Pope Francis's climate letter is a radical attack on the logic of the market
Jun 18, 2015, 6:01 am By The EcologistThe Encyclical due to be published today by Pope Francis represents a profound religious and…A 'progressive pact' for a green and democratic future
Jun 17, 2015, 11:18 am By The EcologistIf progressive parties are ever to defeat the Tories under the current unfair electoral system, they…Indonesia at risk from huge fires as El Niño gathers
2:06pm By The EcologistThe conditions for an 'El Niño' climate perturbation over the Pacific appear to be in place, write…To support 'green' farming, officials must learn that small is beautiful
9:42am By The EcologistIt's a hard life being an organic farmer, writes Alicia Miller - and specially when it comes to…Plants Before Pills
7:46am By The EcologistAyurvedic practitioner Sebastian Pole of Pukka Herbs looks at the role of plants in the history of…'Deadly' trans-Amazon railway sparks fear among rainforest tribes
6:38am By The EcologistA proposed $30 billion railway line linking the the Peruvian and Brazilian coasts threatens…Government reduced to lies, misinformation and bullying to spin fast-track fracking
Mon 10:10am By The EcologistThe Government is struggling to spin its policy to fast track fracking, writes Paul Mobbs. So as it…To stop using fossil fuels any time soon, Japan must follow Germany's lead
Mon 10:10am By The EcologistJapan and Germany have much in common: both are major industrial countries that have gone…Let's turn a Magna Carta travesty into a summons to defend our freedoms
Mon 4:25am By The EcologistAs the great and good of Britain including its most august royal personages converge on Runnymede to…Where Caffè Nero leads on badger-free milk, others will follow
Jun 13, 2015, 11:40 am By The EcologistMilk farmers in the badger cull zones hardly depend on Caffè Nero's custom, writes Dominic Dyer. So…Australia prepares tax penalty attack on environmental advocacy groups
Jun 13, 2015, 10:09 am By The EcologistIt's fine for 'green' groups to plant trees, or rescue baby flying foxes, write Susan & Bill…#NoTarSands resistance march draws thousands in Midwest
Jun 12, 2015, 12:59 pm By The EcologistThe Midwest's largest ever anti-tar sands demonstration took place in Minnesota last weekend, writes…Undersea phosphate mine threatens Mexico's Gray whale nursery
Jun 12, 2015, 10:25 am By The EcologistA project to mine 225,000 acres of seabed in Baja California's San Ignacio lagoon threatens the…Today is the USA's last chance to ditch TTP, TTIP. Act now!
Jun 12, 2015, 8:30 am By The EcologistA final vote to give President Obama 'fast track' authority to pursue the TTP and TTIP trade…Germany takes the heat as climate talks close with no progress
Jun 11, 2015, 12:33 pm By The EcologistUN climate talks in Bonn ended today without the progress needed to secure agreement at the Paris…Endgame for glyphosate? The global fallout of WHO's 'probable carcinogen' classification
Jun 11, 2015, 9:50 am By The EcologistWHO's official recognition of the health damage caused by glyphosate, the world's most widely used…Oxford Council - drop your plan to criminalise music and street art!
Jun 11, 2015, 6:33 am By The EcologistOxford Council's Executive Board meets today to decide whether to criminalise 'noncompliant'…Behind the Magna Carta spin, Britain's 'dictatorship of the 1%' is taking shape
Jun 11, 2015, 5:36 am By The EcologistA consistent pattern is emerging in the UK government's plans and policies, writes Paul Mobbs: the…Cancelled: the EU's great TTIP debate that never was
Jun 10, 2015, 11:27 am By The EcologistA long scheduled vote on the TTIP was suddenly postponed in the European Parliament today, writes…Investigation or advocacy? The BBC reveals its pro-GMO bias
Jun 10, 2015, 4:45 am By The EcologistThe Panorama programme on GM foods and crops last Monday was a masterpiece of spin, bluster,…
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