Don't move a mussel - a tiny invader is threatening our water and wildlife
Feb 18, 2015, 1:17 pm By The Ecologist
The zebra and quagga mussels, exotic invaders from the Caspian, are already causing huge damage in…Mercury - thanks to our pollution, tuna will soon be unsafe for human consumption
Feb 18, 2015, 11:02 am By The Ecologist
Levels of neurotoxic mercury in Yellowfin tuna are rising at almost 4% per year, and will soon reach…UN, banks and oil palm giants feast on the stolen land of Uganda's dispossessed
Feb 18, 2015, 7:30 am By The Ecologist
A small community in Uganda is today challenging a UN-backed international oil palm venture that has…Fossil fuel divestment backlash forces the question: Which side are you on?
Feb 17, 2015, 2:03 pm By The Ecologist
The fossil fuel industry's big reaction to Global Divestment Day shows us something important,…Belgian nuclear reactors riddled with 16,000 unexplained cracks
Feb 17, 2015, 1:57 pm By The Ecologist
The discovery of over 16,000 cracks in two Belgian reactor vessels may have global implications for…'The Falling Sky' - words of a Yanomami shaman
Feb 17, 2015, 1:28 pm By The Ecologist
This powerful book by Davi Kopenawa and Bruce Albert reveals to us the world view of the Yanomami…Southwest USA faces long term 'megadroughts' this century
Feb 17, 2015, 11:36 am By The Ecologist
The same pattern of severe droughts that extinguished the Ancient Pueblo culture of the southwest US…Don't 'abhor' us - abhor GMO scientists laden with conflicts of interest!
Feb 17, 2015, 4:58 am By The Ecologist
Africa's biotech establishment is deploying its biggest guns to attack NGOs opposed to GMO crops to…Greening transport - we can do it, if we want to!
Feb 16, 2015, 11:49 am By The Ecologist
Public transport often doesn't work for travellers because it's fragmented, deregulated and operated…Banged up for democracy - the UK kleptocracy cannot tolerate dissent.
Feb 16, 2015, 7:51 am By The Ecologist
Donnachadh McCarthy is facing 14 years in prison for his peaceful demands for democratic reform in…USDA approves world's first GMO apples
Feb 13, 2015, 3:21 pm By The Ecologist
Scientists, environmental and consumer groups have decried USDA's approval of two 'Arctic' apple…Ethiopia: stealing the Omo Valley, destroying its ancient Peoples
Feb 13, 2015, 2:54 pm By The Ecologist
A land grab twice the size of France is under way in Ethiopia, as the government pursues the…Geoengineering - the case is not made
Feb 13, 2015, 12:56 pm By The Ecologist
The geoengineering genie should remain firmly stopped up in its bottle until a robust case is made…Fighting the plastic plague in our oceans
Feb 13, 2015, 11:59 am By The Ecologist
On current trends the world will contain 33 billion tonnes of plastic by 20150, writes Mae Wan Ho,…Fracking company valuation sinks to new lows
Feb 13, 2015, 6:59 am By The Ecologist
The UK fracking company Chadrilla has collapsed in value as a result of falling oil and gas prices,…Join Global Divestment Day and make fossil fuels history!
Feb 12, 2015, 3:06 pm By The Ecologist
Increasing numbers of investors are waking up to the reality that the fossil fuel era is coming to…Bushmen aren't forever - the diamonds of the Kalahari
Feb 12, 2015, 2:30 pm By The Ecologist
Thirty years after diamonds were first discovered in Botswana's Kalahari desert, the Bushmen have…Carbon stored deep in Antarctic waters ended the last ice age
Feb 12, 2015, 12:23 pm By The Ecologist
The last ice age came to an end following the massive release of carbon dioxide from the Southern…Why does the dairy industry oppose GMO labels?
Feb 12, 2015, 9:38 am By The Ecologist
Why is the dairy industry joining in the legal action against Vermont's GMO labeling law? As Alexis…Land and seed laws under attack as Africa is groomed for corporate invasion
Feb 12, 2015, 6:06 am By The Ecologist
Across Africa, laws are being rewritten to open farming up to a new wave of corporate colonization -…
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