Exposing the thorium myth
Mar 26, 2014, 9:12 am By The Ecologist
Nuclear enthusiasts have been singing the praises of nuclear reactors that use thorium as their fuel…Myanmar's $6 billion illegal timber trade
Mar 25, 2014, 10:56 am By The EcologistNew analysis of Burma's forestry and trade data points to a multi-billion dollar illegal logging and…Ending hunger - the rich world holds the keys
Mar 25, 2014, 9:04 am By The Ecologist
Food - and the land we grow it on - are much too important to be left to 'free' markets, writes…West Wales - the hills are abuzz with the sound of drones
Mar 25, 2014, 7:23 am By The Ecologist
In rural West Wales, with no public consultation, the Ministry of Defence and QinetiQ are about to…The badger cull - something is rotten in the state of England
Mar 24, 2014, 12:52 pm By The Ecologist
Pending the publication of the long-delayed Independent Panel report on the badger cull, Lesley…General Mills promises - only deforestation-free palm oil
Mar 24, 2014, 10:58 am By The Ecologist
From now on General Mills, a major US food conglomerate, will buy only palm oil that does not…New life for our lost urban rivers!
Mar 24, 2014, 7:38 am By The Ecologist
Cities all over Britain are threaded by 'lost rivers' that have been hidden away in tunnels and…BBC says sorry - we got it wrong on Irish badgers
Mar 23, 2014, 12:32 pm By The Ecologist
In a ground-breaking decision the BBC has admitted: it was wrong to state that badger culling in the…Water apartheid in Palestine - a crime against humanity?
Mar 21, 2014, 12:56 pm By The Ecologist
Systematic, acute, malicious discrimination in access to water in the West Bank and Gaza, combined…Ukraine - the corporate annexation
Mar 21, 2014, 6:47 am By The Ecologist
As the US and EU apply sanctions on Russia over its annexation' of Crimea, JP Sottile reveals the…Seeing through the hot air: Farage vs Clegg, and Lucas on trial
Mar 20, 2014, 4:31 pm By The Ecologist
Two unusual political events will take place next week. The Green MP Caroline Lucas goes on trial…Warmer freshwater ecosystems emit more methane
Mar 20, 2014, 4:19 pm By The Ecologist
Scientists think the amount of methane emitted to the atmosphere from freshwater ecosystems will…Challenging 'growthism'
Mar 20, 2014, 12:25 pm By The Ecologist
The basic premise of this week's budget is that 'growth is good' and must be sought at all costs.…Halt the Co-op Farm sale - save the co-operative tradition
Mar 20, 2014, 9:48 am By The Ecologist
The Co-operative Group is in deep trouble. Its response is to sell off its farms, in defiance of all…The new frontlines of war
Mar 20, 2014, 6:40 am By The Ecologist
This Saturday War on Want holds its Frontlines conference in London on the global conflict between…Rockies flora signal warming times
Mar 19, 2014, 2:28 pm By The Ecologist
An intensive study of the flora of one meadow in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado over 39 years…We don't care how farm animals live - so why care how they die?
Mar 19, 2014, 9:55 am By The Ecologist
The debate about halal and kosher animal slaughter is missing the point, writes William Naphy. The…Forest Peoples at risk from 'carbon grab'
Mar 18, 2014, 2:11 pm By The Ecologist
A new 'carbon grab' is under way as governments and corporations seize valuable rights to the carbon…Ukraine, Chevron, Condi Rice and shale gas ... join the dots
Mar 18, 2014, 12:37 pm By The Ecologist
High principles dominate the rhetoric on freedom-loving Ukraine, writes JP Sottile. But more mundane…Turks & Caicos Islands protect breeding turtles
3:07pm By The Ecologist
The Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands has adopted a new conservation plan for its sea…
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