They promote GMOs, defend toxic chemicals, and attack people who raise concerns about those products as 'anti-science'. But behind the slick 'astroturf' PR fronts lurk some very dubious funders: the same arch-conservative foundations that finance climate science denial. Stacy Malkan exposes the key players in the agribusiness and chemical industry propaganda wars.
… the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Cornell University and the University of California, Davis. Yet their … groups, according to a 2013 study by Drexel University sociologist Robert Brulle, PhD. …
Natural disasters like flood and drought have cost the Australian government more than A$12 billion since 2009, write Tayanah O'Donnel & Josephine Mummery, with even harsher weather events predicted for coming decades. Clearly, it's just the time for Australia to eliminate funding for research on adapting to climate change.
… research Tayanah O'Donnel Josephine Mummery University of Canberra | 16th May 2017 News … Tayanah O'Donnell is Research Fellow, University of Canberra. Josephine Mummery is … and PhD Candidate, climate change policy, University of Canberra. This article was …
We must not let President Trump's vocal support for the US fossil economy eclipse the dismal record of his predecessors, writes Radek Stefanski. Under Clinton, Bush and Obama fossil fuels subsidies reached $170 billion per year, pushing up US emissions by some 11% - and that's the real problem we have to solve.
… worth $170 billion a year Radek Stefanski University of St Andrews | 2nd March 2017 … Radek Stefanski is Lecturer in Economics, University of St Andrews. This article was …
London-listed copper giant Antofagasta has been entangled in scandals in Chile involving water depletion, dangers to local communities, corruption of national politics and environmental contamination, write Ali Maeve & Liam Barrington-Bush. Yet the London Stock Exchange remains silent. Following the company's AGM last week, a new London Mining Network report puts their actions and operations into the spotlight.
… by a respected medical professional at the University of Chile declares the presence of … Lucio Cuenca Berger, an engineer from the University of Santiago, Chile, director of the …
The whole idea of North Sea oil was to make Britain rich, writes Simon Evans. At least that's how it all began. But now ... it cost UK taxpayers a massive £396 million a year in tax breaks and subsidies to keep the industry alive last year. And there's no reason to think that's going to turn around any time soon.
… He holds a PhD in biochemistry from Bristol University and previously studied chemistry at Oxford University. He worked for environment journal …
Donald Trump's scheme to rebuild US infrastructure could be among the world's greatest ever financial heists, writes Pete Dolack. He has chosen the most expensive, anti-democratic way to do the job, through the mass privatization of priceless public assets - sticking users and taxpayers for exorbitant charges for decades to come, while banks and speculators reap the profits.
… but most profitable to the bank. An Open University study found that, in four of the … to a paper prepared by David Hall, a University of Greenwich researcher. Despite … the cost to $400 million. A separate study by University of Toronto researchers of 28 …
As the new year begins, the global clean energy transition is progressing much faster than most people realise, and is probably irreversible, writes Jeremy Leggett. President-elect Trump's prospects of revitalising the US coal industry, and giving the oil and gas industry the expansionist dream ticket it wants, are very low.
… a year , a Belgian research team from the University of Louvain reported in December. …
A Japanese court has found the government and Tepco culpable for the Fukushima nuclear disaster for failing to act on clear warnings of the dangers of seismic shocks, writes Shaun Burnie. The ruling is sending a shockwave through Japan's 'nuclear village' and may end all prospects of any mass restart of reactors.
… emeritus professor of seismology at Tokyo University and the only seismologist to have …
With the world's leading nuclear corporations facing bankruptcy due to ever escalating costs, 'unconstructable' reactor designs and financing risks, there's an easy way to finance the UK's new nuclear power stations, writes David Toke: pin the cost onto taxpayers. As for schools, hospitals, pensions, housing, social care and other public services, who needs 'em?
… David Toke is Reader in Energy Policy at the University of Aberdeen. He blogs at Dave …
Soon EDF will have to start the biggest, most complex and costliest nuclear decommissioning and radioactive waste management programme on earth, writes Paul Dorfman. But whereas Germany has set aside €38 billion to decommission 17 nuclear reactors, France has set aside only €23 billion to decommission its 58 reactors. When the real costs come in, they could easily bankrupt the company.
… Research Fellow at The Energy Institute, University College London (UCL); Founder of …
David Cameron's Conservative government did its best to kill off the UK's lowest-cost renewable energy technologies, onshore wind and solar. But in next week's budget, the Chancellor can put that right. Renewables are low carbon, quick to deploy, have low environmental impacts, and enjoy high public support, writes Ervin Bossanyi. It's time to give them a break!
… has an honorary visiting professorship at the University of Bristol. He has a physics degree …