GMB, the union for staff at the Environment Agency, is warning thatcutting 1,700 jobs will increase the risk of flooding and threaten the good management of England's water resources.
… Union warns: 1,700 job losses at Environment … News UK Water Flooding Regulation GMB, the union for staff at the Environment Agency, is … of England's water resources. The GMB trade union is joining with Prospect, UNISON and …
The proposed structure of Juncker's new European Commission sidelines sustainability issues and risks undoing years of environmental legislation. The European Parliament must now block his deregulatory assault on the EU’s climate, energy, biodiversity, pollution, chemicals and environmental health policies.
… 2. Upgrade the Vice-President for Energy Union to a Vice-President for ‘Climate Action and Energy Union' and have this reflected in her mandate. … of the Project Team for a Resilient Energy Union and a Forward- Looking Climate Change …
The driver for the businessmen who funded the Brexit campaign was cutting environmental and social protections to increase profits. But knowing this would win few votes, the public campaign focused on 'taking back control' and immigration. So what does this mean for the environment in post-Brexit Britain, asks BRENDAN MONTAGUE
… negotiations with the rest of the European Union. The dog-whistle politics of the Tories … to profit and success. The European Union is seen - rightly - as an instrument of … and unaccountable intrusion of the European Union into nearly every aspect of our lives’.” …
Brexit is part of a corporate campaign to remove, undermine and attack European Union regulations and increase the rate of growth and profit. But these very regulations are necessary for the protection of the environment - and life itself. PROFESSOR JOHN McMURTRY, author of The Cancer Stage of Capitalism: from Crisis to Cure, raises the alarm.
… Theresa May Conservatives Regulation European Union Environment … to remove, undermine and attack European Union regulations and increase the rate of … of Negotiations’ to leave the European Union proceeds as if nothing has happened. …
'Green jobs' are part of economic recovery plans across the globe. But in the rush to create environmental employment, do we risk forgetting the most important things about work: safety and security?
… manufacturer based in the UK. Not just jobs Unions in the US, where President Barack Obama … 2009 report commissioned by several US unions and environmental groups, found green … happen by accident. AFL-CIO, the US national union federation, has invested $1m in a Center …
Next week, EU governments will vote on whether to re-authorise the weedkiller glyphosate, judged by IARC to be a probable human carcinogen, writes Molly Scott Cato. The disgraceful shenanigans of the Commission and the European Food Safety Agency to date provide a clear example of the EU and member states conspiring with corporations, against citizens.
… European Union - stop glyphosate reauthorisation! Molly … to argue for the UK to leave the European Union: the UK government is at least as keen …
A twenty-five year wait for first convictions relating to the gas leak at Bhopal chemical plant in India ends, but the contamination of the local environment and population continues
… disasters - the gas leak at the US-owned Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, … terms were dropped. The then chairman of Union Carbide, Warren Anderson, has remained … toxic chemicals leaching from the abandoned Union Carbide pesticide plant continues. …
Remember when the UK was the 'dirty man of Europe'? What has changed since then, writes Caroline Lucas, is our membership of the EU - which has made us raise our environmental performance on everything from fisheries to air pollution, nature conservation, clean bathing waters and renewable energy. Leave, and it could all go into reverse.
… Britain to remain a member of the European Union. In a fast-changing world we need … stand out quite so clearly as the European Union's role in protecting our environment. In … blighted our beaches. In 1976, the European Union passed the Bathing Water Directive , …
The nature of Britain's trade deals with the United States after Brexit raises serious concerns about the quality of food on supermarket shelves - and the influence of vested interests in the meat industry, reports LAWRENCE CARTER of EnergyDesk, Greenpeace.
… Trump Meat Regulation Chicken Beef European Union Trade cattle_(1).jpg The nature of … the same terms that we have with the European Union.” No “safe level” The US maintains that … and was strongly opposed by the European Union “on the grounds of persisting …
Is the constitution inherently undemocratic, or will it make the EU more accountable to European voters? Is greater coordination at the European level essential for promoting environmental safeguards, or will it merely serve the interests of big business Marc Glendening and Richard Corbett discuss
… | 10th January 2009 Comment European Union Debate European Constitution EU UK … that the EEC would become transformed into a union with, among other things, its own police … us to continue to do that in our enlarged union of 25 countries. Best wishes, Richard …
European Union rules to prevent 1.7 million tonnes of fish a year being discarded are being flouted.
… July 2019 News Fishing Overfishing European Union Regulation 21553787-1.jpg European Union rules to prevent 1.7 million tonnes of … fish overboard in defiance of a European Union ban, putting stocks at risk, peers have …
Responsible for one of the worst industrial accidents in the world, Dow Chemical's toxic legacy threatens the reputation of the London Olympics
… During the night 2-3 December 1984 the Union Carbide India Limited pesticide plant in … part in the disaster. The then chairman of Union Carbide, Warren Anderson, has remained … On hearing that Dow Chemical, which now own Union Carbide, were sponsors of the London …
What is the true impact of the proposed ban on ‘meaty’ names for meat-free products?
… Politics Politics And Economics European Union … names for meat-free products? The European Union was asked to ban labels like ‘veggie … rights of vegans that are set out by the Union. The letter states the proposed measures …
Protests. A political free-for-all or a new collective activism around social and environmental problems? Sylvia Rowley and Rachel Straus find out.
… supporting the march ranged from the Trade Union Council to Oxfam, from the WWF to Every … make a difference. But for a long time trade unions have been saying you can make a … unregulated organisations. 'All the trade unions are here. Their people are being …
As we slowly recover from one of the worst economic recessions of our time, Move Your Money will guide us towards building a safer and better banking system that we can rely on
… socially useful banks in the UK, like credit unions, building societies and the … planet HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE How credit unions can succeed where banks fail If you're … project, it's worth borrowing from a credit union instead of a bank INTERVIEW David Boyle: …
What does Douglas Gowan know that everyone else wants to keep hidden? For 40 years the story of Brofiscin Quarry – now the most polluted place in the UK – has been suppressed...
… initially on behalf of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) and latterly as an expert … times they were a-changing. Businesses and unions were involved in an increasingly … Secretary at the National Farmers Union. The only way to understand the ordeal …
What does Douglas Gowan know that everyone else wants to keep hidden? For 40 years the story of Brofiscin Quarry – now the most polluted place in the UK – has been suppressed...
… initially on behalf of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) and latterly as an expert … times they were a-changing. Businesses and unions were involved in an increasingly … Secretary at the National Farmers Union. The only way to understand the ordeal …
In an exclusive Ecologist interview, David Boyle and Andrew Simms of the New Economics Foundation advocate a more sustainable banking sector for Britain
… of RBS HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE How credit unions can succeed where banks fail If you're … project, it's worth borrowing from a credit union instead of a bank COMMENT We should all …
If it wasn't climate change, was the real purpose of the Number 10 meeting of Theresa May's advisors and President Trump's environmental transition supremo Myron Ebell to plan the post-Brexit deregulation of UK farming, including pesticides? That's how it looks, writes Georgina Downs - and we had better begin now to fight for our health, wildlife and environment.
… billion pound pesticide industry, big farming unions such as the National Farmers Union (NFU) here in the UK, as well as … of the pesticide industry and big farming unions. For example, how on earth can it be …
George W Bush used his seventh annual State of the Union Address to say that Climate Change is "a serious challenge" and announce ethanol as the answer to oil dependency.
… 24th January 2007 News Bush Oil State Of The Union Ethanol Oil US Fuel US Carbon Dioxide … W Bush used his seventh annual State of the Union Address to say that Climate Change is "a …
The President of the National Farmers Union (NFU) Peter Kendall told supermarkets yesterday that their green "rhetoric" would need to become "a reality".
… Peter Kendall NFU National Farmers Union Farming Agribusiness Food And Farming … The President of the National Farmers Union (NFU) Peter Kendall told supermarkets …
Everyone loves a good bonus. None more so than the thousands of financiers across the globe who enjoyed ‘stonking’ payments in 2006.
… Such largesse has not gone unnoticed by unions campaigning on behalf of those who work … the focus of a protest led by the T&G trade union, which presented the bank its ‘golden …
Nineteen African nations meet today in Arusha, Tanzania, to finalise a 'plant protection' protocol that would open up the continent's seeds to corporate interests, taking away farmers' rights to grow, improve, sell and exchange their traditional seeds, while allowing commercial breeders to make free use of the biodiversity they embody, to sell them back to farmers in 'improved' form.
… is based on the 1991 Convention of UPOV , the Union internationale pour la protection des obtentions végétales or International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of … parliaments. ARIPO should request the African Union and the United Nations Economic …
New regulations on animal slaughter are in force across Russia, writes Georgy Borodyansky, with devastating effects on small farmers and consumers, who face a three-fold hike in the price of meat. Will the 'health and safety' madness destroy Russia's main producers of wholesome food?
… safety came into force across the Customs Union (comprising Russia, Belarus and … the 'meat monopolists' and the new Customs Union rules. The protesters were joined by … gave the same petition to the Customs Union Okolelov's petition was also sent to …