Dirtier than coal: burning forests for 'green' energy
Jul 19, 2016, 6:37 am By The Ecologist
The UK imports millions of tons of American wood pellets every year to be burned in power stations…Offshore wind powers ahead as prices drop 30% below nuclear
Jul 18, 2016, 12:49 pm By The Ecologist
The cost of offshore wind power in the North Sea is 30% lower than that of new nuclear, writes…The Unfair Narrative on Global Warming and Development: Why it must be challenged
Jul 18, 2016, 7:00 am By The Ecologist
The industries that have primarily caused, are still causing, and will continue to cause climate…Let Them Eat Grass: The Livestock That is....
Jul 18, 2016, 5:20 am By The Ecologist
A once quiet voice, hard to distinguish against the grinding machine of intensive food production is…Solar on the best UK sites is competitive with cheap coal
Jul 15, 2016, 11:16 am By The Ecologist
Last week a massive 350 hectare open cast coal mine at Druridge Bay won planning permission. This…Europe's Rotten Wood
Jul 15, 2016, 10:40 am By The Ecologist
Illegal logging accounts for between 30 and 50 percent of wood harvested in Romania. Horatio…Battery revolution empowers consumers, unleashes renewables, imperils Big Energy
Jul 15, 2016, 10:10 am By The Ecologist
Renewable electricity is already undermining the big energy utilities' business model, writes Emma…Dis-May-ed! DECC scrapped, Leadsom to run Environment
Jul 14, 2016, 12:54 pm By The Ecologist
Campaigners fear that the abolition of DECC, the department of energy and climate change, indicates…Controversial dam robs, poisons Canada's indigenous Innu people
Jul 14, 2016, 8:40 am By The Ecologist
A new dam on indigenous lands at Muskrat Falls will join a network of other hydroelectric projects…The corporate scramble for Africa's minerals: Britain's new colonialism
Jul 13, 2016, 12:06 pm By The Ecologist
Africa is being opened up like a tin of sardines to a new wave of resource extraction, writes Colin…Beri-beri disease and resistance to GM 'Golden Rice'
Jul 13, 2016, 9:00 am By The Ecologist
Rice-eating peoples are very particular about the rice their diets are based on, writes Ted Greiner.…China condemned for massive coral reef destruction
Jul 12, 2016, 11:05 am By The Ecologist
International judges today condemned China's great 'water grab' of the South China Sea - not least…Fit to rule over us? Theresa May's response to climate hazard report will her first big test
Jul 12, 2016, 6:04 am By The Ecologist
With today's climate change report sounding a red alert for the UK's national security, Theresa…Fit to rule over us? Theresa May's response to climate hazard report will be her first big test
Jul 12, 2016, 6:04 am By The Ecologist
With today's climate change report sounding a red alert for the UK's national security, Theresa…Chilcot: UK insists it has 'no long-term legal responsibility to clean up DU from Iraq'
Jul 11, 2016, 11:45 am By The Ecologist
The Chilcot report reveals that the UK has disclaimed any duty to decontaminate the toxic,…The Great Barrier Reef's future is as uncertain as the Australian Prime Minister's
Jul 11, 2016, 10:20 am By The Ecologist
The Great Barrier Reef was a key talking point in the run up to Australia's federal election as…Korea's disgusting dog-eating 'festival' must end
Jul 11, 2016, 8:57 am By The Ecologist
With the coming of summer, South Korea's 'Boknal' dog-eating festival is under way, writes Anneka…Fracking not compatible with UK climate targets, say CCC
Fri 11:40am By The Ecologist
A long-awaited report by the UK Climate Change Committee has found that fracking could produce a…Ecologist New Voices - Environmental artist Gary Cook
Fri 6:20am By The Ecologist
One of our New Voices is the UK-base environmental painter and activist Gary Cook who will be…New film ‘SWINE' exposes the secret life of factory farms and the rise in antibiotic resistance in farmed animals
Fri 5:20am By The Ecologist
Today (Friday, 8th July) the charity Viva! will debut its new short thriller/documentary, film SWINE…
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