Accelerated industrial growth in a neoliberal economy has had a profound impact on the local people of Gladstone, Australia. Read Part II of Professor THOMAS HYLLAND ERIKSEN exploration.
Prime minister Margaret Thatcher meets free market economist Friedrich von Hayek at IEA. She appoints Lord Lawson and they direct privatisation of British energy interests. BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates
Whale sharks roam less than previously thought and require greater protection from local and regional threats, a new study published in the Marine Ecology Progress Series finds. MARIANNE BROOKER reports
Friends of the Earth has launched a legal challenge in the High Court arguing that the government's National Policy Statement for Heathrow Airport fails to address climate change. MARIANNE BROOKER reports
Accelerated industrial growth in a neoliberal economy has had a profound impact on the people of Gladstone, Australia. Professor THOMAS HYLLAND ERIKSEN, an anthropologist, investigates. Read part two tomorrow.
Major landowners - responsible for 700km2 of potential Eurasian lynx habitat in the Kielder Forest region - have approved access for lynx during the planned Lynx UK Trust trial reintroduction of the apex predator. MARIANNE BROOKER reports
The finest triumph of the Institute of Economic Affairs was winning Thatcher to free market economics. Their second, decades later, was undermining her attempts to keep climate action on the world agenda. BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates
Amsterdam's Micropia museum has much to offer budding microbiologists - but is lacking a critical awareness of the commercial destruction and misuse of microscopic life. NATALIE BENNETT reports
This is what it’s like living in and around the proposed site for a new gold mine as a Canadian exploration outfit, Dalradian, tests the quality of the riches beneath the earth, writes MAT HOPE
The founder of the Institute of Economic Affairs argued free markets needed honesty. But his own financial success was based on smuggling - and the IEA was itself conceived with the help of a white lie. BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates
The palm oil industry is causing severe environmental destruction and spiralling violence in the Peruvian Amazon. TOM YOUNGER investigates local actions and sets out ways in which you can offer support and solidarity
Polling reveals that 80 percent of Conservative councillors believe that fracking companies should be required to submit a planning application before drilling. MARIANNE BROOKER reports
Energy efficiency can be hugely impactful in reducing the effects of climate change, and the best place to start is with our buildings and with our transportation, argues EMILY FOLK
A fateful meeting between economist Friedrich von Hayek and British the industrial chicken farmer Antony Fisher had lasting consequences—including for the debate about climate change policy. BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates
