Green groups say Deutsche Bank has bowed to public opinion after 180,000 Germans signed a petition opposing the scheme Germany's biggest bank has pulled out of a controversial Queensland coal port expansion because it says there is no consensus over how it will impact the Great Barrier Reef. Deutsche Bank confirmed its position on Wednesday night (Australian time) at its annual meeting in Germany...
From the Story of Stuff to heading Greenpeace USA, Annie Leonard, talks about the challenges of building the environment movement in America One of the first things Annie Leonard was asked on being named the new leader of Greenpeace USA this month was: are you willing to get arrested? I said: 'Absolutely! I just need to figure out who is going to drive the car pool', Leonard told The Guardian. It's...
Shale gas explorer confirms it apply to drill four exploration wells in Lancashire in the coming weeks, reports BusinessGreen The UK's most high profile shale gas developer, Cuadrilla Resources, announced on Monday that it is poised to submit planning applications for exploratory wells at its site in Lancashire, raising the prospect of a summer of protests against the controversial development. The...
Support for controversial process of extracting shale gas in the UK dips for third consecutive time Public support for fracking for shale gas in the UK has fallen below 50% for the first time, new polling suggests. Just 49.7% of people now say they think the controversial process should be allowed in the UK, marking the third fall in support since high-profile protests last summer in West Sussex which...
Organisers say March in May protests were against Coalition policies and budget cuts Tens of thousands of Australians took to the streets of Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth on Sunday to protest against the policies of the Abbott government. This is not just a march about the budget, said Kimberly, a Sydney organiser. These marches signify major concern with current government policies,...
Greenpeace investigation uncovers evidence that illegally logged timber is being sold on to buyers in the UK, US, Europe and China Illegally logged timber in Brazil is being laundered on a massive and growing scale and then sold on to unwitting buyers in the UK, US, Europe and China, Greenpeace claimed on Thursday. After a two-year investigation, the environmental campaign group says it has uncovered...
Greek government signals it will rethink bill that would have allowed unchecked construction along Mediterranean coast Environmental groups are fighting a rearguard action to stop the destruction of one of Europe's most pristine coastlines after the Greek government signalled it would rethink draft legislation to develop the shoreline, but not scrap it altogether. Amid mounting international outrage...
Phonecalls follow attempted assassination of national park's chief warden and increased reports of intimidation WWF staff have been telephoned with death threats for opposing oil exploitation in Africa's oldest national park, which is home to one in four of the world's estimated 800 remaining mountain gorillas. It follows the attempted assassination of the Virunga national park's chief warden last...
Protests against waste incinerator violent turned violent on Saturday, with hundreds of police descending on Yuhan Police in eastern China are hunting for protesters who unleashed violence at the weekend in a campaign against a huge waste incinerator, leading to clashes with the police, state media reported on Monday. Choking smog blankets many Chinese cities and the environmental degradation resulting...
Marites Gatan Balbas has won a 2014 Whitley award for her work involving local communities in the conservation of the Philippine crocodile, the world's rarest crocodile. The animal suffers from an image problem, viewed as devils and man-eaters, and Gatan Balbas has taken a community-based conservation approach to turn the crocodile into something local people are proud of Continue reading... ...
Marites Gatan Balbas has won a Whitley award for her work involving local communities in the protection of the 'misunderstood' Philippine crocodile For Marites Gatan Balbas, saving the world's rarest crocodile has been as much about overcoming its image problem as more traditional conservation efforts. Continue reading... ...
Survey finds Chinese environmentalists more socially conservative than liberal American and European counterparts China's massive pollution problems have given rise to a new force of environmental campaigners, with double the number of Chinese identifying themselves as environmentalists compared to Europe and the US, new research finds. In Europe, financial crisis has knocked environmental policy...
The murder and intimidation of ordinary people defending the environment and land cannot be called 'development' River otters, lichen on trees and coral in oceans are not just beautiful to look at, they tell us something important about the environment around them. Continue reading... ...
Talk about undercover infiltration of political groups at London Radical Bookfair this month Coming up soon is a date for your diary if you want to hear more about the undercover infiltration of political groups. I am due to speak about our book, Undercover - the true story of Britain's secret police , on Saturday May 10 at the London Radical Bookfair . Entrance is free, and the talk is scheduled to...
Activists including members of 'Arctic 30' detained as they try to stop Gazprom ship delivering oil to Rotterdam The very different reactions of European countries to Greenpeace protests was seen on Thursday when 10 Dutch armed anti-terror police boarded the environment groups flagship outside Rotterdam port and arrested 44 activists trying to stop a Russian tanker from unloading its shipment of Arctic...
Civil society groups say enough signatures have been gathered to force a referendum but authorities are interfering Indigenous people, environment groups and others hoping to force a national referendum on whether one of the world's most biodiverse regions should be exploited by oil companies fear that the Ecuadorean government is manipulating the results of a petition in order to support the president....
Breitbart comes to London, and the results are a sorry stain on British journalism In February, Roy Greenslade reported that US conservative media outfit Breitbart News Networ k was expanding into the British media scene with the establishment of a London office. Heading up Breitbart's new UK operations are executive editor James Delingpole and managing editor Raheem Kassam. The expansion which Delingpole...
Shale gas explorer gets approval from county council to test oil flow rates at site that saw anti-fracking protests UK shale gas exploration company Cuadrilla has been given the green light to test oil extraction in Balcombe, the West Sussex village that saw major anti-fracking protests last summer . At a planning committee meeting that had to be adjourned at one point due to people disrupting it,...
The BBC presenter talks of confrontations with hunters and police while making films to highlight the cruelty of the annual bird shoot When Chris Packham announced he was heading to Malta to report on the island's annual spring bird shoot as if he was a war correspondent covering a conflict, even his admirers probably thought he was guilty of hyperbole. But after a week in which the naturalist has...
Criticising environmental and state corruption leads to threats and intimidation, says Suren Gazaryan Criticising Russian state projects and the destruction of the environment leads to police intimidation, trumped up criminal charges and prison, says a green activist forced to seek political asylum in western Europe after protesting against a luxurious mansion being allegedly built for Vladimir Putin...