Dairy farmers' uprisings lead the way to a democratic world food system
Feb 17, 2016, 5:43 am By The EcologistThe increasingly militant protests by dairy farmers against low prices forced on them by the…War crime? Israel destroys Gaza crops with aerial herbicide spraying
Feb 16, 2016, 11:42 am By The EcologistGaza farmers have lost 187 hectares of crops to aerial spraying of herbicides by Israel hundreds of…No coal, no fracking: end fossil fuel production on UK soil by 2020!
Feb 16, 2016, 10:31 am By The EcologistThe government makes bold claims about tackling climate change and phasing out coal power stations,…Fossil fuels a bad bet due to market changes, investors warned
Feb 16, 2016, 10:21 am By The EcologistThe ever-falling cost of renewable energy could leave investors in coal, gas and oil seriously out…Government ban on fossil fuel divestment threatens future pensioners
Feb 15, 2016, 1:18 pm By The EcologistThe government is set to ban local authorities and their £14 billion pension funds divesting from…Earth First! Winter Moot next weekend: nourishment, inspiration and solidarity for eco-activists
Feb 15, 2016, 11:13 am By The EcologistWhether you're fighting fracking, coal mines, new roads or a third Heathrow runway, next weekend's…EDF's Hinkley C offices occupied as UK nuclear hopes wither
Feb 15, 2016, 9:43 am By The EcologistAn occupation of EDF's site office for Hinkley C turned into a celebration today as the EDF Board…The new 'peak oil': a dollar invested in solar yields more energy than a dollar invested in oil
Feb 13, 2016, 1:43 pm By The EcologistAccording to oil company executives, oil is going to be a major energy source to 2100 and beyond. So…Arms, agribusiness, finance and fossil fuels: the four horsemen of the neoliberal Apocalypse
3:06pm By The EcologistThe world is in the grip of a structural war against people, land, economies and ecosystems, writes…'Killing the Host': the financial system is destroying the global economy
12:19pm By The EcologistThe main engine of economic exploitation is the financial system's ever increasing extraction of…In the Footsteps of Gandhi: An Interview with Vandana Shiva
9:24am By The EcologistVandana Shiva is more than just a leading scientist, author and campaigner on green issues and…From latest gizmo to toxic waste: the dark side of the worldwide electronics obsession
Thu 11:38am By The EcologistOur thirst for the latest gadgets has created a vast empire of electronic waste, writes Ian…Fukushima PM Naoto Kan: 'if you love your country, let nuclear go!'
Thu 11:24am By The EcologistNuclear power is a uniquely hazardous technology that can destroy entire nations, Japan's prime…Fund managers: campaign on climate, or face lawsuits
Thu 9:27am By The EcologistFund managers who neglect their 'duty of care' to clients by failing to put pressure on the…Beware the GMO Trojan horse! Indian food and farming are under attack
Thu 5:26am By The EcologistGlobal oilseed, agribusiness and biotech corporations are engaged in a long term attack on India's…Argentine and Brazilian doctors suspect larvicide as cause of microcephaly
Feb 10, 2016, 1:12 pm By The EcologistWith the proposed connection between the Zika virus and Brazil's outbreak of microcephaly in new…Argentine and Brazilian doctors suspect mosquito insecticide as cause of microcephaly
Feb 10, 2016, 1:12 pm By The EcologistWith the proposed connection between the Zika virus and Brazil's outbreak of microcephaly in new…Intensive, corporate agriculture is increasing poverty in Africa
Feb 10, 2016, 8:55 am By The EcologistNew research indicates that agricultural policies aimed at alleviating poverty in Africa is making…Beyond Paris: avoiding the trap of carbon metrics
Feb 10, 2016, 7:35 am By The EcologistCarbon metrics is the new buzz phrase in the fight against climate change, writes Camila Moreno,…Why the Paris Agreement will fail: the living Earth cannot be reduced to tonnes of carbon
Feb 10, 2016, 7:35 am By The EcologistMainstream solutions to climate change are all based on reducing the world down to a single metric -…
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