The Government’s official position is that we should pour our hazardous waste down the drain.
Category: environment and the natural world
A Private Order Called Public Order
Environmentalism is at the vanguard of Britain’s movements for political change
Keepers of the Artificial Wilderness
In East Africa, conservationists are creating a wilderness out of inhabited lands, then punishing the people they have dispossessed
Wishful Thinking
Environmentalism is yet to inspire a great novel
Hero or Villain?
Richard Leakey’s reappointment as head of the Kenya Wildlife Service is a disaster for Kenya’s nomads
Collateral Damage
Local people are the real victims of the turf war between the conservation authorities in Kenya
Conservation without Miracles
A peasant farmers’ project in the western Amazon might hold the key to protecting the forests
Death in Your Living Room
The only people who can prevent the invasion of Indian reserves in Brazil and British and American consumers
Too Many Chiefs, Not Enough Indians
A disastrous military project in the northern Amazon will destroy some of the most pristine forests on earth.
Dirty Dealings
A disastrous conflict of interest ensures that the government won’t stop oil pollution
Trading in Human Lives
Trading in Human Lives