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"We all have yet to see what the surface environmental impact of fracking is and when we have seen it, then we would reach a view about it."

Green party MP Caroline Lucas tells the Ecologist why she has no regrets about joining the peaceful non-violent direct action at Balcombe that led to her arrest back in August......

Last month the UK’s largest independent cheese producer and milk processor launched its biogas plant, with a view to becoming 100% self sufficient in green energy. Lynn Batten went along to see what all the fuss was about.......

Each year member states spend €40 billion on supporting fossil fuels, €35 billion on nuclear, and just €30 billion on renewable energy.

Although the total biodiversity in Europe
is still decreasing, a recently published report brings the welcome news that many of the larger wildlife and bird species are making a strong recovery. Anna Taylor reports.....

Fresh events in the ongoing badger cull saga suggest that despite underhand politics and statistical manipulation, the tide is turning in favour of the badgers..............

In an open letter to the press 8 members of parliament, from 5 different political parties, ask the EU to push for a tighter cap on biofuels........

There are 14.6 million hectares of already deforested land in Indonesian Borneo alone that are suitable for palm cultivation.

Andrew Tipp questions why society seems to prioritise the conservation of cute animals over ugly ones, and urges us to shift our focus to all endangered species, beautiful or otherwise......

Images of burning cars and narratives about Canadian natives breaking the law obscure the real story about the Mi'kmaq people's opposition to shale gas exploration writes Martin Lukacs....

"Most of the recently discovered plants and animals are thought to be endemic to small parts of the Amazon rainforest."

EDF etc have been offered terms for constructing Hinkley C which are way superior to the terms being currently offered to renewable energy ...

Thanks to climate change the southern Amazon rainforest is "drying out", say US researchers.

"Extraordinary pricing opportunities will lower utility costs by an estimated $53 million in the first year and even more thereafter."

Oliver Tickell has been appointed as Editor of The Ecologist