Outside the EU, the UK could again be the ‘dirty man of Europe'
Jan 24, 2016, 8:55 am By The EcologistWhen the UK joined the EU in 1973, it was dubbed the 'dirty man of Europe' thanks to its out of…Too much of a bad thing? World awash with waste plutonium
Jan 24, 2016, 8:08 am By The EcologistAs worldwide stocks of plutonium increase, lightly-armed British ships are about to carry an initial…Cameron's 'sink estate' strategy - social cleansing by another name?
Jan 23, 2016, 2:39 pm By The EcologistDemolishing 'sink' council estates is no way to solve social problems, writes Loretta Lees. All it…The Davos solution to inequality? Another corporate power grab
Jan 23, 2016, 1:06 pm By The EcologistInequality is on the agenda at the World Economic Forum in Davos this year, write David Sogge & Nick…Peak stuff: the 'growth' party is over. So what next?
Jan 22, 2016, 3:17 pm By The EcologistOver in Davos world leaders are desperately trying to find a 'fourth industrial revolution' to keep…Flint drinks lead-laden water; Republicans attack Clean Water Act
Jan 22, 2016, 10:09 am By The EcologistTo save a small amount of money residents of Flint, Michigan, have been forced to consume hazardous…Why is Cornell University hosting a GMO propaganda campaign?
Jan 22, 2016, 7:23 am By The EcologistCornell, one of the world's leading academic institutions, has abandoned scientific objectivity,…The last time Earth was this hot, Britain was a land of hippos and elephants
Jan 22, 2016, 6:11 am By The EcologistLast time the Earth was this warm, 130,000 years ago, England's Thames Valley was home to hippos and…China's renewables drive down CO2 emissions
Jan 21, 2016, 11:26 am By The EcologistChina's 2015 carbon emissions fell for the second year running, by an amount equal to all of…Gates Foundation is spearheading the neoliberal plunder of African agriculture
Jan 21, 2016, 7:23 am By The EcologistThe Gates Foundation - widely assumed to be 'doing good', is imposing a neoliberal model of…From shelf to skip: food waste and the culture of rush
2:15pm By The EcologistA third of all food that's produced in the world is thrown away. What's going on? Diana Moreno finds…Communities at the heart of a Green Wales
11:52am By The EcologistThis May the Greens are hoping to win their first seats in the Welsh Assembly, and become a strong…Mother Nature's 'invisible hand' strikes back against the carbon economy
6:06am By The EcologistAccording to classical economics Adam Smith's 'invisible' hand' of free markets produces the…Feral 'Roundup Ready' GM alfalfa goes wild in US West
Tue 12:00pm By The EcologistA USDA study shows that a 'herbicide-tolerant GM alfalfa has gone wild, in a big way, in…The EU is helping, not harming, UK fisheries
Tue 7:55am By The EcologistWith the EU referendum on the horizon, the Common Fisheries Policy is likely to figure in the debate…2015: Renewable power breaks British records
Jan 18, 2016, 10:33 am By The EcologistWind, solar and hydro together generated 14.6% of Britain's electrical energy in 2015, the highest…Beyond failure at COP21, environmentalism has its own shortcomings to address
Jan 18, 2016, 8:38 am By The EcologistThe greatest myth of the consumer society is that modern lifestyles are 'normal' - and this can…Oceans running out of fish as undeclared catches add a third to official figures
Jan 18, 2016, 8:19 am By The EcologistThe global catch of fish and seafood is falling at three times the rate reported by the United…Damming the Mekong - the myth of 'sustainable hydropower'
Jan 16, 2016, 1:40 pm By The EcologistDam builders have a new mantra, writes Tom Fawthrop: 'sustainable hydropower'. Repeated at every…Who's telling the truth about the New Alliance and farmers in African countries?
Jan 15, 2016, 2:27 pm By The EcologistThe 'New Alliance', backed by £600m of UK aid, is meant to improve food security, reduce…
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