Is HS2 just a vanity project that will gobble up £200bn, promote aviation and trash 108 ancient woodlands. The Ecologist investigates.
… costly option of using the adjacent Grand Union Canal to transport the pylon and so … Two canal boat residents on the nearby Grand Union Canal agreed this was the better option …
Campaigners are pledging to go to prison, if necessary, for blocking oil refineries up and down the country this spring as part of the Just Stop Oil campaign.
… around several activist groups and trades unions, including XR and Insulate Britain. …
Much more than just a tool to engage communities in climate change issues, the solar industry argues it could meet between 6-8 per cent of the UK's electricity needs by 2020
… would enable the UK to hit its European Union target of obtaining 15 per cent of its …
High costs of offshore wind farms could be reduced through investment in a UK manufacturing base says report, but warns nuclear is no cheap alternative
… This would enable the UK to meet its European Union target of generating 15 per cent of all …
Plans to use concentrating solar power plants in the Sahara to generate and export electricity have been on the table for years. Now, it looks as though political will might help move things forward
… whole region. Taken seriously The European Union is aiming to provide 20 per cent of its …
The Ecologist Guide to Food is no soft-centered feel-good flim-flam, warns Jan Goodey, as it tackles tough topics like the slave labour behind your prawns and tomatoes: essential reading for concerned gourmets everywhere.
… work is the formative aid they give to unions working to ameliorate the situation for …
The coalition Government's silence on the Severn tidal barrage may be a reflection of the high economic costs rather than the environmental concerns surrounding the project
… Last month it promised to push the European Union to move to a higher target for cutting …
The Arctic is becoming a battleground as Russia, Norway, Canada and the US vie for access to oil, gas and minerals – campaigners fear safety and the environment will be the losers
… in the Canadian Arctic and the former Soviet Union mined for gold in the region during the …
George Osborne pledged £1billion to a green bank that could help Britain reduce carbon emissions. But with low carbon technologies unproven, banks, institutions and energy companies are wary, meaning the venture may not attract the capital to make it viable
… seek an 85bn Euro bail-out from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. In …
There's a shift occurring in the stewardship of the UK's National Parks - a move towards legislating for greater freedom to plunder the Parks' natural resources for financial gain with conservation of natural beauty, wildlife and cultural heritage taking a back seat. JAN GOODEY reports on the looming threat to the National Parks in Wales
… according to the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature) …