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 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The law of unintended consequences is usually assumed to mean the best will in the world can still cause terrible harm. But the need to understand the causes of climate change is forcing societies to address other risks from industrial production, argues NATALIE BENNETT.
… from the Council on Energy, Environment and Water in India, gave what I thought was a good …
The campaign against fracking began with concerns about the local environment, and the impact on communities. It then took in the global issues of climate change and energy. Now local people are growing ever more concerned about democracy and state power, argues NATALIE BENNETT
… environmental impacts – the lorries, the water use, and the noise and light pollution …
On Monday Cameron was waxing lyrical on climate change at COP21 in Paris, writes Natalie Bennett. But his true colours will be revealed tomorrow as a long established anti-fracking camp in Cheshire is set for eviction: all part of the plan for a new generation of gas-fired power stations that will blow the UK's emissions targets.
… from which Chester Zoo draws most of its water is also within that zone. Yet here, in …