Land and seed laws under attack as Africa is groomed for corporate recolonization
Feb 12, 2015, 6:06 am By The Ecologist
Across Africa, laws are being rewritten to open farming up to an agribusiness invasion - displacing…UK threatens Austria over Hinkley C legal challenge
Feb 11, 2015, 12:37 pm By The Ecologist
The UK government has warned Austria that it will 'embrace any future opportunity that arises to sue…Conserving the Great Blue - a new Law of the Sea to protect our oceans
Feb 11, 2015, 7:07 am By The Ecologist
The rapid deterioration of the world's oceans and the life they contain calls for a breakthrough in…Swedish wildlife extinction threat as loggers clear-cut 'old growth' forests
Feb 10, 2015, 2:59 pm By The Ecologist
Sweden's biodiverse ancient forests will be largely wiped out within two decades, writes Alec Forss…Straw homes are a cheap and green fix for the housing crisis
Feb 10, 2015, 11:19 am By The Ecologist
Straw is cheap, plentiful, eco-friendly and an excellent insulator, writes Pete Walker - and…1.5 million solar lamps brighten Africa's future
Feb 10, 2015, 9:31 am By The Ecologist
The charity SolarAid has just celebrated 1.5 million small solar lighting installations in Africa,…Victory in prospect for Peru's Kichwa People after 40 years of oil pollution
Feb 10, 2015, 6:20 am By The Ecologist
A month-long blockade of the Rio Tigre deep in the Peruvian Amazon has secured promises of…The Greens need coherent policies on population and immigration
Feb 9, 2015, 12:15 pm By The EcologistThe need to bring Britain's population down to sustainable levels was a core principle of the Green…Polish farmers block motorways for land rights, no GMOs
Feb 9, 2015, 5:30 am By The Ecologist
Thousands of small farmers in Poland are blockading motorways and holding vast protests to demand…Fracking company defies Welsh 'fracking moratorium'
Sat 8:21am By The Ecologist
This week the Welsh Assembly voted for a moratorium on fracking. But IGas company bosses insist that…Fracking company defies Wales's shale gas moratorium
Sat 8:21am By The Ecologist
This week the Welsh Assembly voted for a moratorium on fracking. But IGas company bosses insist that…Illegal Swedish fishery is 'certified sustainable'
Feb 6, 2015, 1:00 pm By The Ecologist
Trawlers in an MSC-certified 'sustainable' lobster fishery producing have been caught in the act of…Live long, die green and recycle your discarded body
Feb 6, 2015, 8:24 am By The EcologistIf you live a green life, you'll also want a green death, writes Robert John Young. Sadly pollution,…Government reneges on 'no fracking' promise
Feb 5, 2015, 10:25 am By The Ecologist
The latest version of the Infrastructure Bill released today has been amended to avoid defining the…Farmageddon - the true cost of cheap meat
Feb 5, 2015, 10:04 am By The Ecologist
So just how serious is the impact of industrial farming? Worse than you could ever imagine, writes…Pickles must protect Rampisham Down SSSI from solar farm
Feb 5, 2015, 8:59 am By The EcologistAn ancient grassland SSSI at Rampisham could be saved following a government decision to put an…TTIP is a lethal attack on food safety and animal welfare
Feb 4, 2015, 10:07 am By The Ecologist
As 300 protestors gather at the European Commission to protest at the resumption of TTIP trade talks…Asia powers into the forefront of solar revolution
Feb 4, 2015, 6:12 am By The Ecologist
China has now overtaken the European Union as the largest new market for solar power, writes Paul…Energy market madness is the death spasm of the oil age - renewables now!
Feb 4, 2015, 4:15 am By The Ecologist
Current oil price volatility is a symptom of the end of cheap oil, writes Nafeez Ahmed, and it's…WMO: 2014 was hottest year on record
Feb 3, 2015, 4:52 am By The Ecologist
The World Meteorological Organization has ranked 2014 as the hottest year on record. And it's no…
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