Former environment minister Michael Meacher on the place of humanity in the universe, intelligent design, the survival of the human race, Gaia theory and uncertainties over climate change
Michael Meacher MP: humans only have 200-300 years left on earth Tom Levitt | 22nd July 2010 Comment Society Politics And Economics Natural World Religion Gaia James Lovelock michaelmeacher.jpg …
Stocks in environmentally-minded firms fare better than their polluting peers.
… polluting rivals, reveals a new study by the University of Sussex Business School and Birkbeck, University of London. Companies with … Tzouvanas, lecturer in finance at the University of Sussex Business School, …
Molly gets her knuckles rapped for not including standard economic models in her university teaching, and wonders if the profession is disappearing up its own regression formula...
… not including standard economic models in her university teaching, and wonders if the … demurely in an ivory tower masquerading as a university teacher. So far I have managed the … anomaly’. For those of you who do not know university protocol I should tell you that …
When PCB transformers exploded in a New York university in 1991, contaminating the campus with dioxins, it set Eric Francis Coppolino on the path to becoming an environmental journalist.
… When PCB transformers exploded in a New York university in 1991, contaminating the campus … Hormonally yours... It is often said that a university is a microcosm of the world. If … of environmental Conservation; the state University of New york central administration; …
An unreported war over natural resources in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories has led students from Bangor University to set up a radical eco-movement, Bustan al Qaraaqa, to address the issue. William Parry reports from Bethlehem
… territories has led students from Bangor University to set up a radical eco-movement, … frustration, four former students from Bangor University in Wales came together in 2008 to … ecologist who lectures part-time at Bir Zeit University, near Ramallah, previously spent …
Working less is both necessary and desirable from an environmental perspective.
… Authors Kyle Lewis is a PhD candidate at the University of West London and a working time … a PhD in politics and philosophy from the University of Brighton. Their book Overtime: …
World leaders must act. We are drowning in promises.
How the G7 can safeguard our future Sandrine Dixson-Decléve Prof Saleemul Huq | 11th June 2021 | Comment Politics And Economics Agriculture Food Security World Hunger global governance.jpg World …
In the penultimate extract from Fatal Harvest’s demolition of agribusiness disinformation, The Ecologist assesses the claim that biotechnology will solve industrial agriculture’s ills.
… overall crop yields. A two-year study by University of Nebraska researchers showed that … to a study by Martha Crouch of Indiana University, such a chilling scenario is a very … pollution. In 2000, researchers at Purdue University in Indiana found that the release …
Attacks from scientists may be putting off further research into GM crops
… professor of plant pathology at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. ‘When … Ignacio Chapela, a microbial ecologist at the University of California, Berkeley, told …
Do the peaks and troughs of the financial markets really hold the key to solving our environmental troubles? Faisal Islam investigates
… a Government adviser on auctions from Oxford University. ‘Having any system of emissions … on a number of things,’ says the Oxford University economist. ‘The number of permits …
In the first of the Ecologist's new 'If I...' series, the co-founder of aviation campaign group Plane Stupid imagines what he would do if he were in charge of the government's aviation policy.
… Research and, most recently, from Oxford University and I've laid out how my government … INFRAS Institute in Zurich and IWW at the University of Karlssruhe put the UK's external …
Obsessed with technology, we have overlooked something critical that lurks in our institutionalised notion of sustainability
… of Environmental Ethics at Michigan State University and co-author of American Indian … of Animal Ecology at Michigan Technological University and co-leads research on the wolves …
Self-builders are no longer a niche segment of society: they are industrious, skilled, innovative individuals who should be helped to create vital, sustainable communities
… us an idea. The first , by researchers at the University of Sussex, concluded that concluded … house-building is already happening Cambridge University's expansion plans could change the … eco building material A new project at Bath University shows that building with straw is …
High petrol prices mean less demand and less pollution, right? Not necessarily, finds Mark Jansen. Our relationship with our cars is far more complex...
… Schafer, a lecturer in transport at Cambridge University and author of the book … in transport and energy economics at Oxford University, says: 'I think we are reaching … the Sustainable Transport Policy Group at the University of Leeds, believes that taxes based …
If you want a vision of our green future, imagine a Millennial working a zero-hour contract in a care home, looking after a lonely bed-ridden Boomer – forever.
… class struggle ; struggles by teaching and university staff, cleaners, midwives and … and ecological sustainability at the University of Essex. His research has been …
Lionel Badal was working on his undergraduate dissertation when he suddenly found himself privy to information that he knew must be made public
… Lionel Badal, a politics student at Exeter University, that the truth about this cover-up … the story broke, further reports from Uppsala University and the UK Industry Taskforce on …
The role of economics and the future of capitalism will be to preserve our natural resources rather than destroy them but the US may be missing the message, says economist Graciela Chichilnisky
… and mathematical statistics at Columbia University The role of economics and the … professor of economics statistics at Columbia University, NY READ MORE... NEWS Protecting …
From chasing endangered parrots to hunting for the environmental holy grail with Friends of the Earth, one of Britain's pre-eminent eco campaigners wants to take his quest for a better, greener world to the halls of Westminster.
Dixe Wills meets a man on a mission
… headed for the backstreets of the light-blue university town where he has lived for the … is a senior associate at the Cambridge University Programme for Industry (helping …
Giant wind farms may grab the headlines but plans to develop local off-grid electricity will have bigger impact on Africans and carbon emissions
… Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy, University of Dundee. Dundee project Dr … article on Ethiopia and solar power Dundee University See also 101 ways forward: climate …
There were deaths, pollution and substandard goods, but last year’s slew of negative
publicity may have encouraged China to face up to its responsibilities, says Isabel Hilton
When bad news is good news Isabel Hilton | 15th February 2008 Comment China Development Climate Change Industry International Development China Climate Change Environment International Development …
Aidan Rankin argues that modern liberal values can be more of a threat than a liberation.
Why greens should be politically incorrect Aidan Rankin | 12th June 2000 News Innu Innuit Hunting Trapping Nomadic People Sustainable Hunting Green Politics Ecologist Ecology Green Thought Green …
The World Bank’s 2008 World Development Report makes a grim prediction of what is to come:
… While a 2006 study for Defra by Cranfield University suggested that the UK food system … Tim Lang is Professor of Food Policy at City University’s Centre for Food Policy, which is …