Fake News
HuffPost: Monsanto’s Spies
The agri-chemical giant has a storied history of using shady tactics to attack critics and influence the media. Read here
Food Production
Climate Crisis
New Economics Foundation: Netting Zero – What does a Just Transition look like for the UK Fishing Industry?
The IPPC special report on oceans and the cryosphere shows that the climate crisis is attacking our oceans. For the UK to achieve Net Zero carbon emissions by 2050, restoring the oceans should be a clear […]
Environment
Counterpunch: Valerie Reynoso – The Rising Monopoly of Monsanto-Bayer
The merging of Monsanto-Bayer has resulted in the rise of one of the four largest global mega-mergers of the decade and the formation of a near-monopoly in the agricultural industry. Valerie Reynoso is an Author […]
Environment
Anna Lappé: Follow the Money to the Amazon
Who is profiting from the development that led to these fires? Read here
Environment
Reuters: Germany to ban use of glyphosate from end of 2023
The Greens in Germany are not a progressive party, nor really radically Green, but the number of voters flocking to vote for them is forcing the establishment parties to start adopting green policies. Read here
Climate Crisis
Jason Hickel – The Global Food Crisis Is Here
It’s not just that climate change is ravaging the world’s agriculture. Agriculture is also ravaging the climate. Read here
Climate Crisis
Anna Krzywoszynska – IPCC’s Land Report Shows the Problem with Farming Based Around Oil, not Soil
Sepp photography / shutterstock Anna Krzywoszynska, University of Sheffield The word “climate” makes most of us look up to the sky – however, the IPCC’s new special report on climate change and land should make […]
Climate Crisis
Change! Why We Need a Radical Turnaround by Graeme Maxton
Book review by Hauke Benner Over 180 pages, Graeme Maxton criticises governments, corporations and entrepreneurs, especially in rich countries, for complete failure in the face of the threat of climate collapse and calls for “a […]
Climate Crisis
Transport & Environment – Almost Two-Thirds of Palm Oil Consumed in the EU is Burned as Energy – New Data
This is typical for the EU. While citizens are trying to reduce their personal consumption of palm oil to protect the environment, the EU is increasingly using it in fuel. The new trade deal with […]
Environment
Reuters: Austrian parliament backs EU’s first total ban of weedkiller glyphosate
Apparently this sovereign decision will be overruled by EU law. Once again the EU proves that it is here to serve international corporations and not the people of Europe. Read here