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Paul Brown
More killer Katrinas?
Tropical storms have doubled in destructive potential in the past 30 years because ocean surfaces have become warmer, according to a leading climate researcher. This is the first…
Fish supply threatened by health craze
Stocks of a small, herring-like fish that provides omega-3 essential fatty acids for supplements taken by millions of people could be endangered because of the Western world’s…
GM crop produces ‘superweed’
Modified genes from crops in a genetically modified (GM) crop trial have transferred into local wild plants, creating a form of herbicide-resistant “superweed”. The…
Russia to ratify Kyoto treaty
Politicians, industry leaders and environment groups across the world welcomed the news on Thursday night that Russia had rejuvenated international efforts to combat climate…
Global warming in the dock
Eight American states and New York city have launched an unprecedented civil action against five of the United States’s largest power companies, demanding that they cut carbon…
Slavery report ‘suppressed’
An estimated 25 000 people are working as slave labourers in Brazil clearing the Amazon jungle for ranchers, or producing pig iron in the forest using charcoal smelters,…
Hollywood tackles global warming
Hailstones the size of tennis balls are knocking people out in Japan. Shortly afterwards it is snowing in India. But that is only the beginning. But The Day After Tomorrow, a…
World Bank rebuked for fossil fuel strategy
The World Bank’s drive to promote fossil fuel-generated power for 1,6-billion people lacking electricity will drive developing countries deeper into debt, a report by a…
Monsanto climbdown on GM wheat
Monsanto has abandoned plans to introduce genetically modified (GM) wheat on to the world market, despite spending seven years and hundreds of millions of dollars developing the…
EU to end tobacco subsidies
The European Union is to withdraw the massive subsidies it pays to tobacco growers following a bitter battle among agricultural ministers in Brussels. The decision to withdraw…
Shark fishers hold scientists hostage
Several giant tortoises and 30 scientists have been held hostage in the Galapagos Islands by fishermen who are demanding more rights to fish for sharks. The scientists are being…
Wild Coast toll road gets the green light
The Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (Wessa) has expressed its concern over the decision of the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism to allow the…
A sea doomed by a dam
An 11km dam is being built across a small northern section of the shrunken Aral Sea in Central Asia, which is described as the world’s worst environmental disaster. The saline…
GM crops face ban
Two genetically modified (GM) varieties, oil-seed rape and sugar beet, face a Europe-wide ban after long-awaited field-scale trials showed that the crops damaged wildlife and…
Coke accused of putting thousands out of work
The largest Coca-Cola plant in India is being accused of putting thousands of farmers out of work by draining the water that feeds their wells, and poisoning the land with waste…