A critical appraisal of the mining industry’s contributions to the global water crisis, on World Water Day 2019 and in the wake of recent disasters.
… Undermining the watercycle Hannibal Rhoades Sara Campanales | 22nd March 2019 News Mining Water World Water Day Health … mining industry’s contributions to the global water crisis, on World Water Day 2019 and in …
Ocean protectors will hatch plans to protect the South Atlantic from threats like Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.
… on healthy oceans. These vast bodies of water generate more than half of the oxygen we … life of the South Atlantic Ocean. Rich waters Organised by the Oceanosanos ('Healthy … and youth to discuss the future of Uruguay’s waters. Off the coast of Uruguay, the …
Soil is a neglected and vital issue. Can the House of Lords protect the UK soils where the House of Commons has so far failed?
… Soil on troubled waters Natalie Bennett | 26th October 2021 | … commitment for priority targets for air and water quality, but not soils. One of the … Bill: that as well as looking after air and water, soils would be sorted too . That’s …
The Finnish community of Selkie is leading the rewilding of rivers, lakes and carbon-rich peatlands damaged by mining.
… sulphates and are very acidic. Changes to the water table caused by VAPO’s mining operations … for discharges of very acidic waste water into Jukajoki river. Leaks of acidic waste water documented in 2010 and 2011 were so bad …
The Medicines and Medical Devices Bill must pave the way for designing new drugs that are less harmful to the environment, supported by a circular economy.
… pervasiveness of plastics in our food, our water, our lives. That's to say nothing of … of 160 sewage treatment works studied by UK Water Industry Research in 2014, several … of pharmaceutical effluence leaching into waterways could increase by two-thirds before …
Communities around the world are demonstrating how we can move beyond extractivism to revive cultures of care and solidarity.
… pitched battles to protect sacred lands and waters from destruction by the mining industry … the villagers of Selkie have restored waters, wetlands, fish and migratory birds to … Spain, farmers still manage their lands and waters as commons, shared between all and …
Amsterdam's Micropia museum has much to offer budding microbiologists - but is lacking a critical awareness of the commercial destruction and misuse of microscopic life. NATALIE BENNETT reports
… toy talking point, a many times life-size water bear ( tardigrades ) – I did, and I … ecological tales, such as how human waste in water can promote the growth of algae that … prey. The bream multiply, eating all of the water fleas that would keep the algae under …
The mining industry has abused the pandemic to turn a profit and advance their interests, putting land and water protectors at greater risk of harm.
… and advance their interests, putting land and water protectors at greater risk of harm. The … and advance their interests, putting land and water protectors at greater risk of harm. …
Citizens of Cáceres, Spain, are opposing lithium mining project that jeopardises World Heritage and sustainable livelihoods at a new extractive frontier.
… Mining Extractivism Spain Caceres Mountains Water Energy Renewable Energy International … project’s likely impacts on the environment, water and also on the economic activity of …
Green Economics Institute (GEI) and Green European Foundation one-day conference asks, 'mining for metals, can it be fair?'
… which we are also dependent - the rocks, the waters, the very fundamental basis of our … in Brazil or the pollution of essential water supplies in Papua New Guinea. Emergency …
Climate change has species on the move, with major consequences for biodiversity and human communities write TERO MUSTONEN and HANNIBAL RHOADES. Building resilience has never been more important and Indigenous Peoples are showing the way
… in the distribution of land, marine and freshwater species caused by climate change are a … zones shift, corals die, jellyfish infest waters used for recreation, and urchins … with drought endangering salmon spawning. If water levels become too low, salmon migrating …
Frontline communities are showing the way to a 'post-extractive' renewable energy transition that is socially just and ecologically viable.
… their commons-based forms of land and water care in response to the threat of … the Jukajoki River and have re-wilded their water systems using a blend of traditional … deep sea mining project in the sacred waters of the Bismarck Sea. Living examples …
HS2 will increase commuting: undermining local economies, separating families, and increasing climate emissions.
… is going to go, permanently, to a run-off water catchment. Not something designed for … through freedom of information requests that water supplies in this area of Buckinghamshire …
The government risks falling way short in tackling climate breakdown - and a long list of other environmental crises.
… slaughter”. This seems to be a significant watering down from their previous commitments … to highly protect at least 50% of all British waters. World leading These are some of the …
The Shock of the Anthropocene has been translated from French into English and published by Verso. NATALIE BENNETT, the former Green Party leader, explains how it is an important, informative and interesting book which all ecologists should read.
… could more cheaply and practically rely on water power, but chose the new coal-fired …
Yesterday Chancellor George Osborne delivered his Autumn Statement to a braying House of Commons. For Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett, his speech was a glorious exposition of stupidity and deliberate ignorance. No wonder his backbenchers loved it ...
… was fighting furiously in Europe to water down engine efficiency standards that …
More than 100 organisations have signed a letter repudiating mining companies for putting Indigenous Shuar communities in the Ecuadorean Amazon at risk.
… us to better defend lives, and protect the water and the forest which are fundamental for …
How to make farming 'climate friendly' was one of the hot topics at COP22 in Marrakesh, writes Natalie Bennett, with two contrasting models on show: 'climate smart' agriculture, with its reliance on industrial farming systems; and agroecology, which works with nature to build fertile, high-carbon, moisture-retaining soils, and sustain employment for millions of skilled land workers.
… trashing our soils, drawing down fossil water supplies and polluting our rivers and …
The aim of the Resurgence Trust - owner and publisher of The Ecologist - is to change people's worldview so we can live in harmony with each other and with nature. Here NATALIE BENNETT, former Green party leader, explains why this aim is so vital today
… – in part because of ocean warming. Warmer water holds less oxygen. And our seas are …
Weeds are destroying crops globally - but the real problem is Big Agriculture.
… paddlefish, once the world’s largest freshwater fish and the softshell turtle. Yet … and the strengthening of their rivals for water, nutrients and light, the wildflowers …
More than 40 companies including Coca-Cola, Unilever and Tesco have pledged to eliminate single-use packaging items and to ensure 100 per cent of their plastic packaging is reusable, recyclable or compostable. But NATALIE BENNETT, former Green Party leader, argues this voluntary pact doesn't go far enough - a full scale ban is needed
… 1950s is still in existence - in our drinking water, our soils, our oceans, our animals and …