Monsanto, ADM, Bunge and Cargill blocked from exporting while courts consider charges that they lied to boost soya profits Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a...
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Dubious assumptions underlie the UN's latest population forecast
A new United Nations report says that there could be a billion more people on earth by 2100 than previously forecast, but New Scientist environmental writer Fred Pearce says the new prediction is based on perverse and contradictory assumptions. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new...
Chronic hunger spreads as food prices hit record highs
The world produces enough for all, but more and more people simply cannot afford to buy the food they need Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in...
Three fallacies spread by renewable energy deniers
Those who deny that renewable energy can meet society’s needs use tactics that are almost identical to those of climate change deniers Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to...
Hiding emissions with carbon accounting
The official record says the UK’s CO2 emissions fell 28m tonnes between 1990 and 2008. Actually, they increased 100m tonnes. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email a link...
The pipeline industry's dirty secret: 5,000 oil spills in Alberta alone
Why would Canada allow two more major tar sands pipelines to be built, when leaks in the existing pipelines are already threatening people and wildlife? Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new...
Pseudo-green NGO offers to greenwash arms dealer
Is Conservation International any more than a green Public Relations agency? Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)MoreClick to share...
It's not easy flying green
Researchers at MIT challenge claims that agrofuels can make reduce emissions caused by air travel Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new...
Green capitalism: the god that failed
Maximizing profit and saving the planet are inherently in conflict. No amount of tinkering with the market can brake the drive to global ecological collapse ===== by Richard Smith Institute for Policy Research & Development, London Summary In rejecting the antigrowth approach of the first wave...
IPCC: Renewables could provide 80% of global energy by 2050
When a cautious and conservative group like the IPCC goes this far, we can be certain that much more could be achieved by a society committed to ecological sanity Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in...