'New' reactor types are all nuclear pie in the sky
Oct 1, 2014, 8:22 am By The Ecologist
There's an Alice in Wonderland flavour to the nuclear power debate, writes Jim Green. Lobbyists are…Human consumption driving wildlife loss
Oct 1, 2014, 6:58 am By The EcologistThe plight of much of the world's wildlife seems 'worse than ever', writes Alex Kirby. To blame is…Five ways to stop the world's wildlife vanishing
Oct 1, 2014, 5:49 am By The Ecologist
Faced with a worldwide 52% decline in wildlife numbers over 40 years, Paul Jepson calls for action,…To save the world's wildlife, first we must love it
Sep 30, 2014, 12:29 pm By The Ecologist
The number of wild vertebrate animals has more than halved over the last 40 years, writes Hugh…World Bank 'failing to protect Kenya forest dwellers'
Sep 30, 2014, 9:53 am By The EcologistThe eviction of Kenya's Sengwer forest people in a World Bank financed project was a failure of the…Corporate-smart greenwash: the Global Alliance on Climate-Smart Agriculture
Sep 30, 2014, 5:41 am By The Ecologist
The Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture made its high-profile launch at the New York…Like Google, Facebook, responsible corporates must ditch climate-change denying ALEC
Sep 29, 2014, 3:01 pm By The Ecologist
Google and Facebook have both recently quit ALEC, the corporate-funded climate change-denying US…Wyoming's Gray Wolves win back federal protection - for now
Sep 29, 2014, 12:41 pm By The Ecologist
In a rare 'summary judgment' a federal court has ruled that the devolution of gray wolf protection…EU Parliament must reject Juncker's anti-environment Commission
Sep 29, 2014, 9:10 am By The Ecologist
The proposed structure of Juncker's new European Commission sidelines sustainability issues and…Radioactive spikes from nuclear plants - a likely cause of childhood leukemia
Sep 29, 2014, 6:57 am By The Ecologist
When nuclear reactors are refueled, a 12-hour spike in radioactive emissions exposes local people to…Ice sheets will be melting, and raising seas, for centuries to come
Sep 26, 2014, 1:34 pm By The Ecologist
A study of 120 ice sheet collapses shows that 68% went from initial change to maximum retreat within…Billionnaires against fossil fuels
Sep 26, 2014, 12:18 pm By The Ecologist
The movement to divest from fossil fuels is gaining strength, writes Ruth Lumley, with $50 billion…Malaysia: eco-activists combat judicial repression
Sep 26, 2014, 7:20 am By The Ecologist
Government and corporations are resorting to the judicial repression of environmental activism in…Russia: officials block indigenous leaders from UN Assembly
Sep 26, 2014, 4:36 am By The Ecologist
Why so few Russian representatives at the UN's World Conference on Indigenous Peoples? Officials…China's war on pollution could leave Australia's dirty coal out in the cold
Sep 25, 2014, 10:39 am By The Ecologist
To tackle its serious air pollution, China is imposing stringent restrictions on dirty coal high in…Save the free beavers of England!
Sep 25, 2014, 5:12 am By The EcologistDeep in rural Devon, the word is that the Government intends to trap the wild-living beaver family…UN: deforestation to halve by 2020, end by 2030
Sep 24, 2014, 8:25 am By The Ecologist
At the New York Climate Summit, an international agreement has been struck to halve, then end…The UN saved the ozone layer - now it's the climate's turn
Sep 23, 2014, 12:21 pm By The Ecologist
Thirty years after the UN took action to save the ozone layer, we can count the benefits - which…Investor heavyweights call for climate action
Sep 23, 2014, 9:55 am By The Ecologist
At the UN climate summit in New York today, institutional investors managing $24 trillion of assets…Putting people at the heart of climate-friendly buildings
Sep 23, 2014, 9:06 am By The Ecologist
Energy efficiency in office buildings struggles to gain the attention of top management, writes John…
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