US chlorinated chicken the tip of a nasty iceberg
by Roz Paterson • Hey, happy new year! Have you noticed that Liam Fox, currently UK Trade Secretary, keeps saying that US-produced chicken is ‘perfectly safe’? Does that worry you at all, as ...
environment
BiFab battle shows why we need public ownership
by Ken Ferguson • The successful outcome of the battle to protect the green jobs and skills at the BiFab engineering yards is a rare and highly welcome victory for workers and their unions. It is ...
Loch Lomond flamingos won’t fly
by Roz Paterson • The bonny banks of Loch Lomond may very well be a haven of beauty and tranquillity, available to all, for free…but that doesn’t mean it can’t all be turned over to ...
Is climate change turning our food to junk?
Roz Paterson looks at some worrying new research • One thing we can all agree on—and that includes even the most right-wing, climate-change sceptical, oil-drunk zealot—is that there is more ...
Harvey’s havoc: a picture of a world that ignores climate change
by Roz Paterson • “I’m sick of this 100 year bullshit; this is the new norm.” So says one resident of Houston, Texas, who recently bought a family home in an affluent area of the city, billed ...
The sound and fury of a Brexit-backing climate change denier
Roz Paterson takes a look at the views of Tory grandee Lord Lawson • Weary of Brexit? Fed up with climate change? Come on then, let’s talk about Nigel Lawson. For those of you too young to ...
Climate change deniers can expect tough challenges
by Roz Paterson • Global temperatures in 2017 will, probably, not exceed those of 2016. That’s the good news. In full. Happy new year. Last year and the year before broke all records in terms of ...
Standing Rock ‘victory’ far from certain
by Roz Paterson • On Sunday 4 December, the Army Corps of Engineers—on behalf of the US government—refused a permit for the builders of the North Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) to tunnel under ...
Trump’s climate deniers menace the planet
by Roz Paterson • The blows are coming thick and fast. The conciliatory speeches are out the window and now America’s President Elect Donald Trump is talking about mass deportations, Nigel ...
Brexit puts EU-based environmental controls at risk
by Roz Paterson • In the wake of almost certain Brexit, the pariah that is the UK may well have to prostrate itself at the feet of anyone willing to do business, even if that means abandoning ...
