Water scarcity and mis-management in India are creating a significant human and ecological crisis that will only be worsened by climate change
… Coca-Cola just part of India’s water ‘free-for-all’ Tom Levitt | 4th December … Climate Change Politics And Economics India Water india2.jpg Coca-Cola uses enough water everyday to meet the world’s drinking …
Coalition of environmental groups including RSPB and the National Trust urge government to introduce a levy on chemical industry and enforce bigger fines for polluters
… Pesticide companies told to fund clean up of waterways Tom Levitt | 10th November 2010 News Water Pesticides Pollution Waterways Chemical Industry Health …
Capturing and then burying carbon dioxide deep underground in a bid to reduce emissions may lead to a contamination of water aquifers
… and storage could contaminate drinking water Tom Levitt | 12th November 2010 News CCS … emissions may lead to a contamination of water aquifers Government-supported plans to … gas emissions - could contaminate our water supplies, suggests a study. With fossil …
Greenpeace says responsibility of aluminum company is 'quite clear' as campaigners urge stricter controls on other hazardous waste sites around the Danube region
… metres of red-coloured sludge, a mixture of water and mining waste including toxic heavy … disaster in Romania when cyanide polluted water was discharged from a gold mine reservoir poisoning water and wildlife through neighbouring …
Plans for US-style mega-dairy farms in the UK are being heralded for their potential for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but scaling up may create as many problems as it attempts to solve reports Tom Levitt
… stalled because of concerns about land and water pollution resulting from the farm. The … Agency cited an 'unacceptable risk to groundwater supplies' and a failure to show how the … associated with the dairy sector, including water resources and biodiversity loss. It …
Controversial mega-dairy farm in village of Nocton generated heavy opposition from local residents, animal welfare and environmental groups who feared it could lead to wave of US-style mega-dairies. Tom Levitt reports
… for UK's largest dairy farm scrapped over water pollution fears Tom Levitt | 16th … been withdrawn after fears it would pollute water supplies in the local area. The … it posed an 'unacceptable risk to groundwater supplies' and was not satisfied tens of …
Gas extraction plans underway in Lancashire would pose a serious risk of contaminating ground and surface waters, says Tyndall Centre report
… Hydraulic Fracturing Energy Climate Change Water what-the-frack.jpg Gas extraction plans … risk of contaminating ground and surface waters, says Tyndall Centre report Ongoing … or 'fracking' could contaminate local water supplies, according to a report . The …
As well as local outrage over 'fracking' drilling there is new evidence its greenhouse gas footprint may be higher than that of coal. Tom Levitt reports from the centre of this potential gas boom near Blackpool
… involved must inject thousands of litres of water and chemical additives down the bore … strong opposition because of concerns about water pollution in the US and new evidence its … ‘Any process that injects pressurised water into rocks at depth will cause the rock …
Despite outrage in the US over ‘fracturing’ techniques used to extract shale gas and new evidence its greenhouse gas footprint may be higher than that of coal, the UK has given the go-ahead to companies here to begin drilling. Tom Levitt reports from the centre of this potential unconventional gas boom near Blackpool
… involved must inject thousands of litres of water and chemical additives down the bore … strong opposition because of concerns about water pollution in the US and new evidence its … ‘Any process that injects pressurised water into rocks at depth will cause the rock …
With Papua New Guinea giving the go-ahead to a Canadian mining company to dredge its coastal seabed for minerals, new species of life could be extinct before they have even been discovered. Tom Levitt reports
… on exploiting resources in international waters. But with rising demand from China and … this time in the ‘unregulated’ territorial waters of PNG, conveniently close to the Asian … ocean environment and the toxicity of the dewatering plume [the process of removing water …
Campaigners and scientists express concern over the inclusion of a site near Sellafield in latest list of locations considered for deep underground disposal of nuclear waste
… of nuclear waste because of concerns over water contamination Campaigners and scientists … because of concerns over the contamination of water supplies, The Ecologist has learnt. … deemed too risky due to concerns over groundwater contamination and potential minerals …
UK banks helping to finance oil giant Total's exploitation of tar sands on the world's fourth largest island despite lack of adequate environmental controls or regulation
… campaigner from Friends of the Earth Europe. Water supplies As well as pollution, … Madagascan campaigners worry about limited water supplies. Unlike in Canada, the tar … area in Madagascar has a much more precarious water situation - the one major river is a …
More than 200 million tons of crude oil have gushed into the Gulf of Mexico since the rupture of Deepwater Horizon. The chemicals used to clean up the spill have received less attention but could have devastating long-term effects on the marine ecosystem
… OIl Spill Toxic Energy Natural World oilinwater.jpg Campaigners are questioning the … the Gulf of Mexico since the rupture of Deepwater Horizon. The chemicals used to clean up … oil dispersants have been applied to the waters of the Gulf in an attempt to break up …
Unlike tea and sugar, the fresh milk we drink with our cuppa is likely to come from farms in the UK. But as Tom Levitt reports, there are still serious environmental and animal welfare problems associated with the UK dairy sector
… had been the Environment Agency and Anglian Water who could not see how the farm could … it posed an 'unacceptable risk to groundwater supplies'. Although many feared the … without it being washed off by rainfall into water sources. In 2002, Defra estimated that …
The next world population milestone of 8 billion will come sooner than we think - perhaps as early as 2025 - yet we remain reluctant to debate the issue. A forthcoming Royal Society report may force us to
… exacerbates existing problems over access to water and other resources. Much of the … potential harms. More people consuming water and longer, more frequent droughts = water shortages in Niger and Pakistan. More …
Instead of dumping carbon deep underground we could be exploring ways to use it and reduce our overall emissions at the same time
… be grown anywhere and do not require as much water or even clean water. In the US, the University of Minnesota … been demonstrating the technology using waste water from sewage works. The benefit is …
Tom Levitt speaks to one of China's most respected investigative journalists Liu Jianqiang on the rise of environmental activism in China
… habitats for fish. The other big issues are water and air pollution. We are seeing an … more happy and have democracy, clean air and water so I am not sure if we’re happier. TL: A … what will happen to our rivers, to our water to our land to our grassland? You can’t …
The Dominican Republic's organic and Fairtrade boom has helped banana growers but what about the slum-dwelling Haitian migrant workers? Tom Levitt reports on the plight of the forgotten people in the banana trade
… a cheap and plentiful workforce, and land and water in abundance. It seemed like an ideal … more than a corrugated iron hut, with no water, toilet facilities or electricity. Jan … and male, some have families but no-one has water, toilets or electricity. Some of them …
Government subsidies to replace oil or traditional electric heating with heat pumps ignore the global warming impact of their HFCs, argues new analysis
… can be used to provide central heating or hot water in the same way as a domestic boiler. … HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE How to make a solar water heater from plastic bottles Retired … a simple, cheap, energy saving rooftop solar water heater which is benefiting thousands of …
Pastoralism is in crisis across Africa. But it could yet survive as the best available defence against climate change and famine. Tom Levitt reports from southern Ethiopia
… there is a chorus of voices singing as water is hauled in buckets out of a borehole … areas with improved services like schools, water supplies and healthcare. By doing so the … are losing access to the best land and water sources, say campaigners and researchers …
Its short lifespan and greater potency means tackling methane emissions now could have a dramatic effect on atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations reports Tom Levitt
… Change methaneice.jpg Frozen molecules of water and methane, known as methane hydrates, … through hydrological management (reducing the water levels in flooded paddies half way … known as methane hydrates, molecules in which water and methane are bonded under high …
Widespread use of insecticides affecting bee populations but also causing decline in numbers of birds, butterflies and moths, warns Dutch toxicologist
… potential and seep into soils and groundwater. Even low concentrations of the … due to their high persistence in soil and water, he adds. In a study published in the … and easily contaminate ground and surface water. There could be dire long-term …
Theologian Martin Palmer tells Tom Levitt how we can learn from previous man-made ecological collapses in Britain and create a 'new narrative' that challenges our dominant consumer culture
… we put pollute much of the air and the water and we become dependent on such extended … tiny group of workers to provide food, clean water and energy, if those groups are … no longer farm the land because there's no water. Tell stories, narrate our way out of …
According to the UN, population growth is a driving force behind emission increases yet it will not be on the agenda at any of the upcoming climate talks
… as people move out to avoid food and water shortages,’ he told the Guardian. READ … How do you feed eight billion people in a water-scarce world? In an exclusive extract … Brown outlines fresh ways of thinking about water and land use in order to sustain the …