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Finland joins the Golden Chainsaw hall of infamy

Posted by jamie - 25 September 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

 

Finland joins the Golden Chainsaw hall of infamy

The Golden Chainsaws are becoming something of a Greenpeace tradition. They're not annual, they're not voted for by a secret cabal of society members, but when it comes to wanton destruction of forest landscapes, they ensure the efforts of those responsible do not go unremarked.

Article tagged as: finland, forests, illegal timber, russia

The climate doctor will see you now

Posted by jamie - 23 September 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

Part of the Climate Clinic blog 

Climate Clinic logoThese are the people who are shaping our lives and the world around us. We should all be getting in there, getting involved and getting excited about the political process once more.

Article tagged as: climate change, climate clinic, politics

Food Standards Authority faces legal action over GM rice in UK supermarkets

Posted by jamie - 18 September 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

The rice contamination scandal continues to grow but the Food Standards Agency isn't enforcing the law

It never rains but it pours, and the scandal of US rice contaminated with an illegal genetically modified (GM) variety shows no signs of slowing down. In the latest twist, Friends of the Earth has indicated it intends to launch legal proceedings against the Food Standards Authority (FSA) after finding contaminated rice on sale in UK supermarkets.

Article tagged as: bayer, FSA, GM, GM food, rice, supermarkets, USA

One fifth of US rice contaminated with illegal GM strain

Posted by jamie - 14 September 2006 at 8:00am - Comments
'Genetic engineering - hands off', the label says on a plate of rice contaminated with an illegal GM variety

'Genetic engineering - hands off', the label says on a plate of rice contaminated with an illegal GM variety

Up to one fifth of rice entering the EU is contaminated with an illegal genetically modified (GM) strain from the US. Those are the findings of the European Commission's own investigation into EU rice imports, following the admission in August by the US government that untested strains of GM rice had entered the food chain.

Article tagged as: bayer, china, germany, GM, GM food, rice, USA

GM rice contamination reaches the UK

Posted by jamie - 5 September 2006 at 8:00am - Comments
Greenpeace has discovered illegal GM (Genetically Modified) rice from China has contaminated food products brought in the UK.

Greenpeace has discovered illegal GM (Genetically Modified) rice from China has contaminated food products brought in the UK.

Illegal, genetically modified (GM) rice - unapproved for human consumption and containing a toxin that may cause allergic reactions in humans - has been found in food products in the UK, Germany and France.

Article tagged as: bayer, china, GM, GM rice, UK

What does your car say about you?

Posted by jamie - 21 July 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

The UK is baking in the summer heat - and in London, the Motor Show has started. So ask yourself, what does your car say about you?

(Warning: the video contains some mildly rude words...)

Article tagged as: 4x4s, cars, climate change, road transport, transport, videos

How long will it take Tony Blair's nuclear waste to become safe?

Posted by jamie - 3 May 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

It takes over a million years for nuclear waste to become safe, (a time span equivalent to the evolution of modern man). Yet one man is set to make a decision that will increase lethal waste levels threefold. Is this the sort of legacy Tony Blair wants to leave mankind? We think not.

Article tagged as: animations, nuclear power, nuclear waste, tony blair

Friday the 13th

Posted by jamie - 13 January 2006 at 9:00am - Comments

The UK is not on track to reduce our contribution to climate change with CO2 emissions actually increasing in the last two years. Tony Blair has found himself in a vulnerable and unenviable position, desperately seeking a solution. The nuclear industry's lobbyists, equally desperate to revive their dying trade, have found rich pickings in the Prime Minister's situation. Blair seems to have frantically seized upon nuclear power as the default solution to climate change.

Article tagged as: nuclear power, terrorism, videos

Mr & Mrs Smith

Posted by jamie - 1 July 2005 at 8:00am - Comments

When it comes to oil, how special does a special relationship become? Tony Blair is often called George Bush's poodle, but is there more than meets the eye?

Article tagged as: climate change, george bush, oil, tony blair, videos

Ancient forest destruction video

Posted by jamie - 28 February 2004 at 9:00am - Comments

Can you imagine what it would be like to have your home torn down around you and destroyed? It's a horrible thought, but that's exactly what is happening in forests around the world. With an area of forest the size of a football pitch being destroyed every two seconds, endangered species such as gorillas, orang utans and chimpanzees are at risk of extinction within our lifetimes.

Article tagged as: david attenborough, destructive logging, ewan mcgregor, forests, illegal timber, julien temple, videos