The Population Myth
People who claim that population growth is the big environmental issue are shifting the blame from the rich to the poor
Archive for the 'environment' Category
Toxic Assets
The Trafigura scandal is just one of thousands of cases of the rich world’s fly-tipping
Fishing for Life
I set out to catch all my own fish, and live the wild life again
Should We Seek to Save Industrial Civilisation?
A debate with Paul Kingsnorth
Blue Desert
Why is no one brave enough to stand up to the fishing industry?
Plastic Fetish
Why are plastic bags treated as the root of environmental evil?
Pyrolising the Planet
The debate over biochar hots up.
Woodchips With Everything
Here comes the latest utopian catastrophe: the plan to solve climate change with biochar
Shaun Spiers Challenged
This is the third of my investigative interviews with policy makers.
This Is What Denial Does
The economic crisis is petty by comparison to the nature crunch. But they have the same cause.
Hypocrites Unite!
At least we have some ideals to fall short of.
Swindled Again
A response to Channel 4’s head of documentaries, Hamish Mykura
An Ongoing Swindle
The Great Global Warming Swindle is just one example of Channel 4’s war against the greens
Kept Afloat on a Tide of Cash
Why are governments subsidising the destruction of the marine environment?
Population Bombs
It’s an important issue, but nowhere near the top of the list.
Bring on the Recession
How else will the destructive effects of growth be stopped?
Eco-junk
Green consumerism will not save the biosphere
Feeding Frenzy
Why is it still acceptable to eat the endangered large predators of the sea? Read more »
Not Enough Fish in the Sea
Not Enough Fish in the Sea
We need omega-3 oils for our brains to function properly. But where will they come from?
Are You Paying to Burn the Rainforest?
If you’re buying Brazilian beef, the answer is yes
Bring Them Back
We should welcome the return of the big wild mammals
Just Fade Away
It’s time to lighten up about falling birthrates.
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Jump on our Bandwagon
The corporations’ Achilles heel is the environment. It’s time for the left to hit it.
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Natural Aesthetes
Wildlife is wonderful. We don’t need any other excuse to protect it.
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Deliver Us from Finity
Capitalism is not even mathematically possible, let alone biologically viable
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Planet of the Fakes
Wildlife programmes on television, David Attenborough’s among them, perpetuate the dangerous myth of wilderness.
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Trouble in the Pipeline
The corporations have asked us to trust them. But even the paragon of “corporate social responsibility” is saying one thing and doing quite another.
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What Do We Really Want?
The richer we are, the more miserable we become.
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Led by the Weak, We Must Shackle the Strong
Public enthusiasm for saving the environment is not influencing public policy
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Earth-Eating Summit
The solution to the world’s problems, world leaders are about to agree, is more of the problem.
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Black Shirts in Green Trousers
The far right is moving in, and greens and globalisation campaigners must do more to shut it out.
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Angel of Death
Britain’s development secretary is helping to destroy the lives of 20 million people.
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They’re All Dammed
The British government appears ready to fund another ethnic cleansing scheme in Turkey
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Greens Get Eaten
The environment movement is in serious trouble, as it is losing touch with its ideals.
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Sleeping with the Enemy
Consumer and environment groups are getting into bed with big corporations
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London Rising
One of the World’s Greyest Cities Could Be Transformed into one of the Greenest
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A Cancer in the System
Why are the government and the big charities ignoring the environmental causes of cancer?
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Dying of Consumption
The more we spend, the happier we become. Probably.
Long on the Carrot, Short on the Stick
Blair’s green speech is all very well, but we can’t protect the environment without new laws
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Does Working with Business Compromise the Environmentalist?
Does Working with Business Compromise the Environmentalist?
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God versus Greens
Environmentalists are foolishly following Prince Charles over the spiritual abyss.
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The Most Polluted Place in Europe
The Public Health Emergency No One Has Noticed
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The First Green Shoots
At last the British Government is starting to protect the environment
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Poisoning the Poor
The poor are dying younger because they are being systematically poisoned
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Nato’s Dirty War
By targeting chemicals factories, Nato is waging war against civilians
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Christmas Comes Every Day
An absurd and dangerous project threatens Britain’s most important mountain habitat
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Green Grave
The environment succumbs to Labour’s cynical realpolitik
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Green Sell-Outs
Conservation is becoming one of the greatest threats to the global environment.
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Resign, you Prince of Darkness
The Duke of Edinburgh, currently president of the WWF, is an environmental disaster area
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The Jaws of Victory
Review of: The River Stops Here: How One Man’s Battle to Save His Valley Changed the Fate of California. Ted Simon, Random House, New York.
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Murder in the Amazon
Nearly all the mahogany leaving Brazil has been taken, illegally, from protected reserves
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Toxic Shock
The Government’s official position is that we should pour our hazardous waste down the drain.
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A Private Order Called Public Order
Environmentalism is at the vanguard of Britain’s movements for political change
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Keepers of the Artificial Wilderness
In East Africa, conservationists are creating a wilderness out of inhabited lands, then punishing the people they have dispossessed
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Wishful Thinking
Environmentalism is yet to inspire a great novel
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Collateral Damage
Local people are the real victims of the turf war between the conservation authorities in Kenya
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Hero or Villain?
Richard Leakey’s reappointment as head of the Kenya Wildlife Service is a disaster for Kenya’s nomads
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Conservation without Miracles
A peasant farmers’ project in the western Amazon might hold the key to protecting the forests
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Death in Your Living Room
The only people who can prevent the invasion of Indian reserves in Brazil and British and American consumers
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Trading in Human Lives
Trading in Human Lives
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Too Many Chiefs, Not Enough Indians
A disastrous military project in the northern Amazon will destroy some of the most pristine forests on earth.
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Dirty Dealings
A disastrous conflict of interest ensures that the government won’t stop oil pollution
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