Stewart Brand: corporate propagandist?
Guardian Unlimited | 10 Nov 2010
The environmentalist is refusing to retract false claims that there was a worldwide ban on pesticide DDT. Does his obstinacy mask a hidden, pro-corporate agenda elsewhere? Last week I gave Stewart Brand a simple challenge. In his book Whole Earth Discipline he claimed that the pesticide DDT "was...
 United Kingdom | Health and Environment | Human Rights and Environment | Policy | Pollution

Is there a greener way to celebrate bonfire night?
Guardian Unlimited | 03 Nov 2010
What are the best ways of reducing the environmental impacts of firework displays? Setting light to bonfires and sending fireworks up into the sky don't strike me as very environmentally friendly. Is there a better way to mark bonfire night? B Morley, by email: What? Like just ignoring it, you...
 England | Biodiversity Conservation | Environmental Awareness | Education

EU eyes new motorcycle rules to cut pollution
Reuters | 04 Oct 2010
The European Commission wants European motorbikes to come with advanced braking systems, cleaner engines and daytime headlights from 2013 as part of a phased crackdown on road deaths and pollution.
 Policy | Pollution | Transport

The bins that tidy | Owen Hatherley
Guardian Unlimited | 24 Sep 2010
The fury such receptacles provoke is a measure of a society unable to confront the scale of its own waste. In Britain you can win a political argument by mentioning overflowing bins. Make the case as carefully as you like about the importance of strong unions, the pay and conditions of bin workers, debunk the myths of the winter of discontent - but the footage of mountainous binbags in Leicester Square, 1979, will still be the clincher.
 United Kingdom | Pollution | Public Policy | Waste Management

Climate Committee warning over gas power stations
Friends of the Earth- England, Wales and N.Ireland. | 18 Jun 2010
We must capture carbon to meet UK 2050 emissions target.Commenting on a letter from the Committee on Climate Change sent to Climate and Energy Secretary Chris Huhne yesterday (17 June 2010), which warned the UK will miss its legal target to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 80 per cent by 2050 unless the Government takes action to reduce pollution from gas power stations, Friends of the Earth's Head of Climate Mike Childs said:
 United Kingdom | Fossil Fuels | Governance | Pollution

Garden ponds unwittingly polluted by tap water
Guardian Unlimited | 09 May 2010
British garden ponds are unwittingly being polluted by people topping them up with tap water, a survey has found.Around half of 250 ponds examined are in "poorer" condition, three in 10 are "good" and only one in 10 was rated as "excellent", said the organisers of the Big Pond Dip, Pond Conservation.
 United Kingdom | Pollution | Pollution Impacts | Wildlife Conflicts

Oil spill is BP's wake-up call
Guardian Unlimited | 30 Apr 2010
As more oil drifts towards the Mississippi delta, we must hope that BP questions its future dependence on fossil fuelsSoon after taking over in 2007, BP's newly appointed chief executive told an audience of business students at Stanford University that he thought too many people at the company were "trying to save the world".
 United Kingdom | Business and Industry | Disasters | Pollution

Aiming for a no-carbon economy
Guardian Unlimited | 19 Mar 2010
Taking the 'low-carbon' path means we are designing an economy not fit for purpose.
 United Kingdom | Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Pollution

'Barbecue summer's' dirty legacy
BBC | 07 Sep 2009
Bad weather - the dirty story of some UK beaches
 Pollution | Waste

BBC NEWS | In pictures: Lake pollution, Raw sewage
BBC | 27 Jun 2007
Increased pollution is threatening the sustainable use of Lake Victoria, a vital resource for Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, reports the BBCs Noel Mwakugu.
 Access to Freshwater | Pollution