frack, they ought to trump all other policy considerations.
… is taking a clear pro-fracking stance, in communities around the UK there are both supporters and … over whether or not we should develop our 'unconventional' shale gas reserves. Health, …
Green MP Caroline Lucas has been in court in Brighton this week following her arrest at Cuadrilla's exploratory fracking site near Balcombe, Sussex. Zoe Broughton reports ...
… fossil fuel reserves must stay in the ground if we are to have any hope of avoiding … fossil fuel reserves must stay in the ground if we are to have any hope of avoiding …
This statement was read out by the five anti-fracking campaigners standing trial at Brighton Magistrates Court this week, for joining in a peaceful protest near the Sussex village of Balcombe. The trial will resume on 17th April, when a verdict is expected.
… Time is running out Caroline Lucas her co-defendants | … of peer-reviewed studies and put together by hundreds of respected scientists. Leaked drafts … of dollars off the global economy. Time is running out. The latest science suggests that …
The International Court of Justice has ordered Japan to revoke its 'scientific whaling' permits in the Antarctic and cease to issue new ones as they are not for scientific purposes. Next, the North Pacific ...
… to maintaining healthy whale populations around the world." Clare Perry, head of EIA's … to justify Japan's continued commercial hunting of protected whales and despite a … be clear analysis and justification of a country's decision to set quotas in the form of …
The US Fisheries Service has repeatedly failed to give highly endangered Right whales adequate protection. Now wildlife groups are suing the Agency to demand a more than tenfold expansion of 'critical habitat' to protect the species along the US's Atlantic coast.
… the whale's nursery, breeding and feeding grounds along the East Coast. It would expand the … square miles. The Humane Society of the United States, the Center for Biological … senior attorney for The Humane Society of the United States. Current 'critical habitat' …
Federal Agencies have capitulated to an armed militia protecting a Nevada rancher running his cattle on 100s of 1,000s of acres of public land reserved for 'threatened' Desert tortoises - despite multiple court orders and over $1 million in unpaid fines.
… an armed militia protecting a Nevada rancher running his cattle on 100s of 1,000s of acres … multiple court orders and over $1 million in unpaid fines. The Bureau of Land Management, … worse, they returned 400 head of cattle rounded up over the past week so they can be …
The Green MP for Brighton, Caroline Lucas, and four other protestors have been found 'not guilty' by Brighton magistrates on charges of obstructing the highway and other public order offences at a 2013 anti-fracking protest. 'The fight goes on!'
… Lucas, and four other protestors have been found 'not guilty' by Brighton magistrates on … at Brighton Magistrates' Court were today found not guilty of obstructing the public … Sheila Menon and Ruth Potts, were amongst hundreds of people who were peacefully …
As the destruction of the biosphere continues, we need to establish new legal systems to protect what remains. Mumta Ito proposes a new beginning for environmental law based on extending 'civil rights' to the natural world.
… and Species Directive, the UK Wildlife and Countryside Act and the US Endangered Species … - selectively protect species proven to be under risk. However, in a radically … species loss at 1,000-10,000 times the background rate); this approach is no longer enough. …
Following her acquittal on charges of obstructing the entrance to a fracking site in Balcombe, Sussex, Caroline Lucas explains why this is only the beginning of the fight against shale gas - and why we must also promote the clean energy alternatives.
… of yet more fossil fuels. And with mounting evidence of the urgent need to tackle … That will only happen when David Cameron announces an end to fracking, and investment … sources. Fossil fuels have to stay deep underground The latest evidence suggests that …
Following the ruling by the International Court of Justice that Japan's whaling in the Antarctic is illegal, Elizabeth Claire Alberts examines the legal, financial and practical challenges of a continued whaling program - with some help from Sea Shepherd's Captain Paul Watson.
… Claire Alberts | 24th April 2014 News Oceans Hunting Law Cetaceans ss-whale-research-cut.jpg … that Japan's "scientific" whaling program was unlawful, and ordered the Institute of … scientific program. Captain Paul Watson, founder of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, …